Gray color is something neutral that does not require special attention. Gray color, no matter what shade it is, is always perceived as quite neutral.
That is why, when decorating a bathroom in gray, it can be given any psycho-emotional feeling, depending on what is used next to it.
Design Features
Main distinctive characteristics:
- Thanks to their excellent reflectivity, light gray and silver tones visually expand the space and give it additional radiance.
- This interior is calm and stable. A balanced gray background goes well with rich accents.
- This palette is perfect for the bathroom because of its practicality.
Gray with gold
A respectable color combination for a beautiful bathroom interior is a combination of gray and gold. In this color scheme, your bathroom will look no worse than in an elite hotel, especially if you place black elements on a gray background, and use gold in the form of textured, aged and embossed tile surfaces, mirror frames and faucets.
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Shades of gray
In order to emphasize the geometry of the room, outline its boundaries and add a certain rigor to the bathroom design, dark gray tones are used. Light gray colors allow you to blur the spatial boundaries of the room and, conversely, make the atmosphere light and airy.
Platinum is often preferred as a base color as it creates a neat and tidy look. Silver color can increase the amount of light in the bathroom and give it visual volume.
The photo shows a bathroom with walls decorated with platinum-colored tiles.
An elegant shade of wet asphalt is suitable for a self-sufficient interior, and a steel or pewter color with a bluish tint is suitable for a restrained and aristocratic design.
Anthracite, charcoal, iron or thundercloud colors, despite the cold energy, form a deep and delicate image of the bathroom.
Gray with blue
Another option for decorating a marine bathroom interior is to use a gray-blue color scheme. For example, sapphire and cobalt blue tones harmonize perfectly with small silver surfaces of bathroom fixtures, shelves or ceramic decor. However, contrasting color harmony is also possible when combining azure with charcoal gray tones - you just need to set off this combination with glossy white surfaces.
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Finishes and materials
For walls, the most common cladding is ceramic tiles. Gray tiles imitating stone, marble or metal create a natural monolithic surface due to a single-color grout. Plaster with matte, glossy, silky or velvety textures has unlimited potential.
You can dilute the gray interior with mosaics or patchwork tiles. To prevent the room from looking too crowded, it is better to use fragmented wall decoration behind the washbasin or near the bathroom. For fashionable and trendy design, modern panels with a 3D effect are used.
The photo shows gray decorative plaster on the walls in the bathroom interior.
The ceiling in the bathroom requires a practical and moisture-resistant finish. For example, an excellent option would be a beautiful and durable tension fabric or slats, characterized by simple installation and a presentable appearance.
It would be appropriate to lay the floor in the room with imitation wood tiles, caramo granite, or use natural cork.
Gray with orange
Orange is the color of cheerfulness, joy and positivity. Psychologists claim that it encourages action and improves overall tone. What else do you need for a bathroom interior that should not only promote relaxation in the evenings, but also invigorate you in the mornings! Of course, an orange monochrome bathroom will be too hot and stuffy. But if you muffle the obsession of orange with gray, the result will be harmonious, lively, but not provocative.
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Selection of furniture, plumbing fixtures and accessories
For a gray bathroom, select furniture elements with plastic or wooden facades. In a spacious room, you can install countertops, wall or floor cabinets, complemented by a backlit mirror, and arrange bedside tables or pencil cases.
A bathtub with a marble bowl will add incredible sophistication to the decor, which, thanks to its pearl shimmer, will fill the interior with special charm. In a room in gray tones, shiny steel or gold-plated heated towel rails, faucets and other accessories will look harmonious.
The photo shows a bathroom in gray tones, decorated with a hanging cabinet with a glossy facade.
You can diversify a monotonous design with green plants, bright rugs or towels. Lighting in the form of spotlights or pendant lamps located above the sink will give the room additional effect.
Accessories
To diversify the neutral monotony of gray tones, in such bathrooms it is recommended to use bright and richly colored towels, bathrobes, rugs, soap dishes and other accessories as decor.
At the same time, the interior looks best if it is designed in two primary colors. Gray is used as the main tone for decorating the room, and additional gray is used as bright accents.
IMPORTANT!
Too many accessories of different styles and colors will make the bathroom too colorful and deprive it of refined restraint and style.
Gray color combinations
Unique combinations enliven the space and add coziness to it.
White and gray bathroom
A win-win classic combination that fills the room with lightness, relaxation and serenity. White should be used in moderation, as it should only highlight the unique gray and not become the main color scheme.
The photo shows a bathroom interior with a white and gray finish.
Gray-pink bathroom interior
In a dark gray bathroom, a delicate pastel pink color scheme will look especially beneficial. No less harmonious is the combination of an ashy shade with a powdery or fuchsia color, in any proportions. The gray-pink duet simultaneously imbues the design with calmness, unusualness and brings bright touches to the room.
The photo shows a modern bathroom design with pink furniture facades.
Taupe interior
Brown shades warm up a monochrome room and add more coziness and harmony to it. A gray bathroom interior combined with wood looks truly stylish.
