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A professional color consultant shares the 9 shades you should never have in your bedroom

Janice CostaAug 15, 2023, 20:02 IST

You might want to avoid using green and gray in a bedroom.Ground Picture/Shutterstock; New Africa/Shutterstock

Color consultant Amy Woolf avoids hues that are incompatible with a restful bedroom space.
Deep or bright oranges can be overstimulating and make a room feel too busy to sleep in.

Black absorbs the light – and life – from the bedroom.

Black bedrooms can be polarizing.KatarzynaBialasiewicz/Getty Images

White can be a surprisingly tricky choice.

All-white bedrooms can be harder to pull off than you think.Ground Picture/Shutterstock

Gray is feeling its age.

The all-gray trend may be over.New Africa/Shutterstock

Browns and beiges are boring, not joyful.

Terracottas and browns might be better in other rooms.New Africa/Shutterstock

Orange can be overly stimulating.

It can be hard to relax in an orange room.Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock

Shades of green get dated too quickly.

Use other colors instead of green.Ground Picture/Shutterstock

Yellow's bold energy isn't ideal for resting.

Yellow in the bedroom can be too bold.Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock

Purple can overwhelm the space.

Purple can be toned down with gray.PC Photography/Getty Images

Barbie pink is a fad.

Barbie pink will be dated in a few years.NMC2S/Shutterstock

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