Colors That Go With Orange (Interior Design Ideas)

Due to its vibrant, bright, and bold nature, Orange could be quite intimidating. However, if you’re more adventurous with your colors, orange will easily bring warmth, creativity, and happiness to any living space. Albeit a little bit daunting, you can create and achieve many different looks and ambiance using orange with the right combination and shades. The color orange primarily represents joy, sunshine, and warmth. It is an inviting color that encourages playfulness and social interaction. The color orange has even been associated with stimulating appetite and success. For these reasons, it can be found in kids’ bedrooms, game rooms, living rooms, and even kitchens.

Colors that Go with Orange Walls

Since orange is a secondary color & on the warm side of the spectrum, orange will naturally go well with other warm colors; however, it can also work well with other cooler colors, especially those of the complementary shade. Below are some colors that go well with orange

White – White naturally goes well with any color, and combined with orange, it provides a clean background that enables the oranges to take center stage in your design.

Black – Another color that goes well with everything. When combined with orange, it creates a mysterious, bold, and edgy feel to any space

Gold/bronze/brass – These colors, combined with orange, gives a warm and elegant appeal, that would probably remind you of period interiors and architecture

Yellow – When combined with orange, exudes a fun, exciting, and positive vibe. Orange and yellow also give a summer feel and can also create a relaxing sunset vibe, depending on the shades you are using.

Browns (and similar earthy colors) – Orange will easily look good with any brown shades, as both are warm colors. Together, these two will easily create a homey and relaxed atmosphere.

Other shades of Orange – Of course, when in doubt, you can easily combine different shades of orange to create contrast and depth. You can use more vibrant hues for accents and small items, and use more muted oranges for large areas like walls or curtains.

Red – Combining orange with red is like adding fire to fire. These two colors create a very bold and loud combination, but when successfully executed, they create a fresh and lively feel.

Blush Pink – If reds are too bold for your taste, then toning it down to a blush pink color to further emphasize the vibrancy of orange can do the trick.

Blue – Adirect complementary color of orange which creates a bold and stunning contrast, bringing out the best on the two colors.

Turquoise (and similar colors) – This easily goes well with orange as it is a complementary color. Just make sure you’re using the right complementary shade.

What Color Curtains Go with Orange Walls

For orange walls, the safest curtains you can use are white, beige, and cream. These neutral colors will help tone down the brightness of the orange walls or even emphasize the soft look of the walls if a lighter orange is used. These colors will work no matter what shade or hue of orange you use.

You can also use black for this, as it can match any shade of orange, but do note that using black with orange can look quite bold. If black is too bold or extreme for your tastes, you can try using neutral grays and browns, being very careful with the shade selection as gray and brown have many different undertones.

These are the best and safest colors you can use with orange walls, and they will also look good on any other wall color. You can also experiment with other colors, such as blue, turquoise, pink, other hues of orange, etc., making sure that they match well with the shade of orange you use.

Colors that Go with Bright Orange

This contemporary living room design features a bright orange accent wall combined with a neutral gray wall color, gray carpet, and platform bed. Additional orange is found in the decor, such as on the bed pillow and wall art, to help tie the color theme together.

Perhaps one of the trickiest colors to match with would be that daunting bright orange. Be it in clothes, accessories, and interiors, orange pieces are usually loud and stand out, making it quite a challenge to coordinate, but not impossible. Depending on the effect you want to achieve, here are some suggested colors:

Lime and bright yellows – These work so well with orange as they also invoke cheery and positive vibes. Combining these with orange can create a citrusy-inspired look—refreshing, youthful, and positive.

White – Because you can never go wrong with any color + white

Blue – Depending on what shade of orange you are using, blue would naturally work well with it. Consider the same when using it with colors in the same family, such as turquoise, aqua, cerulean, sky blue, etc

Gray – Gray or greige (gray/beige mix) would help tone down and neutralize the loudness of orange, but use sparingly/with caution, as there are also correct shades of gray to use with bright orange.

Green – Kelly green, especially looks good with basic orange shades, similar to how blue complements them well.

For more ideas about matching colors with orange, visit our article about matching with the color wheel to find complementary shades.