Content
- 1 Shade character
- 2 Olive lighting
- 3 Accent or background?
- 4 Interior styles and olive color
Olive can be called both simple and complex color. To understand this interesting shade in more detail and learn how to use it in your interior, you should read the article.
Shade character
Like other colors, olive has many tones. It has a pigment of green and gray, so its shades are very diverse - from sage to gray and swamp. It can also differ in saturation - it can act as an accent tone, and remain in neutral positions.

It must be remembered that olive shade changes its mood and appearance depending on what colors surround it and how bright the lighting in the room is. Designers have long noticed that it looks boring on matte surfaces, but glossy and velvet textures in this color, on the contrary, are very stylish and luxurious.
Olive lighting
Choosing shades of olive as the main ones for the room, it is worth taking seriously the organization of lighting.
This color absorbs light, especially if it is a matte surface. Even lighter tones will not change the situation, and the interior will look chamber. If you like this effect, then you should choose shades darker. If the plans include a light, light room, then it is worth diluting the "olive" with other bright colors and arrange good lighting in the room.

Accent or background?
Of course, the olive shade claims to be the main one in the interior. The kitchen in olive tones looks the most harmonious. Furniture in this color is not easily soiled, but not uniform. If you design the living room in olive color, then it is worth starting from the style of the room and the degree of lighting in it.
As for the accent details, it is worth choosing the most vivid and juicy shades of olive. Well, if the background is light beige or white, then the interior will turn out natural and weightless.

Interior styles and olive color
For each direction in design there is its own "olive." For example, the Scandinavian style loves the vibrant natural tone of the olive, Provence its pastel shades, and the classic style muffled, calm options. Rich and deep tones are suitable for modern and loft.

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