Accent color
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Kathy
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Room is large master. Walls are smokey blue, hardwood floors, dark brown drapes & rug. What is a good accent color?
12 answers
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Teal, Mustard Yellow, or some lighter green, maybe a pastel?
Britney @ The Princess & Her Cowboys
on May 21, 2015
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Aqua?
Lori T
on May 21, 2015
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Have you thought about a salmon color? Maybe 2 or 3 prints light and dark.
Tammie Housley
on May 21, 2015
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Google the color wheel. Using wall color, look direct opposite of that. Using colors on the opposite side of the color wheel are called complimentary colors. Those are the ones that work best with your main color. Get sample cards and take them home. Choose the one that will hold its true color in your room. Lighting, sunlight, etc. can make it look different in the room. So choose from there. Good luck.
Hope Williams
on May 22, 2015
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The possibilities are limitless depending on how you want the room to feel. The brown is your neutral so you are working with your smoky blue. The complementary color family for that is the orange/red family. You might try going to your local fabric store and finding a fabric that you love with your colors-many times that is how I make a decision about accent colors!
Country Design Home
on May 22, 2015
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Maybe a lighter or darker version of same color as other walls
Kimber
on May 22, 2015
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I would try gray if the blue is on the smokey color!
Carole Bisby
on May 22, 2015
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Khaki blue and white is a classic and calming room combination.
Bets
on May 22, 2015
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I agree with the white suggestion. It will add a crispness to things. You can still add another color as a small splash of color and change it seasonally, I.e. green in spring, fuchsia in summer, salmon in autumn, grey in winter, for example.
Cmc1422362
on May 22, 2015
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White, pale yellow, cream , ivory, pale pale orange, green.
Sherry Fram
on May 22, 2015
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Hope Williams has it exactly right! And, when you think you have found your "best" second color (orange, for example), Google [blue and orange rooms]. You'll get an assortment of blues (light, dark, turquoise) and oranges (dark, peach, shrimp) but look around at different combinations until one speaks to you and your existing furnishings.
Suzanne Melton
on May 23, 2015
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I vote a buttermilk yellow color, or pale tan.
Mary
on May 24, 2015
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