Interior doors are a very useful invention. If not for them, the premises would remain open to everything and everyone. It would be impossible to keep warm, protect yourself from drafts, noise from the next room. And no personal life, because you could not be alone not only with your loved one, but even with yourself.

Interior doors retain heat, eliminate noise and drafts.

It seems that with the existing breadth of assortment, it is easier to choose a door leaf to your taste. But the question arises: what color to choose interior doors? It is important to understand what criteria you need to focus on when choosing, so that the door fits perfectly into the interior.

There are no strict rules for selecting a door leaf. However, it is worth heeding some advice from professional builders and designers. They will help you choose interior doors and not regret your decision in the future.

If all interior doors open into one room, it is desirable that they are of the same color and texture.

  1. You need to pay attention to the layout of the premises. If the doors open into a dark corridor or into a room where little light enters from the windows, it is advisable to give preference to light shades. The same goes for narrow and small spaces. A light door leaf will not only add light to the room, but also visually increase the space. If it is decided in a dark shade, it should have glass inserts that will provide access to light.
  2. It is important that the door leaf matches the interior of the room. If the room is decorated in an ultra-modern style, it is unlikely that a classic varnished will suit it wooden door reddish shade. Conversely, if the design of the room speaks of home comfort, a black door frame, even with glass inserts, will not look organic.
  3. It is necessary to take into account the psychological component of a particular color. If you are a melancholic, you should not choose interior doors in dark shades, they will suppress you, seem like a tightly closed gate to the world. Avoid overly bright door panels if your family members are emotionally disturbed. It is especially important to consider this aspect when choosing a door frame for a child's room.

It is worth paying attention to such a nuance: if all interior doors go into one room, it is desirable that they be the same. Alternatively, you can order veneered canvases, in which one side facing the common room will be the same for everyone, and the shade of the other will depend on the interior of each room. it interesting solution, but quite expensive.

What should the color of the door be combined with

To understand the one leading to the room, you need to decide what it will be combined with. There are several options. The color scheme can be selected based on the shade:

  • floor covering;
  • walls (panels, wallpaper, painting);
  • furniture.

The color of the interior door should match the color of the furniture and flooring of the room.

At first glance, it seems reasonable to choose the color of the interior door, focusing on the laid floor covering. The floor is changed much less often than the wallpaper is re-glued. But in modern apartments, the same type of flooring is rarely found in all rooms. What to do if there is carpet in the nursery, laminate in the living room, and tiles in the kitchen? In this case, you will have to install universal light doors that will fit into any interior. If in all rooms there is a wooden floor covering or its imitation, you can find a shade common to all floors and choose the door frame of this color.

If the walls in all rooms are of almost the same shade, you can choose interior doors for it. One rule should be considered: if the walls saturated color, the door leaf should be several shades lighter and vice versa. Some people prefer the door frame to be exactly the same color as the walls in order to give the impression of a monolithic surface. But remember that sometimes this kind of confinement of space can cause discomfort.

The interior sliding door looks very impressive and at the same time significantly saves space, which is very important for small-sized premises.

In an effort to decide what color to choose the door frame, you should think about the advisability of choosing depending on the furniture installed in the room. If this is a living room in which there are antiques, such an interior is unlikely to be changed often. But the furniture in the bedroom and especially in the nursery can be replaced in 3-5 years. Of course, if you prefer furniture only in light or only dark colors, there will be no problems. In other cases, you should still choose universal options for door products.

An interesting design solution is to combine the doors with the color of the window frames. Another option is to support the shade of the door leaf with platbands or skirting boards of the same color. This will create a complete color space.

Features of color shades

Interior doors in natural wood color create coziness home interior.

White doors - universal option... They do not attract attention to themselves, do not cause negative feelings. The style of room decoration can change as much as you like, and the white door leaf will always be in harmony with it.

Interior doors in a natural wood color should be chosen to create a cozy home interior. Canvases of warm colors with a reddish tint will look especially good. Unlike beautiful but cold light shades, they add warmth to the room. These doors are good for the bedroom and nursery. But in the living room, especially if its design is strict, you can put a dark wood door frame.

The modern style of any room is favorably emphasized by doors painted with glossy enamel.

The color can be any - from black and cherry to beige and white. The highlight of high-tech rooms or rooms with a non-standard design will be door leaves bright unconventional colors - scarlet, light green, purple, etc.

