How Window Blind Colour Affects Room Decor

You have a LOT of colour choices when it comes to selecting window blinds for your home or flat these days! But the colour of your blinds will also affect the mood of your room décor greatly.

So why would you choose a darker colour such as burgundy, navy or black? The answer is usually relative to the colours you have selected in decorating the room.

Rich, dark colours can give your room décor a dramatic look and you wouldn’t choose white or off-white blinds in a formal room appointed in a style like Victorian or Colonial. Casual and modern rooms more often call for a neutral or lighter-coloured window blind.

Factors that Affect Natural Light in Your Room

Just because you go with a dark colour when choosing your blinds doesn’t mean your room has to be overly dark. In fact, with most window blinds the colour of your slats actually does very little in determining how dark or light the room will be. A darker colour blind will ‘tint’ light entering the room and can thus give it a warmer or cooler feeling depending on the colour of the finish you select for window blinds.

Correct measurement and fitting will allow you to darken a room completely if you so desire; a properly fit blind should allow very little light to enter the room when you lower the blind all the way and angle the slats to their full closed position.

And, if you want the ability to darken the room completely, choose a ‘blackout’ blind, which is specially designed to prevent light from entering through gaps around the edges of your window frame. With these specialized blinds applications, a track helps guide the slats and block light from entering along the top/bottom/sides of the blind.

Also, you can darken a room more completely by selecting an outside mount blind that is properly installed so that a slight overlap exists and the slats are tight against the inside of the wall along the edges of your window.

Lighter Color Blinds Brighten a Room

On the other hand, you may have a more casual room that lends itself to a white, off white or other light colour window blind. You can still darken the room sufficiently if the factors mentioned above are met. But, since lighter colours reflect more light, a white or off-white blind reflects light from lamps and other light sources inside the room.

By selecting a light colour window blind or shade you can close the blind for complete privacy without having to make the room completely dark; turning on lights inside the room will leave the room brighter since light is reflected from your lighter-colour blinds.

You can also angle your blinds for privacy while still letting in natural light; the slats will reflect natural light from outdoors into the room, giving it a brighter, more cheerful mood than if you have a dark-stained wooden blind or other dark finished material.

Cellular or Honeycomb Shades Can Brighten Your Room

Another option to consider would be pleated or honeycomb blinds made with a sheer material. Both colour and weight of the material you select will influence how much light enters the room.

For a room with predominately north-facing windows, cellular shades in a warmer colour such as off-white, taupe, yellow or red will help warm the room. Rooms with south-facing windows can benefit from a cooler colour shade such as blue or green, which cools the direct sunlight entering the room.

Keep these tips in mind when choosing window blinds or shades and you’ll be sure to match the colour of your window blind or shade to the décor of your room as well as the functional needs for privacy, light and temperature control inside your home!

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