What is color blocking?
Color can do anything. It can change how we perceive a space and, just as Kandinsky proved to us, it can influence our emotions, evoke music and sensory experiences.
The Color Blocking trend is here to provide the rooms we live in with energy and a transformational spirit through a combination of a variety of flat colors.
In our book Inspiring Living For Tomorrow. Lifestyle Trends 2024 by Neolith, you’ll find interior design projects featuring this technique as well as some highly evocative documents and interviews.
Characteristics of the Color Blocking Trend
Color Blocking is mainly known for the use of a combination of solid and contrasting blocks of color to create a fresh impact like no other.
It can be used on walls, furniture, flooring and even on the ceiling, normally in geometric shapes.
Combinations of Various Bright, Surprising Colors
The chromatic range is endless and the possible combinations even more so. In this case, you can be bold and daring, covering your spaces in primary, tropical, fluorescent and anything but discrete colors. That whole rule of “less is more” doesn’t apply to this game.
Use Opposite Colors to Boost the Hues
They say opposites attract. And, in this case, they enhance everything. If you want a brighter yellow than ever, just put it next to a deep ocean blue.
It’s exactly what Van Gogh did with color in his paintings. Do you want to impress too? You can use one color and the exact opposite or add a triangle within a chromatic circle. This equation is sure to work.
Apply Colors in Geometric Patterns
You can organize spaces and boost the value of the colors by using shapes. Combinations of triangles, circles, rectangles and even anamorphic shapes can be used to create unique and memorable atmospheres.
This resource has been used quite a lot in window display design to get people’s attention. Now, you can do it too and enjoy a simple yet very up-to-date technique.
Minimalism in Other Elements
To make the colors really stand out, designers often use furniture and other elements with simple lines, not at all overelaborate, which can easily integrate with the overall environment.
If you’re going for a more daring Memphis style, you can add more outstanding furniture and lamps; but, remember, curves and Color Blocking will be your best allies.
How Can Color Blocking Be Used at Home?
If you’d like to join the Color Blocking trend and create a fun atmosphere in your home, you’ll enjoy the process as much as the result since it’s very much a Do It Yourself technique.
Whether you’re moving to a new home or just want to change the style of your current one, you have to imagine everything empty and start from the general look and then move into the details.
You could set up a moodboard and choose the main tones you wish to use from a RAL color chart. The paint you’re using on the walls can also be added to the furniture for a bit of continuity or to make strong contrasts.
Color Blocking in a Bedroom
This is a space dedicated to rest, so you can use this technique but a lighter touch is recommended. You can combine bright colors with pastels or other ranges without too much of a contrast. To complete your design with a more neutral tone, you can use the Colorfeel line for the flooring or furnishings to let your atmosphere breathe a little.
One more thing to consider: curvy and horizontal shapes provide more peace than triangles and raised shapes.
Color Blocking in a Bathroom
In a bathroom, you can let your imagination run wild with all the colors you want. Bring this space to life with greens and oranges to wake up optimistically every morning.
Color Blocking in a Living Room
Living rooms are usually the most spacious areas of a home, which means you can use this trend with greater freedom. Frame a particular area and play with the furniture colors to create unique and memorable spaces.
If you’d like to give your atmosphere a more Mid Century style, you can use marble-inspired cladding in some places. The different models in The New Classtone collection offer a variety of choices and tones to give your dining room a Miami-like look.
Color Blocking in a Kitchen
Kitchens are also places where you can innovate and be dynamic.
The elements comprising them like the countertop, furniture and appliances already come in different geometries. So, if you add some color to them... you’ll have a real Mondrian painting!
Are you ready to get on the cutting edge with Color Blocking?
Enjoy this creative expression with zero limits and restrictions. You can also find some inspiration in the Mo-tel House project by the studio Office S&M which we’ve documented in our trends report, Inspiring Living For Tomorrow Lifestyle Trends 2024.
With a chromatic circle and a little imagination, you can completely transform your home and experience unique, new sensations.