When choosing, you need to consider not only the color of the door. It is worth paying attention to its configuration, texture, finish. An important criterion is the material from which the door frame is made. Naturally, you will have to pay a decent amount for a high-quality and original product, but it's worth it. After all, properly selected interior doors can transform the interior of any room.

Color choice question interior doors most often occurs at the final stage of the renovation, when the main finishing has already been completed. And despite the variety of models, materials and shades, it is not always easy to dwell on something specific. We will tell you what principles can be followed when choosing the color of doors and what combinations are offered by professional designers.

Why choose the color of interior doors?

There are several basic options for combining the shade of the doors with the rest of the interior:

  • selected based on the shade of the floor. This is a universal option in which it is easiest to create a common image in the interior. It is also considered the most popular because in many apartments and houses the floor in all rooms often either has one color or is made in one colors... Therefore, it is easiest to choose the color of the doors for the flooring. Of course, in the kitchen and bathroom, floor tiles can be very different from parquet or laminate in the rest of the house, but this is also solvable - we will describe the options for “combining” different colors of finishes below.

  • The color of the interior doors is matched to the wall decoration. This technique works great in an interior where all rooms are made in the same color scheme (for example, from light beige to yellow). However, if you are inclined to change, and like to update the wallpaper or paint the walls every few years, this option is not very suitable. The next time you are looking for a redecoration, you will need to consider the color of the doors, and this will limit your choice of interior decoration.

  • The shade of the door is matched to the color of the furniture. This technique works great if your entire apartment is decorated in the same style and the furniture in all rooms is similar in color or in the same range. At the same time, it is not necessary that the doors match the basic tone of the furniture - it is enough for their shade to resonate with its individual elements.

  • Doors of the same color with windows are a very rational and practical option, especially for private houses. With this option, you can update the interior as many times as you like, but there will always be elements that "support" each other. White windows are most often installed in apartments, therefore doors of this universal color also perfectly fit into any situation.

In addition to these basic options, there is another interesting solution, very often used by European and American designers: the same color of doors, platbands and floor plinths throughout the apartment. By choosing this option, you can create a complete image not only in one of the rooms, but throughout the house at once. This trick works great when you need to tie together different styles and interiors in different rooms.

Basic principles for choosing the color of interior doors

After you decide what exactly you want to match the color of the doors with, you will need to choose the right combination of shades. To create a beautiful and stylish interior Without the help of designers, follow one of the proven rules:

  1. One color: if possible (for example, when choosing doors to match the shade of the floor or windows throughout the house), you can purchase doors of the same shade.
  2. One range: if there is no basic tone, choose doors in the same color range. Do not forget also that warm shades should be combined with warm ones, and cold shades with cold ones.

  1. Overall shade: If the furniture, flooring and wall finishes in all rooms are different, find a “cohesive” shade that will echo the elements in each room. If there is no such shade somewhere, you can easily add it with the help of accessories and decor - for example, hang photographs or paintings on the walls desired color, choose vases or flower pots to match, etc.
  2. Contrasts and perfect combinations: If you are not afraid to experiment, you can choose doors that will contrast with the floor and walls, but at the same time form a successful "pair". Just as two colors are often chosen for furniture, such combinations can be used here. In this case, connecting link style can be platbands or plinths, and the door itself will be a contrasting accent.

Also, when choosing a color, do not forget that the lighter the doors, the visually spacious the room will be, and dark colors, on the contrary, will sharply limit it. Therefore, for small apartments, white and light beige models are more suitable than black and wenge.

Interior door color and interior style

There are no strict rules about which door shades are suitable for different design styles. The model itself and the finish of the door are much more important here. But it is also impossible not to take into account the style of the interior. Agree, red or green doors in a classic interior will look out of place, even if these colors are present in the decoration. Therefore, it is better to use proven options:

  • For interiors in luxurious styles - classic and neoclassical, baroque, rococo, provence and others, very light or, on the contrary, noble dark shades are most often used. White, light oak, ivory, wenge, dark walnut, even black and dark gray: these colors perfectly highlight such styles. Models with gold or silver patina, rich finishes and antique-styled fittings look perfect.

