The bathroom is one of the most frequently used spaces in the home, so it’s important to make sure it’s not only functional but also visually appealing. Through color, you can set your mood for the day and make getting ready in the morning a little more enjoyable. To help inspire your next bathroom makeover, we’ve rounded up 51 bathroom color ideas that are sure to boost your daily routine. Whether you prefer a playful and energized palette or a more calming, serene feel, there’s a color scheme here to suit every style and taste. So, say goodbye to boring bathrooms and hello to a space that makes you feel truly refreshed.
Visualizer: Viacheslav Sobolevsky
Style an elegant modern bathroom with a combination of slate blue and floral wall tiles. This chic, botanical theme is both refreshing and inviting with a contemporary twist.
Visualizer: Hanan Amr
Make brave contrast with a red, white, and blue bathroom color scheme. This bright and energizing color palette is sure to leave a lasting impression on house guests.
Visualizer: Pavel T
Construct a red bathroom feature wall using stunning mosaic, like this spectacular floral example. The flower mosaic is continued over the bathtub to complete a floor-to-ceiling mural.
Visualizer: Dina Bishr
Blush pink bathroom decor creates an intimate atmosphere here, while chunky terrazzo chips sprinkle an energetic buzz.
Visualizer: Adeoluwa Oba-Adenuga
Dark red bathroom decor is full of passion. Use this decor scheme around a bathtub that’s big enough for two. Don’t forget to include a side table to hold the wine.
Visualizer: Anastasiia Romaniv
Essex green bathroom decor carries a historic feel, which works wonderfully with classic bathroom floor tiles and a hoard of indoor plants.
Visualizer: Nicolae Comaritan & Amin Elay
White marble and natural wood tone make a harmonious meld that spells luxury and peace. Add a plush bathroom rug to amp up the glamor.
Visualizer: Anastasia Kuzmenko
White may seem like a basic choice for a bathroom but with the right vanity unit, sparkling lights, stylish bathroom mirrors, and golden fixtures it becomes a high-end haven.
Visualizer: Massimo Colonna
Board-formed concrete straddles industrial-style and wood-clad aesthetics with its cool tone and interesting texture. Add warmth to your gray concrete bathroom with a copper fireplace and a smoked glass bathtub.
Visualizer: Studio Effetto
Dark wall tiles set a bold background, which looks sharp when cut through with a crisp white vanity countertop and matching tub.
Visualizer: FOG Architecture
Hues of muted blue and white make fresh bathroom decor. In this example, pretty rose gold accents warm up the scheme in the shape of vanity hardware, bathroom vanity lights, and a round wall mirror.
Visualizer: Kupinskiy Architects
Copper-tone tiles make a striking focal wall in this modern bathroom concept. A huge mirror with a stark black frame interrupts their luster.
Visualizer: Art Group by Vasilkova Daria
Use royal blue wainscotting to conjure a traditional air in your bathroom. Finish with antique bronze fittings.
Visualizer: Concretica
Bright blue bathroom furniture is full of energy and fun.
Visualizer: Serg Ushakov
Turn up the heat with orange bathroom decor. This peachy shade of orange looks groovy within a retro wallpaper pattern.
Visualizer: Massimo Colonna
Anchor a lofty bathroom with solid black elements and emerald green decor. Add white space between to keep the look fresh.
Visualizer: Spacja Studio
Sage green bathrooms are serene spaces. Combine sage green decor with light wood elements to create a space that feels in touch with nature.
Visualizer: Ekaterina Domracheva
Use colorful tiles to pick out key areas of your bathroom, like the pink mosaic tiles around this modern bathroom vanity and bathtub.
Visualizer: Leverone Design
Let limestone tiles or bricks naturally color your bathroom decor scheme and build texture around your bathtub.
Visualizer: Shexia Design
Create a unique floor treatment with a plethora of tiles in different materials and color tones.
Visualizer: Reutov Design
Translucent blue accents give this extraordinary bathroom concept an underwater feel. Terrazzo pours confetti-like petals of color over a raw gray stone statement wall and unique pedestal sinks.
Visualizer: operavisual
Stamp an abstract pattern behind your bathtub with shades of blue. Lay down a dark wood floor treatment to set a sophisticated standard.
Visualizer: Evgeniy Zhdanov
Combine sunshine yellow accents with sky-blue elements to create all-year-round summertime fun.
Visualizer: Olga Lunyonok
Install primary red, yellow, and blue tiles within thick black borders to construct a Mondrian inspired design.
Visualizer: Lera Curve
Even tiny bathroom spaces can take a bold hit of color. Try painting your bathroom door with a coat of yellow paint, apply a color-block border, or install bright wall shelves.
Visualizer: Nika Vorotyntseva
Sage green tiles and white paintwork complement a clean, minimalist bathroom design. Complete the scheme with a linear white vanity unit and simple white lighting.
