Bedroom colours

Calm and restorative colours for restful bedrooms

Choosing the right colours can create a calm and restorative bedroom atmosphere that promotes restful sleep. This guide highlights soothing hues and their effects on bedroom ambiance.
A bedroom painted in the colour Midnight Blue from Jotun

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Worried that bold colours in your bedroom will keep you awake? Don’t be! Embrace the urge to fill your most restorative room with fresh, crisp, and soothing colours.  

Blues, greens, and beiges are universally known to promote rest and well-being. However, a colour doesn’t have to be particularly calm in order for it to evoke a sense of tranquility.  
Wrap your bedroom in the natural elegance of Biri. Its muted green tones bring a sense of balance and tranquillity, beautifully enhanced by the velvety look of a matte finish. Explore the power of colour and create a space designed for rest and relaxation.
A rustic bedroom featuring earthy olive green walls in Jotun 0290 Biri, exposed wooden ceiling beams, open French doors, and a low wooden bed
Wrap your bedroom in the natural elegance of Biri. Its muted green tones bring a sense of balance and tranquillity, beautifully enhanced by the velvety look of a matte finish. Explore the power of colour and create a space designed for rest and relaxation.
Wrap your bedroom in the natural elegance of Biri. Its muted green tones bring a sense of balance and tranquillity, beautifully enhanced by the velvety look of a matte finish. Explore the power of colour and create a space designed for rest and relaxation.
A rustic bedroom featuring earthy olive green walls in Jotun 0290 Biri, exposed wooden ceiling beams, open French doors, and a low wooden bed
Wrap your bedroom in the natural elegance of Biri. Its muted green tones bring a sense of balance and tranquillity, beautifully enhanced by the velvety look of a matte finish. Explore the power of colour and create a space designed for rest and relaxation.

Biri, a golden green from Jotun’s 2027 colour chart Journeys, gives a natural, fresh, and soft feeling of being surrounded by nature. Biri is almost like a neutral, an easy, and versatile hue that complements various other colours, such as different shades of yellows, orange, rustic red, pink and purple. 

Create a serene bedroom retreat with Beige Sheen on the walls and North on the ceiling. A matte finish adds softness and depth, bringing timeless elegance and comfort to your space.
An airy bedroom with walls in Jotun 12299 Beige Sheen, a ceiling in Jotun 40054 North, window frames in Jotun 11364 Century White, and a pink duvet
Create a serene bedroom retreat with Beige Sheen on the walls and North on the ceiling. A matte finish adds softness and depth, bringing timeless elegance and comfort to your space.
Create a serene bedroom retreat with Beige Sheen on the walls and North on the ceiling. A matte finish adds softness and depth, bringing timeless elegance and comfort to your space.
An airy bedroom with walls in Jotun 12299 Beige Sheen, a ceiling in Jotun 40054 North, window frames in Jotun 11364 Century White, and a pink duvet
Create a serene bedroom retreat with Beige Sheen on the walls and North on the ceiling. A matte finish adds softness and depth, bringing timeless elegance and comfort to your space.

You can very well add a layer of personality to a room painted with neutral colours like Beige Sheen and Century White. A ceiling painted with uplifting and delicate hues like North or Sama invites you to drift off to asleep under the imaginative northern sky. The crisp contrast allows personal expression, creating a calm and restorative atmosphere.  

With Midnight Blue enveloping the walls and Century White bringing balance and light to the ceiling, this bedroom feels both dramatic and serene. The striking contrast creates a timeless retreat where comfort and sophistication come together effortlessly.
A dramatic bedroom with deep navy walls in Jotun 4403 Midnight Blue, a white decorative ceiling in Jotun 11364 Century White, and symmetrical nightstands
With Midnight Blue enveloping the walls and Century White bringing balance and light to the ceiling, this bedroom feels both dramatic and serene. The striking contrast creates a timeless retreat where comfort and sophistication come together effortlessly.
With Midnight Blue enveloping the walls and Century White bringing balance and light to the ceiling, this bedroom feels both dramatic and serene. The striking contrast creates a timeless retreat where comfort and sophistication come together effortlessly.
A dramatic bedroom with deep navy walls in Jotun 4403 Midnight Blue, a white decorative ceiling in Jotun 11364 Century White, and symmetrical nightstands
With Midnight Blue enveloping the walls and Century White bringing balance and light to the ceiling, this bedroom feels both dramatic and serene. The striking contrast creates a timeless retreat where comfort and sophistication come together effortlessly.

Deeper on the blue spectrum, you’ll find the beautiful Midnight Blue, a deep navy blue that evokes a cocooning feeling, making you want to curl up and drift off to a restful sleep. 

Still exploring? See more bedrooms and beautiful colour combinations here.

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Jotun’s Colour Team

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