Have you ever decorated a room and thought you would love it, and then did not? That is what happened to me with my living room. The layout was functional, and the furniture was comfortable.
However, it was not vibrant and cheerful like I think a living room should be. So I decided I needed to change it into something more lively and serene.
I came to the realization that adding color was the key. Here are some of the colorful living room ideas that helped me make the most of the space I have.
1. Tamed Maximalist
I’m a huge fan of the maximalist vibe, but let’s be real, it can get a little chaotic if you’re not careful. This room is such a stunning example of how to keep it from feeling tacky or over the top.
The secret? They’ve kept the main color scheme tight, focusing on just three colors max. For this one, it’s all about that gorgeous green and peach.
By also keeping the smaller decorative pieces to a minimum, the whole space feels curated and chic instead of cluttered. It’s a total win.
2. Delightful Pastels
Soft tones are such a great way to bring a delightful feeling into a mostly white room.
I absolutely love how this modern living room gets a vibrant new life just from adding a few lovely pastel pieces into the design. It’s amazing what a difference a few well chosen accents can make!
3. Bohemian Vibes
Here’s how you can spice up a modern living room! Just bring in some boho colors.
The bright hues and detailed prints of the bohemian textiles add so much color and personality to what would otherwise be a pretty stark, monochrome space. It’s such a simple way to create a big impact.
4. Coastal Blues
If you want to bring color into your living room but aren’t a fan of super bright glares, this coastal theme is just perfect. It has such a bright, cool, and charming vibe.
The powder blue walls and other light blue accents are the perfect complement to the white and grey elements in the room.
5. Stunning Orange
This living room is just amazing. It pulls together bright orange shades with the coziest warm tones of brown.
I love the way the apricot walls and ceiling, deep rust curtains, and tangerine sofas create a perfect balance with the warm chocolate sofa, rustic mirror, and blush carpeting.
It’s a combination that shouldn’t work on paper but looks incredible!
6. Flowery Farmhouse
Why not upgrade your charming farmhouse living room into something this chic and bright? The flower details on the curtains, throw pillows, and centerpieces bring in so much vibrant color without a hint of tackiness.
And the rustic feel from the exposed wood beams, jute rug, and bamboo window shades just boosts the charm even more.
7. Mustard Walls
This space is so bright, cheery, and welcoming. It just goes to show that modern minimalism can still be full of color.
This charming room keeps the furniture and decor minimal, with a white sectional, matching throws, a simple center table, and a plain white floor.
The incredible mustard wall gets a perfect complement from the little yellow accents you see scattered around the room.
8. A Wall Gallery
Perk up your living room with art! It makes so much sense to use the most public room in your house to show off your art collection.
You get to decorate the space while giving these incredible works the exposure, attention, and admiration they truly deserve. It’s a win-win.
9. A Colourful Wall
Talk about elegant, luxurious, and stunning! You can instantly take a plain modern living room and turn it into this spectacular and exceptional space just by going grand with your walls.
This unforgettable room is built around that striking wall art, with an emerald sofa and a deep ruby footstool that pick up the colors perfectly.
10. Green and Gold
Luxurious, dignified, and absolutely fabulous! This incredible gold and green living room is the perfect blend of posh and style.
The gold accents have that expensive brilliance that gives off a deluxe vibe, but it’s all perfectly tamed by the stately feeling from the deep green pieces. What a combination!
11. Bright Retro
I love bringing back that fun and carefree vibe, and what better way than with psychedelic prints and bold colors?
This charming living room is such an effervescent mix of mid-century modern furniture, bright colors, and modern grey walls. It’s a look that just makes you smile.
12. Chic Chinoiserie
Why not treat yourself to some Oriental chic? Adding a Chinoiserie wall accent is such a beautiful way to do it.
The colorful forest scene is a perfect match for the bare wood floor, the vintage lamp, and those pastel throw pillows. The result is colorful, mesmerizing, and just beautiful.
13. Stately Browns
This look is so serene, elegant, and dignified. It has all the understated charms of brown, the stately elegance of dark blue, and that luxurious sheen from the gold.
This living room has the kind of style and grace you see in truly timeless designs. So gorgeous!
14. Bold Colours
I just love a room that feels chic, luxurious, and stunning all at once. The bright blue couch really makes the space pop with color and excitement.
To complete the vibrant look, there’s a mix of brightly colored pillows and a fascinating piece of art on the wall. It all comes together beautifully.
15. Purple Passion
This space is just mesmerizing, regal, and so beautiful. It perfectly offsets the neutral tones of a modern design with some bright and elegant hues.
This modern grey room gets a huge dose of passionate color from that velvet purple sofa, a matching piece of wall art, those golden accents, and the perky, colorful area rug. Love it!
16. Bold Patterns
This living room uses elegant pieces and really eye-catching patterns to make up for not having a lot of color diversity.
The palette is kept simple with white, light greys, black, and a lovely shade of grey-green. It’s truly beautiful how much impact you can get from patterns alone.
17. Bold Yellow
This living room feels so perky, sunny, and cheerful. It’s the kind of bright space that will never fail to lift your spirits!