  • In interiors in country style, shabby chic, eco, chalets, as well as in certain ethnic areas, preference should be given to natural wood colors: from the lightest to the darkest. “Warm” shades from light walnut to reddish-red are perfect here. These colors allow you to make the interior more homey and cozy.

  • IN modern styles - modern, minimalism, hi-tech, loft - “pure” cold colors prevail: white, black, all shades of gray, as well as deep versions of rich dark colors (anthracite, navi, burgundy, etc.). Most often, models with a smooth surface, without bright pronounced texture and decorative elements.

  • In interiors in daring styles (pop art, kitsch, fusion), as well as in some ethno-designs (Mediterranean, Moroccan, Mexican, etc.), there is a place for doors in bright colors - blue, green, red, purple and others.

Should all interior doors be the same color?

It is not always possible to finish the whole apartment at once: when you live in an apartment all the time, rooms are usually updated gradually, and the break between repairs can be from several months to a couple of years. In such cases, many people wonder whether it is necessary to purchase identical doors. In fact, do not be afraid that the apartment will look tasteless if not all doors in it are the same. The only rule that is best observed is to select the same models for those parts of the apartment where the doors are located next to each other.

For example, in typical city apartments, the doors to the toilet, bathroom and rooms are located in one "corner" of the corridor. It is clear that in this case it is better to buy interior doors not only of one color, but also from the same collection. If this is not possible, choose models in one color and from the same material, with the most similar design. At the same time, other doors may differ if they are not located in the same field of view.

In private houses, the same principle applies - adjacent doors in one closed space should be of the same or similar models, but at the same time, on different floors and in different parts of the house, the style and design may differ.

If you are not sure about the choice and doubt how harmoniously this or that color will fit into the interior, you can always check it - just take a photo of the room, and in any graphic editor "substitute" the selected options. This way you can see which one works best. And don't forget that you can always ask us for advice.

The main purpose of an interior door is to delimit and protect personal space. But, in addition to practical functions, the door also has an auxiliary function - decorative.

With an increase in the door range, the requirements for appearance and the color of the doors began to play a leading role in the choice.

In order to radically change the appearance of the room, it is enough to change the door. That's why special meaning has its appearance - details of decoration, colors and decor.

Choosing the color of the door often causes difficulties and worries everyone who decided to design their home on their own.

When choosing a color for interior doors, there is no need to adhere to any boundaries: there are no strict rules governing the use of a particular shade. It is not at all necessary to follow the standards, the main thing is imagination and a sense of style.

Door colors in the interior of the apartment

When choosing interior doors, you need to rely on the dominant style of the house or apartment.

In dwellings where the rooms are decorated in different ways, we recommend relying on the style of the living room (hall) when choosing the color of the door, you can also focus on the design of the corridor or hallway.

Doors of a natural, natural color are appropriate in all styles.

Warm shades always bring coziness to the room and therefore will be especially appropriate in ethnic interiors.

Dark wood (for example, in the color "wenge") will look great in a strict setting.

When choosing a door for classic interior it is better to focus on either light or very dark tones.

In country interiors (country) they put antique doors in natural colors. They fit perfectly into general form premises and make it more individual.

In interiors with a spirit of minimalism, doors in cold shades and dark interior doors without finishing (for example, in wenge color) are appropriate.

A neutral shade is appropriate in all interiors.

In modern interiors, interior doors made of dark wood, as well as painted ones: red, black, blue, and so on, will look especially appropriate.

White is the most versatile color

White doors fit into any room. The advantages of this color lie in the feeling of lightness and freedom it creates. At the same time, you do not need to worry about whether the white doors are in harmony with the floor, windows or furniture - they never conflict with other interior details.

Wenge is a very dark accent in very light rooms

The designation "wenge" is now used by manufacturers to name various dark shades, including dark chocolate, maroon, black coffee, dark brown, up to black.

Such doors look very advantageous in interiors decorated in various light, up to milky white, shades: the stronger the dark / light contrast, the more advantageous.

Belwooddoors produces interior doors in wenge and wenge-paduk colors with and without glass. Their design and appearance are presented in our online catalog:

  • Wenge interior doors (blank canvas covered with fine line veneer): Maximum "Model 01", "Landa", "Mirella", "Malta", "Classic", "Classic Lux" (also wenge-paduk), "Modern Lux" ...
  • Wenge interior doors with glass (fine line veneer): Maximum "Model 07", "Landa", "Mirella", "Malta", "Classic Lux" (also wenge-paduk), "Classic Style", "Modern Lux".

