Orange Is Seriously Trending For Interior Design: Here's How To Pair It With Other Popular Colors

Whether you want to capture the essence of fall or are looking to transform your home based on Taylor Swift's different eras, orange is a great way to bring in seasonal warm tones or highlight Taylor's newest endeavor — "The Life of a Showgirl." Whatever your inspiration may be, now is as good a time as any to hop on the orange interior design trend. On its own, orange can be kind of intimidating to work with. However, once you know what color palettes to use when you're featuring orange, you'll realize that it's quite the versatile color.

You can pair orange with complementary colors like blue to make it pop, or for a more neutral vibe, colors like soft pink and beige can really calm orange down. Even designer Kailee Blalock from House of Hives agrees. Blalock told Homes & Gardens, "Orange is absolutely stepping into the spotlight as the new red. It's a surprisingly versatile color, much more adaptable than people realize."

When it comes to creating perfect orange color pairings, the color wheel is an obvious place to start. Complementary combinations like orange and blue, or even certain shades of orange with green, are a surefire way to add a burst of energy to any room in your home. For a triadic color wheel scheme, try matching evenly spaced colors, such as yellow-orange, turquoise, and fuchsia. When working with three colors in this way, try sticking to a ratio of 60-to-30-to-10 — 60% of the room will be your main color, 30% of the room will be your first accent color, and 10% will be your secondary accent color.

If a burst of energy isn't exactly the vibe you're going for, don't worry. There are plenty of ways to use orange in a relaxing, neutral way. For example, you can pair orange with cream, beige, dusty pink, or taupe and add plenty of natural wood accents to channel a soft, grounded energy. If you're intrigued by the orange trend but want to think twice before painting your walls orange, try adding orange in other ways. A single accent wall, furniture, art, curtains, and other decor items are an easy way to bring orange in without committing to painting an entire room that color.