Visualizer: Eugene Zjuba
Coral pink accents appear vibrant within green and white surroundings. Sharpen this colorful combo with stark black accents.
Visualizer: Mai Trang Nguyen
Piece together a delicious mulberry purple and green bathroom palette to experience a rich and invigorating setting every morning. Add mixed metals to the scheme, like brass basins and chrome bathroom fixtures, to lift the look.
Visualizer: TOTL Studio
Break up green bathrooms with large botanical prints and soft pink accent furniture. Offset the pastel pink sweetness with charcoal gray accents and bathroom linens.
Visualizer: Malgosia Stan
This pink and green botanical bathroom design is boosted with splashes of coral and antique gold bathroom fittings. Note how the dark feature wall is clearly contrasted with a fresh white marble floor for balance.
Visualizer: KUT Studio
Take a walk on the wild side by extending a green botanical bathroom wallpaper print onto two walls. Add a classic black and white chequerboard floor treatment and quirky bronze accessories to form a whimsical retreat.
Visualizer: Dvoetochie Design Bureau
As a more characterful alternative to white, consider creating a blanket coat of pale yellow over a small bathroom. Modernize the plain palette with black sanitaryware and a black vanity countertop.
Visualizer: Sergey Krasyuk
This darker yellow bathroom design gains added interest from Turkish patterned wall tiles. Yellow glass bathroom pendant lights drip like beads of honey above a rustic wood vanity unit.
Source: Fireclay Tile
A black and orange combo is sure to wake you up in the mornings but may not offer the best setting for winding down at night.
Visualizer: LD ARCHITECTS
Introducing just one brightly colored element into your bathroom can completely change the space. Take this simple black-and-white bathroom for example. Without its statement vanity unit, it’s an average minimalist room. With its bright yellow vanity unit, it’s an attention-grabbing space that’s not likely to be forgotten.
Visualizer: Moya Studio
Black and brown bathroom decor builds a rich-toned design that feels robust and traditionally masculine. Add a chunky wooden bathroom mirror to complement the strong aesthetic.
Visualizer: Grisha Kokovikhin
This red-veined white marble offers a thrilling wall and floor treatment that carries the elegance of natural stone and the vibrancy of unexpected color.
Visualizer: TOTL Studio
Terracotta tiles bring visual warmth to a bathroom. Give this traditional material a twist with a geometric motif.
Visualizer: Alesya Kasianenko
Don’t let a gray and black bathroom palette fall flat. Limewashed wall treatments catch the light with their uneven texture and tone. Employ champagne gold and beige accents to lightly warm the scheme.
Visualizer: Noha Ayad
Make a jewel box of a bathroom with a lustrous emerald green backsplash. Contrast this gem with rough gray wall stucco and black bathroom fittings that fade into the shadows.
Visualizer: Oskars L
Shape a clean-cut green bathroom design with fine black framework and a sleek white marble floor.
Visualizer: OFFICE4
Shape a clean-cut green bathroom design with fine black framework and a sleek white marble floor.
Visualizer: Maria Papko
Confine color to just your bathroom furniture. This light blue vanity unit and storage cabinet set make a positive addition to a white marble perimeter.
Visualizer: Elena Tsubina
Rose gold makes rousing contrast with light blue decor. Take this rose gold acrylic mirror panel for example. Its reflective pink tone reflects the blue bathroom in an entirely new light. A ceiling-mounted towel rail and modern pendant lights continue the rosy tone.
Visualizer: Wonderwall Studio
Splice neutral modern decor with romantic rose pink moments. Use plush textiles, dramatic floral wallcoverings, and jewel-like accent furniture.
Visualizer: Innenarchitektur Rathke
Push out a low ceiling with airy white paintwork. By matching the walls to the white ceiling, the eye perceives one continuous, large expanse. Push down the floor with a subtly darker shade of beige.
Visualizer: Kuten Studio
Bright colors remind us of childhood and more carefree times. Style your bathroom with solid brights to enjoy the cheer of youthfulness.
Visualizer: NORDES Design Group
Aqua blue walls work well in small spaces, reminding us of cool, open waterscapes.
Visualizer: Slava Balbek & Artem Zavarzin
Build black and white color blocks to achieve an edgy aesthetic.
Visualizer: Mia Design Studio
Apply natural wood to a bathroom ceiling to create a comforting cocoon. This application works particularly well in bathrooms with green views, terrariums, or dense collections of indoor plants.
Visualizer: Artem Shelipov
This wood-clad bathroom ceiling and wall treatment frames a terrarium-like shower enclosure. A gray stone floor makes a natural complement.
Do you need a more comprehensive color guide, like a full grade color manual that has Sherwin Williams color codes next to pictures? We have just the right thing for you. Check out the 100 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Dream Home ebook which we have included as part of The Dream Home Kit.
Recommended Reading: 51 Modern Bathroom Design Ideas Plus Tips On How To Accessorize Yours
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