Seasonal Paint Ideas: Colour Palettes for Fall Interiors

1. Deep Blues and Greens

Create calm in your living space by surrounding yourself with colours that reflect nature in the home. Blues and greens feel familiar and reassuring, as we are used to seeing these shades in the natural world. For a fall update, opt for a cocooning, dark colour palette that will create a restful interior, perfect for a bedroom or bathroom.

To achieve real impact, consider taking a ‘double drenching’ approach. Embrace a palette of related, deep blue and green hues like Mid Azure Green, Deep Space Blue and Dock Blue. Incorporate every surface – including walls, woodwork and ceilings – for a bold, luxurious look, enveloping the space in warmth and tranquillity.

2. Warm Nature-Inspired Hues

If you are seeking a neutral scheme, consider selecting shades with natural, earthy undertones that will invite warmth into your living space. The paint colours in our ‘Stone’ palette are all based on naturally occurring pigments, like red ochre, burnt umber and green earth. This makeup gives them a soft, timeless quality, meaning they are simple to introduce in almost any interior setting.

For something with a little more depth and richness, explore our ‘Sweet Treats’ colour card. This capsule collection features nine confident, warm neutral hues, in tempting honey, caramel and chocolate tones.

Each shade exudes character and cosiness, perfect for use in ‘colour drenching’ schemes where you use one shade on both walls and woodwork. Consider the rich caramel brown, Affogato, to transform your living room into a haven of warmth.

3. Sophisticated Reds

From dark burgundy to alluring crimson hues, red is a colour that brings luxury and richness to interiors. Consider introducing red in your dining scheme to provide an impactful backdrop for an intimate, atmospheric setting. Arras is a deep, earthy red from our ‘Stone’ palette. It combines easily with related neutrals like Rolling Fog to provide a rich colour highlight.

As a space for hosting and entertaining, your dining room enables you to embrace bolder design choices. For a truly captivating interior, use dark red hues all over in a colour-drenched or double-drenched scheme.

Bronze Red is a sumptuous, sophisticated red that pairs beautifully with classic wooden furniture. Arras provides a touch of contrast on the ceiling, alongside Mushroom as a coordinating neutral.

4. Plum Tones

A shade with regal associations, deep purple works superbly in spaces where you want to combine luxury with tranquillity. Adventurer is a rich, plum aubergine hue. It’s a wonderful choice for a seasonal bedroom refresh to create a restful sanctuary and benefit from its soothing qualities.

Darker aubergine shades like Córdoba provide a good alternative to navy, charcoal or brown if you’re seeking an elevated look. Consider using Córdoba in a small, dark bathroom, harnessing the character of the space for an intimate, cosy atmosphere. It will provide contrast against the white porcelain and metallic finishes, bringing warmth to the space.

5. Pinky Browns

Rather than painting your walls in a classic light neutral, consider opting for an earthy, muted pink from our palette. Shades like Mochi, Castell Pink and Roman Plaster will add noticeable more character and warmth to your walls. Use these comforting hues in bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms to create the perfect environment in which to relax and unwind. Or consider incorporating them in busy family spaces like hallways and kitchens to infuse calm.

Our colour cards also present a selection of deeper, pink-brown hues, such as Split Pink, Nether Red and Ashes of Roses. Warm, inviting and full of character, these colours are well-suited to rooms with limited natural light, or those that you use during the evening. Instead of painting your woodwork and ceiling in white, select coordinating paint shades to achieve an all-encompassed, cohesive feel.

6. Warm Greys

Grey is a much-loved, timeless choice for both classic and contemporary homes, that works in interior schemes throughout all seasons. To bring a touch more cosiness to your living space during autumn, consider using deeper, warmer grey hues with muted, earthy undertones. Scree is a dark, reassuring grey that provides a sophisticated backdrop for bedrooms, pairing effortlessly with layered soft furnishings and fabrics.

Vulcan is another excellent dark grey that retains warmth within its hue. A beautiful charcoal shade, it partners harmoniously with our restful grey-green, Livid, to bring a little more colour and personality to your scheme. This moody yet tranquil combination will transform the atmosphere of your bathroom, delivering a relaxing environment that soothes your senses.

7. Mustard Yellow

Golden honey tones and earthy, mustard yellows recall the essence of autumn. Incorporate shades from this palette to fill your living space with joy during the fall season. Consider combining two or more related yellow and warm neutral shades in a double-drenched scheme. Pair Yellow-Pink with Affogato, Bassoon and Bombolone to create a lively, welcoming kitchen scheme that exudes warmth and cosiness.

Bassoon is a great muted yellow to consider instead of a warm neutral for your bedroom. It sits comfortably in interior settings due to its deep-ochre undertone, coordinating well with other warm, earthy hues like Nether Red. For a more contemporary feel, combine Bassoon with black and white fabrics and furniture painted in Jack Black.