Cool and tropical turquoise blue feels just right on this hot summer afternoon. Score ideas for a few paint colors to sample, inspiration for a front door or trim, and also a nudge to use your favorite color in fresh ways around the house.
Summery Turquoise Blue Inspo & Paints to Sample
You’ll note there isn’t a singular way to use this happy color!
In an entry? What about a front door?
Or maybe a muted version in a kitchen?
It’s a color I love to wear, if only because it feels so optimistic. And who doesn’t need more of that these days?
Turquoise Blue in Julia Berolzheimer’s Home
How could this foyer not make you smile every single time you enter?
Julia Berolzheimer home in Southern Living – Design: Torrance Mitchell Designs; Architect: Beau Clowney; Photography: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Lizzie Cullen Cox
BM Blue Porcelain 1641
Of Blue Porcelain, Benjamin Moore says “This blue is darkened slightly by a touch of gray, resulting in a lovely, serene hue.” Porcelain Blue is just right for these shutters and porch!
The light reflectance value (LRV) of BM 1641 is 54.9 which may surprise since it doesn’t come off as a mid-range blue with all of the sunlight shining upon this home.
It’s worth noting that you should definitely sample this before being sold on it for your project.
This color appears to be painted on the porch floor and ceiling as well, though I am wondering if it was mixed at a lower saturation since it appears lighter. See this story about perfect haint blue paint colors.
While photography and editing influence a paint color, the time of day also affects the perception!
Blue Porcelain is going to match with these BM colors: Cloud White, Ivory Porcelain, White Dove, and Templeton Gray.
Farrow & Ball Parma Gray 27
Is this the prettiest blue traditional style kitchen you’ve ever laid eyes on? Deep Charleston sighhhhhhh. The shiplap, the island feel, the tropical pendants, the La Cornue range, and that pantry!
Find colors with “gray” in the name if you’re after the perfect blue. Here’s a perfect example. No. 27 Farrow & Ball’s Parma Gray is the paint color on cabinets in this kitchen!
Of Parma Gray, Farrow & Ball says this clean and crisp hue reads “as a cool blue.” and “creates the perfect period feel when contrasted with Wimborne White.” Julia Berolzheimer called on Olivia Brock of Torrance Mitchell Designs to create this stunning space for her young family, and doesn’t the blue feel youthful and happy?
The natural materials and touches of warmth play so well with Parma Gray cabinetry.
Would you dare place a lantern of this scale in a cozy breakfast nook?
But what color white to coordinate with turuqoise?
Benjamin Moore Simply White 2143-70
It’s this white paint color that is widely popular with designers and homeowners for its gentle warmth.
Benjamin Moore says of Simply White: “The slightest hint of warmth makes this clean, crisp white a favorite to use anywhere in the home.”
This white paint color is also known as OC-117 and reflects a ton of light. The LRV is 89.52, which means it’s going to reflect almost 90% of light.
Simply White was also used on the exterior of this home, and you begin to see how repeating the same color becomes important when you see areas of the property such as the courtyard:
Moonlight White, Old Prairie, Camouflage, Olive Branch, Alligator Green, and Sage will go with this color.
Hushed Tropical Blue Paint Colors
Is it refreshing to see hushed tropical paint colors as opposed to bright, sugary sweet, vibrantly loud iterations?
I love the idea of a haint blue ceiling in a guest room! Keep those ghosts far from guests! Hahahaha. (By the way, after that haint blue post where I joked I would pity the ghosts who would haunt my house since I would have little patience for their antics? Something totally spooky was spoken loudly and unprompted over a bluetooth speaker from the other room this week. Serves me right. Where’s my shopping list for haint blues…)
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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