Best Colors to Paint a Nursery

Congratulations, there’s about to be a new baby in your life! Whether you are a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or just a close friend – this is very exciting. There are so many things to do to prepare for this little bundle of joy to enter your life. You will need to buy things, build things, all sorts of things. So let’s focus on something fun and creative. Let’s design a nursery!

Your nursery should reflect the love you have for this new child as well as your own personal style. This nursery will be your baby’s first chance to experience the world around them. How do you start the process of creating the perfect nursery? By picking the perfect nursery paint color.

Selecting the Best Paint Colors for Your Nursery

According to child development experts, children don’t see color until about three months. Therefore, you may notice that infants are attracted to black and white toys, blankets, or pictures. After three months, children start to see color and are very attracted to primary colors like red, green, yellow, and blue.

It’s okay if your dream nursery doesn’t include a burst of primary colors. These can be used as accent colors or you can even incorporate them with toys, crib sheets, pictures, rugs, and blankets. If your perfect nursery is fire engine red, that’s great. But if your perfect nursery is a pale pink, that’s okay too. There really are no wrong choices. All that matters is that you provide a safe, loving environment for your child to learn and grow.

If you feel overwhelmed by the options, or maybe you just want an expert’s opinion, we have compiled some of the best nursery paint colors for you to review. Whether you are a traditional household, or you want something a little more modern, there’s something for everyone.

Traditional Colors

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Do you know if you will be bringing home a little boy or a little girl? If so, you can choose a traditional, or gendered, color. Traditionally a nursery will be pink for a girl or blue for a boy. Does that seem old fashioned? Perhaps. But it’s also a classic choice that will never fully go out of style. For one reason, suddenly seeing a blue room to bring your son home to makes it feel more real.

Do you love pink or blue but don’t want it as the entire room? No problem — you can always use them as accent colors. Try an accent wall, for example. Or create a centerpiece of blue or pink stripes separated by white. There are also a variety of beautiful wallpaper choices that incorporate both blue and pink.

You have a lot of options, so don’t be afraid to get creative – because when it comes to ideas for what color to paint your nursery, you have the freedom to be anything but traditional.

Neutral Colors

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Look in any parenting magazine or turn on HGTV and you will likely see a hip designer celebrating a feather grey or sea glass green nursery. It’s very trendy to have neutral colors for a nursery. Choosing softer greys, whites, or tans can help to create an inviting space that is cohesive with the rest of your home.

Here are some trendy options:

• Coconut Milk
• Sandcastle
• Toasted Almond
• Feather Grey
• Sunset Beige
• Sheepskin Rug
• Eggshell

Want a gender-neutral space for your child to learn and grow? Choose a neutral color pallet that incorporates greens and yellows. This is also a popular choice for parents who do not wish to know the gender of their child prior to birth.

Here are some delightful options:

• Pineapple Delight
• Warm Sunshine
• Chiffon
• Seashore Dream
• Wildflower Honey
• Ocean View
• Honeydew
• Mint

Warm Colors

Warm colors are commonly associated with a feeling of love, coziness, and comfort – things you likely want your baby to feel. Selecting a warm, deeper paint color for an accent wall in the nursery will provide a focal point for a large or unusually shaped room. It will also allow you to play with lighter accent pieces and furniture.

Here are some options:

• Starry Night
• Ruby
• Peony
• Deep Rose
• Salted Caramel
• Pacific Pine
• Raspberry Truffle
• Navy
• Hunter Green
• Olive

Pastels

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Pastels give you the ability to create a soft space with pops of color. You can select a pale pink for the walls and use pops of fuchsia, violet, or magenta around the room. Using pastels can also help you brighten up a dark room or make a small room appear bigger.

Here are some options:

• Ballerina Pink
• Sky Blue
• Sunshine Yellow
• Frosted Glass
• Pale Purple
• Blue Mist
• Lilac
• Powder Blush
• Baby Blush
• Violet

Themes

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If you don’t want to dictate the feel of a room with just color, how about a theme? A coastal theme with different tones of blue would be adorable. You could incorporate ships, beach scenes, or baby sea animals. It’s possible that you can just feel that your little one will be a dancer. If so, you can use tones of pastel pink with magenta accents to create a wall of dancing ballerinas with pastel tutus. You may want your child to know that they are the sunshine of your life. You can always combine variations of yellow, orange, and beige to show them they are the bright spot in your day. Plan to read “Guess How Much I Love You” to your child every night? Use a combination of cotton white, pale green, and light blue to set the scene. You can even include a few baby bunnies throughout the room.

Create a Space You Love

Your baby will be the center of your world, and you will be spending a lot of time in the nursery – so make it a space you enjoy. If you would like an experts opinion or to schedule a color consultation, contact CertaPro Painters^® of Springfield, VA. We’d love to be part of this journey with you.