If you are thinking about buying and installing doors with this coating, then consider the following points:

  • They should not be installed in rooms with an elongated layout (narrow) and with poor lighting;
  • Wenge-coated doors require special attention; be prepared for the fact that they will have to be washed often: dust, water droplets and even minor damage are clearly visible on such surfaces.

Combination of floor and door color

Most designers use this method: choose a color for doors that best matches the shade of the flooring. This method helps out when the floor is the same in all rooms.

If the floor coverings in the rooms are different, then the shade present in each room is determined and the door is selected of the same color.

In cases where the floor is lined with carpet, bright tiles or linoleum, the shade of the door can be chosen the same color as the floor in the hallway or corridor, but a couple of tones lighter. In this case, the chosen tone of the door should be supported by the same shade of furniture - then there will be no cacophony in the interior.

Painting furniture and doors

Often the shade of the doors is matched to the tone of the furniture that prevails in the house.

If the interior is dominated by dark furniture, then you can choose doors of the same shade, but a couple of tones lighter.

If the furniture in different rooms differs in style and color, then you can put doors in which the sides are painted in the color you need. These are non-standard doors and they cost more, but they look great in such a house.

Color combination for walls and doors

When choosing the color of doors, first of all they look at how they combine with the color of the walls.

White doors are suitable for a home with walls painted in various shades of white.

In European countries, doors of a neutral shade are very popular - white, gray, cream; their color is supported by platbands and skirting boards, building an integral line of interior decoration. At the same time, it is not necessary that the doors are in harmony with either the furniture, the floor or the walls.

  • If you have dark floors, then glossy or lacquered white / light doors will look good with them, without protruding and acute-angled details, almost merging with the walls;
  • the color of the door can - but does not have to - match the color of the furniture;
  • the color of the interior doors may not match the color of the floor covering;
  • the color of the door can be any, even very exotic, provided that it is present in other interior elements, for example, window frames, skirting boards or platbands;
  • the color of interior doors and window frames may be the same;
  • glass doors and doors with glass inserts are especially good in rooms without natural light or with small windows, with weak artificial light.

Choosing a color

The main functions of interior doors are to delimit the internal space of a building, protect from noise and cold, and provide an opportunity to retire. The decorative function of doors has long been considered secondary. But with the increase in the range of interior doors, the requirement for appearance has become almost the most important. Sometimes it is enough just to change the interior doors to transform the interior. The configuration of the door, its finish, decor and, of course, color are of great importance.

Probably, choice of door color causes the greatest difficulty. How to choose a door: for flooring, furniture, walls, windows? What to do if different floor coverings are laid in the premises of the apartment? What if the door matches the furniture - do you really need to buy furniture of the same color in all rooms? Or maybe you have to install different doors for each room?

These and many other questions concerning colors of interior doors , worried about those who decided to design the interior of their home on their own, without the help of professionals. In fact, there are no strict rules regarding the color of doors in the interior. Do not drive yourself into a frame, fearing not to meet some standards. When it comes to design, standards recede into the background, and fantasy and good taste come to the fore.

Interior door color and interior style

You need to focus, first of all, on the style of the interior of a house or apartment. It happens that different rooms one apartment or house is decorated in different style... How choose door color in this case? First of all, you need to focus on the style of the hall, living room, corridors. After all, we buy identical doors to the whole house just in order not to violate the integrity of the perception of common rooms, and not some specific rooms.

Neutral door will suit almost any interior

Doors in natural wood color are suitable for interiors in any style: classic, ethno, baroque, etc. However, it should be borne in mind that warm colors of wood with a reddish tint will bring coziness to the house - such doors are well suited for interiors in country and ethno style. For interiors in classic style and in the Baroque style, elite interior doors are often chosen either in a very light or, conversely, in a rich dark color. It should be borne in mind that the darker the tree, the more strict the interior will be.

Cold light doors are suitable for modern interiors and for rooms in the style of minimalism. However, very dark doors cool shades with little or no finish. The neutral color of light wood is successful for an interior in any style (except perhaps ultramodern interiors in high-tech style and the like).

