Blue bath design

The classic style for bathroom design, proven for decades, is the design of the bathroom in blue tones. The blue color, like its shades, combines the elements of water and air - this is the calmness of the water surface, and the freedom of heaven. All these emotions are able to give a design to a blue bathtub, which will play in light blue, pale turquoise or aquamarine.

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Human exposure to blue

The blue color is the color of reconciliation, calm and hope. And here is what psychologists note here:

• Under its influence, a person is able to find optimal solutions to problems and objectively look at emerging circumstances.
• The influence of this color helps to find composure in a conflict situation and minimizes its negative impact.
• Due to the positive effect on the ability of self-expression, it contributes to the clarity of the wording and presentation of thoughts.
• The blue palette practically does not have negative effects on the impact on the emotional state of a person. It helps to neutralize the gross and aggressive effects on the psyche, relax and balance the emotional balance.
• For people who have increased emotional excitability, more than green, blue shades are recommended.
• It should be remembered that with prolonged exposure, dark tones that are close to blue can provoke a feeling of depression and apathy.

Important! It is recommended to dilute blue tones, otherwise - their effect can cause sadness. The most common is the combination of a blue palette of colors with white.

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Benefits of using

As already mentioned, blue is the color of the sky and water, so it is ideal for creating a bathroom interior in a marine style.

Important! The highlight of the house can be a real aquarium, located in the bathroom, of course, if this room is spacious enough for you.

The versatility of blue shades allows you to create all kinds of interiors, combining its various tones with each other, or with a different color. In general, the design of the bathroom in blue tones will always be relevant and in demand.

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Features

Blue is a shade of the blue spectrum, so it is often considered a cold shade. It is well suited to create unobtrusive, fresh interiors.

Important! The palette of blue has warm colors.

By choosing a specific tone and companion color, you can achieve an association of the design of the bathroom in blue tones with different times of the year or day.

For design, it is recommended to use light shades of blue as the dominant color. If saturated tones prevail, then at first a sensation of joy and celebration will form, which can be replaced by irritation with a long stay in such a room.

Important! The visual effect of depth can be achieved by designing the floor and walls up to half the height in a darker shade of blue.

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Combination with a different color.

Using a combination of several shades of blue in the bathroom design, not including extraneous colors, you can achieve a better color solution. The thing is that this is a completely independent color, and without the participation of a color companion, it can fully fill the space with energy.If there is a need and desire to highlight any interior elements in a different color, some rules for combining this color with others should be considered.

Important! An interesting result can be achieved by combining traditional shades of blue with light tones of purple or dark blue palette.

For the design of the blue bath, regardless of the main and additional shade, small plants are well suited.

Green

This combination is possible for the design of the bathroom. Adding white when choosing such a color scheme is a must. A variant is possible in which the ceiling will be pale blue, and the walls are decorated in aqua and turquoise.

Gray

For a high-tech style, this combination is ideal. Blue color in combination with steel gray fills the interior with purposefulness, determination and brutality. Gray color does not inhibit the fundamental tone, but makes it not so active, gently absorbing its energy. In the blue interior, the gray color looks very organic.

Red

It is very rare to find such a combination of colors in the bathroom. This is due to the opposite emotional and temperature coloring of tones. A harmonious combination of such colors is difficult to achieve even for experienced designers.

Orange

Orange accents can add momentum to the palette, adding a sense of freshness to spring. This combination option is indispensable for creating a Mediterranean-style bathroom design.

Brown

This combination of colors is successful. The bathroom interior will look stylish, made using two or three shades of blue palette with the addition of dark chocolate elements.

This design will make an unforgettable impression of luxury and simplicity at the same time, strength and confidence.

Important! For greater harmony, you must add beige or white shades.

White

The combination of shades of white and blue is a classic option when designing a bathroom design in blue tones. White color in this case will help to avoid the effect of the aquarium, emphasizing the depth of color and serve as a good background for shades of blue.

Important! Using this combination will add a sense of calm, purity and freshness.

