Ceiling Color inspiration

Great Paint Colors for Ceilings

What color are you thinking about for your ceiling? Or did you even consider that as an option? DIY Blogger Nicole Balch of Making It Lovely gives Glidden^® some ideas on how to paint your ‘fifth wall.’

When you think of painting a room, you think about choosing a color for the walls. Maybe you even think about choosing more than one. But do you think about the ceiling, or just default to white? White ceilings can be a great choice a lot of the time, but if you’re just sticking with white because you’re not sure what else to choose (or maybe you’ve never even thought about it), you could be missing out!

Glidden Dover Gray on ceiling

Match The Walls

You can paint the ceiling the same color as the walls. This is an easy choice to make if the walls are fairly light, but does it work in darker rooms too? Yes! The effect will be a bit moodier and cozier with dark colors, but you can make that work to your advantage. My bedroom has dark, charcoal gray paint on the ceiling and walls (try Dover Gray for a similar look), yet it still feels bright and welcoming because of the large windows and white trim throughout.

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Dark ceiling paint with lighter walls

Go Darker

You can choose to go darker with the ceiling than the rest of the room too. This is a trick that Frank Lloyd Wright used often. A darker or lower ceiling that borders on lighter rooms gives a greater sense of passage from space to space. I did this in my dining room (again, try Dover Gray for a similar look).

Olive green ceiling with light brown walls

Try A Different Color

Bringing in a completely different color can be fun too. Think a pale blue like Pale Seafoam to recall the sky, or a sweet shade like Frosted Tulip to give a lovely rosy hue to a room and flatter complexions. I chose a soft olive green (like Autumn Fern) in my library to pair with chocolate brown walls (Afternoon Tea) because the transition from white to brown would have been too harsh.

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Conclusion

I’m sure you can imagine that each of the rooms above would look dramatically different (and not as interesting!) had I stuck to a default white ceiling. It’s a little more work to add a color up above, but it’s worth it. So next time you paint a room, remember to address “the fifth wall”—the ceiling!