Doors of dark wood color (for example, wenge) and painted doors will perfectly fit into rooms in modern styles. Moreover, they can be painted with glossy enamel of almost any color (black, white, metallic, etc.).

Wenge door for modern interiors

Universal option - white interior doors ... Doors white suitable for any interior. The advantage of white doors is the feeling of lightness and spaciousness that they create in the premises. When purchasing white doors, you do not need to rack your brains trying to decide whether they are combined with floors, furniture or something else. White doors, like window frames, do not stand out from the overall picture, do not attract special attention to themselves and do not come into confrontation with interior components of other colors.

To decorate rooms in style or country, light doors with an aged effect are often chosen. Such doors harmoniously fit into the interior and perfectly emphasize the style.

Such a light door is suitable for interiors in Provence, retro and antique style.

Door and floor color

Most designers use a time-tested move - they match the color of the interior doors to the color of the flooring. It is not difficult to do this if there is a tree or the same color on the floor of all rooms. But what if the rooms have different floor coverings?

In this case, you can try to find a common shade in all floor coverings (wood or wood-like) and choose a door that matches this shade. But after all, we lay not only parquet on the floor, parquet board, under the tree. After all, there is also colored tiles, carpet, bright linoleum. How to choose the color of the door in this case?

The color of the door matches the color of the tiles. Interior doors from Jeld Wen


If the lobby and corridors have wooden flooring (or wood-like), you can choose doors of the same color, but a few shades lighter. Of course, in the interiors of other rooms with a different floor covering such a door may look superfluous. To avoid this, you can support the color of the door with other elements - for example, furniture, decor items. But there will be no discord from the side of the common premises.

Door color and furniture

Often color of interior doors it is selected not for the floor covering, especially if it is different in all rooms, but for the furniture color prevailing in the house. This is the second most popular door color matching method. If the room has dark furniture, for example, wenge colors, you can use the same color, but 4-5 tones lighter. To prevent the doors from being too dark and not to make the rooms gloomy, it is worth preferring door leaves with glass inserts.

The color of the door matches the color of the furniture. Interroom doors by Jeld Wen

But the furniture in each room can be different: somewhere the color of light wood, somewhere dark, and somewhere completely colored. In this case, you can order veneered doors, one side of which is made in a single color, and the other has an individual color scheme, suitable for each specific room. This, of course, is a rather expensive solution, since non-standard doors are individual order are always more expensive. But from the side of the halls and corridors, the doors will be the same and will not disturb the harmony of any of the rooms.

However, who said that a door should definitely be combined with flooring or furniture? Not at all!

Door color and wall color

If the flooring and furniture are of different colors, and the walls are the same in almost all areas of the house, you can choose doors that match the walls. For example, choose cream doors for an apartment whose walls have similar colors - from white to beige.

Color of doors to match the color of the walls (wall panels)

Door in the color of the walls

Neutral door color supported by trims and skirting boards

This option is very common in Europe and the USA. color scheme doors: doors of any neutral color (white, cream, gray, bleached wood, oak, beech) are selected, and the door may not be combined with anything at all - neither with the floor covering, nor with furniture, nor with the walls. To maintain the color of the door and create a complete picture, all rooms are decorated with platbands and wide skirting boards to match the door. A single color line is created around the perimeter of the premises and the whole house, and the door harmoniously fits into the interior.

The color of the doors is supported by platbands and skirting boards. Photo Justin Bernhaut

By the way, European and American designers often use mixed techniques: for example, they combine doors with a staircase in the house, as well as furniture in common areas, and to tie all the doors together, they frame them with platbands of a neutral color - for example, white. The skirting boards are of the same color throughout the house.

The color of the door matches the color of the furniture, and the color of the trims matches the color of the wall panels

Different colors of platbands, doors and floors - and this is also done

So, to summarize:

1. There is no design rule that the color of the doors and the floor must match!

2. The color of the door can be in contrast to the color of the floor.

3. The door can match the color of the furniture, but this is not a dogma.

4. The door can be neutral (white, gray, cream, glass, etc.), which does not combine with anything in particular, but does not come into disharmony with the decoration and decoration of home premises.

5. You can choose a door in almost any color and support it with door and window frames and skirting boards.

6. Doors can only be combined with window frames... What could be simpler - to install windows and doors of the same color throughout the house and not try to tie together completely different shades each of the premises.


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