The lighter wood furniture fluffy white rugs and crisp white walls here provide contrast to the dark wood floors without appearing stark.
Neutral wall colors for dark wood floors.
First the good news is that it s hard to go wrong with dark hardwood floors.
For instance pair grayish or black wood floors with pale weathered woods and pair warm rich floors like the ones shown here with warm medium to light toned woods like cherry or maple.
For more color you could choose the lightest shade of a color you like.
If you want to balance your dark floors and create contrast white is a great choice.
But as you ll see below some colors and shades work better than others.
Accent walls give the perfect balance.
Beige is where you can enact the warmth and the cozier feelings.
Because they re so neutral assuming you have dark brown floors reds and red undertones are a bit dated and more challenging to decorate with see.
Black is a neutral so you can pair virtually any color with it.
Remember complementary colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Using a neutral wall allows you to use reds yellow and oranges and the brighter warmer colors without overwhelming the room by placing it on the walls.
However wood floor colors with yellow undertones look amazing with blue walls or yellow undertoned floors go perfect with purple or purple grey walls.
As mentioned before you can choose a stark cool white or a warmer off white or even ivory or cream.
Gray wall paint is a popular choice for many contemporary kitchens.
A dark shade on the wall with a dark floor tends to close in the space.
The contrast gives the room flair without the colors clashing.