A white-blue tandem, like a snowy plain, is able to absorb your emotions, as the room will turn out to be indifferent to everything and detached. Such a cool winter interior does not matter to your mental state.

Mosaic with a small inclusion of saturated colors that turn into blue, will help to add dynamics to the design of the bathroom. Accents of warm colors will help to warm emotionally in such a bathroom. You do not need to rush to extremes, using a combination of blue and fiery red.

Beige

A white-blue union in design can be associated with a winter dawn, but the combination of beige with a blue color palette can cause a feeling of evening by the sea. Replacing the white finishing material with beige, you can radically change the mood of the room, creating a warm and cozy atmosphere.

Important! The beige color is great for creating a classic style, its shades are great:

• cream - for light romantic interiors;
• sand - for the illusion of a sunny beach.

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How to choose a tile?

Glossy and shiny surfaces of the tiles can fill the room with light, but at the same time, the impression of cold will be more felt. Matte tiles with shiny silver decor may work well.

Important! To create a bathroom design in blue tones, you can use ceramic tiles of any size, since the specificity of this color allows you not to adhere to the traditional binding of its size to the size of the room.

For the design of the bathroom in blue, use these ideas:

• It is appropriate to use tiles with a nautical theme.
• The shower cabin, originally designed in the form of a wave, will organically fit into the room.
• To inspire thoughts about sea voyage will help tiles depicting ships.
• A mosaic of several shades of blue will add to the feeling of playing the sea wave, which is also an integral attribute of the marine style of the bathroom.
• When decorating a small room, light shades should prevail, and dark ones are suitable only for a spacious room.

Important! When creating a design in the style of a Turkish hammam, use several blue or blue shades of mosaics, in which a dotted LED backlight is mounted.

• The blue and white duo, combined with mirrors, glass and several brown tiles, can create the feeling of a faceted gem.

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Ceiling

The design of the bathroom in blue tones is traditionally done with a white ceiling. You can choose more original solutions, making it blue or with the image of the sky.

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Lighting

It is best to use the blue color palette for the bathroom, where there is a window:

• falling sun rays can warm the cold interior with their light;
• will make the space more dynamic, playing the role of a color accent.

Important! Choose for such a bathroom bright illumination of only a warm spectrum, while the more blue, the warmer and brighter it should be. In rooms with cold light it will be uncomfortable and cold.

The location of the lighting fixtures will help highlight certain details, but in the bathroom, this is just for beauty, not for functionality.

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Furniture and Plumbing

Right angles in the interior can make the bathroom aggressive, inhospitable and cold. Therefore, do not choose modern rectangular shapes - it is better to give preference to classic smooth lines that will create comfort and perfectly fit into the design.

For plumbing, a white and beige shade is well suited. As an option, it is also possible to use blue.

Important! When choosing plumbing, the main thing is that its tone be different than the tone of the finishing materials of the floor and walls.

Transparent glass partitions are perfectly combined with blue and blue.

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Accessories

When choosing accessories for designing a bathroom in blue tones, they need to add a feeling of warmth and coziness to the interior:

• A gold chandelier and red towels add a touch of pomposity.
• Curtain To tint a boring wall or floor, a brown-blue or pink-blue shade of the curtain will help.
• The mat is able to complement the space. You can use a different color of this item, which will become an unrivaled accent, which is especially true for a small room.
• Chrome parts (faucets, holders, etc.) fit perfectly into the blue design of any style, emphasizing their dynamism.
• The extravagance and luxury inherent in the Art Deco and Classic styles will add the use of accessories in dark copper or gold.
• A soft white rug will add warmth and coziness to a blue and white bathtub.
• For the Mediterranean style, accessories in light orange and sand are ideal. Use also pottery with ethnic painting.

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If you suddenly get tired of the blue bathroom, you can refresh the design at any time with bright colorful objects (curtain, rug, glass for water, etc.), made in the same style. The use of such accents will help to replay the already bored walls in a new way.