The photo shows a dark gray bathroom with brown wooden inserts.
Black and gray bathroom
The gray-black tandem evokes elegance and luxury. Such colors do not make the atmosphere gloomy, but rather make it more refined and perfect.
The photo shows a black and gray color palette in the interior of a spacious bathroom.
Combination of blue and gray colors
Smoky tones with blue or turquoise colors create a fairly cool, but seasoned and elegant combination. Midnight blue and sapphire shades add a certain solemnity to the interior, while pale cornflower blue, sky or blue colors promote relaxation and tranquility. Due to the slight contrast, light blue forms a very pleasant and harmonious duet with gray.
The photo shows a bathroom with gray tiles combined with blue painted surfaces.
Bathroom in gray tones with bright accents
With the help of rich colored accent pieces, you can not only highlight the noble gray design, but also completely change the visual perception of the bathroom.
A nondescript and ordinary monochromatic interior takes on a truly stylish and colorful appearance due to red shades.
The photo shows an orange bathtub in the design of a light gray bathroom.
For a more sophisticated design, you can choose golden inclusions. Against an ashy background, gold looks very expensive and elegant.
The combination of cold gray and green is current and natural; a gray-coral combination will bring special freshness to the room; orange or yellow colors will fill the bathroom with cheerfulness and positivity.
Gray with black
In modern interiors, stylish and fashionable combinations of gray and black are often found. But be careful with such a color combination: to prevent the bathroom from turning out cramped and gloomy, add shine to the interior with the help of reflective surfaces.
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Use chrome-plated plumbing fixtures, transparent glass, glossy furniture facades and mirrors - they will become traps for rays of light, thanks to which the strict gray-black combination will sparkle with shimmering highlights and will not visually hide the area of the room.
Photo of a small bathroom
By using a lighter palette, glossy, mirror surfaces and a minimal amount of volumetric decor, it is possible to achieve no less spectacular interior masterpieces.
The photo shows the design of a small bathroom in gray-pearl tones.
For a small bathroom, it is better to choose compact furniture and replace floor cabinets with hanging shelves that preserve usable space. You can enlarge and lighten the space with glass partitions for the bathroom or shower.
Examples in various styles
Ash tones fit perfectly into many modern stylistic solutions. For example, a light gray finish in combination with crisp white sanitary ware will be a worthy design for a minimalist interior.
Iron-gray and graphite colors will add expressiveness to a bathroom in the urban loft direction. Nickel-plated and chrome-plated surfaces against the background of concrete walls will look very original.
The photo shows gray concrete wall decoration in a minimalist style bathroom.
Expensive marble cladding in gray shades in combination with beautiful half-columns and a large bathtub on gilded legs will perfectly complement the luxurious Baroque style.
For classic and neoclassical designs, white-aluminum, agate or pebble colors are suitable, which will highlight the elegant environment.
Furniture
There is one common technique among designers, using which you can visually save the space of a room - setting the furnishings to match the surface of the walls.
Thus, it will seem as if they are one, but in this version the shade should actually be similar.
If you do not have a goal to create a single whole in the room, then you can purchase pieces of furniture in different shades of gray.
By the way, gray bathroom furniture looks advantageous against the background of compatible walls, for example dark gray and snow-white.
It is advisable to purchase plumbing equipment for a room with a similar color scheme in a snow-white shade to create the impression of impeccable order and ideal neatness.
Toilet design in gray
In the interior of a small toilet in a smoky palette, it is appropriate to use patterned decorative tiles, mosaics or accent color on the wall behind the toilet. This will make the environment look more lively and interesting.
The photo shows the design of a gray toilet with an accent wall tiled with patterns.
In a very small toilet room, you can use graphite or anthracite finishing for only one of the surfaces. This solution will allow you to correctly distribute light and shadows in the room and make the interior more organic.
Psychological effects of blue color
Light blue tones have at least 30 different shades, all of which are widely used in interior design. Blue-blue colors are natural, but they are included in the cold part of the spectrum. They help create light, unobtrusive, fresh interiors and are ideal for the bathroom.
Most shades of blue have a similar effect on the human body, especially on its psychological state. Since blue is the color of reconciliation and tranquility, it promotes:
- an objective view of the circumstances;
- making the right decisions;
- gaining composure;
- smoothing out conflicts;
- minimizing negative emotions;
- increasing self-confidence;
- the ability to clearly express thoughts;
- relaxation, mental balance.
A bathroom in blue tones is perfect for people with a hot temperament, choleric people. For a person with increased mental excitability, this color is recommended even more than green, since it quickly neutralizes overwhelming emotions and instantly calms them down. However, it is necessary to dilute blue shades with other colors: in too large quantities they can provoke feelings of apathy, depression, and sadness.
According to some scientists, the color blue has a number of positive effects on a person’s physical health. A bathroom in blue tones has an “anti-cold” effect, strengthens the immune system, helps get rid of headaches, and eliminates painful spasms.