The honey-yellow leather seats are a perfect match for the huge yellow and grey wall art and the golden accents.
The Prussian blue wall and other blue details, along with the luxurious white carpet, provide the perfect balance to the yellow’s glare.
18. Mediterranean Chic
You can perk up a living room and make it unforgettable with some chic and bright Mediterranean colors!
This modern farmhouse space features velvet throw pillows and poufs, a bright red Persian rug, and a bunch of potted plants that add lots of gorgeous green touches.
I’ve always loved using plants to bring a room to life.
19. A Candy Mix
What a bright mix of pastel tones and candy shades. This delightful living room brings together modern design elements with really bright colors.
The result is a sleek, clean, and stunning modern space that avoids any dreary colors. It just feels happy!
20. Throw Pillow Colours
This has to be the easiest way to brighten up a humdrum living room fast. Just throw in a bunch of pillows! Go wild with different colors, textures, and patterns.
The best part is that you can change up the whole look just by swapping out the pillowcases. It’s a great trick for a quick refresh.
21. Enthralling Hues
You can really add character to a generic modern living room by throwing in some bright colors.
This spacious room uses its white walls as the perfect backdrop for all of its colorful accents, which are done in shades of purple and some enigmatic blues. It gives the space so much personality.
22. Rustic Drama
This look is so luxurious and dramatic, but also charming and enigmatic. It’s a modern living room that has tons of character and charm.
The wooden accents, like the beams and tables, add a warm and welcoming glow.
At the same time, the dark elements, like the wall, sofa, and other accents, give the room its dramatic flair. A perfect balance.
23. Ocean Deep
I love this idea! Take the bright colors you’d find in the ocean and bring them inside for a living room that’s refreshing, striking, and exciting.
The bright shades of yellow and little pops of red are a great offset to the deep tones of navy blue, cerulean, and ocean green.
24. Modern Magenta
This living room is so bold, bright, and modern. It feels contemporary and stylish, almost bordering on minimalism with its plain walls and minimal accents.
But instead of playing it safe with neutral tones, the design makes a statement with that eye-popping magenta. It’s fantastic.
25. Elegant Olive
This room is just whimsical, mesmerizing, and totally magical. The stunning living room has an enchanted forest theme going on.
The olive sofa set is complemented beautifully by the dried twigs and flower accents, the detailed work in the tables and mirror, and that fanciful wall decor. It’s both elegant and enthralling.
26. Unforgettable Rug
Adding a showstopper rug is one of my favorite ways to upgrade a living room from humdrum to awesome!
This stunning and colorful patterned rug instantly transforms the bright, modern room into a chic and unforgettable hub. What a difference one piece can make.
27. Lush Greens
This is such a modern, clean, and easy-on-the-eyes look. It’s perfect for when you want color without all the brightness.
This charming green living room features lovely rustic wood accents, crisp white walls and floors, and a beautiful tufted satin emerald sectional. It all works so well together.
28. Shades of Red
This space manages to be bright and colorful, but not overwhelmingly so.
This contemporary living room embraces current styling trends like clean walls, a mostly bare floor with a minimalist rug, and minimal decor.
But instead of the usual neutral tones, it goes for a dramatic look with reds, pinks, and black. A bold choice that pays off!
29. Rustic Bricks
The rustic vibe, the deep warm tones, and the interesting patterns all combine to create such a welcoming, charming, and cozy living room.
I think the exposed brick wall, the fussy pillows and rug, and all the wall accents really add to the quirky and personal touch of the space.
30. Rainbow Colours
Can’t decide which color of the rainbow to choose for your living room? Why not pick them all! This bright, fun, and colorful living room is proof that sometimes too much of one thing can be beautiful.
My tip would be to keep the walls, floors, and ceiling plain to avoid overwhelming the look.
31. Modern Navies
This space is so cool, minimalist, and colorful. It’s a great example of how modern living room designs can still have fun with color.
The elegant interiors include modern styling like plain walls, blank spaces, and minimal accents.
But it also makes a bold statement with that navy-blue sofa, which perfectly complements the cool ambiance.
32. Proper Pinks
This is a pink lover’s delight! I’m obsessed with how the soft pink walls and sofa are complemented by the hot pink single-seater sofas.
Add in the pink flamingo wall art, a colorful area rug, and those elegant gold accents, and the whole room is just beautiful!
33. Metallic Accents
This elegant living room just glows from the muted luster of all its metal accents. There’s a little bit of gold, copper, bronze, silver, and chrome all over the room.
The dark Aegean blue walls and gunmetal grey curtains are a wonderful complement to the metal tones, while the white elements keep the room feeling bright and spacious.
34. Bright and Cosy
This smallish living room totally makes up in color what it might lack in size. The bright and unapologetic red makes the room pop, while the cool steel blue wall helps to tone down the glare.
To keep the room bright and perky, there are some lovely yellow shades mixed in. So smart.
35. Colourful Chic
Classy and elegant, modern and colorful, this one has it all. This urbane living room design feels so tasteful and intimate, and has such a prominent personal touch with the colorful portrait on the wall.
The deep teal sectional, elegant grey rugs, and marble-topped nesting tables all match the wall art beautifully.
