Floor paint color: Floor Coating Color Selector & Visualizer

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Black & Blue

You can go a bit more wild in your yard than you can in your house, so try some blue and back painted tiles. It’ll create the boho patio oasis of your dreams.

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White

Want to make your space feel super bright, even if you have almost zero natural light? White walls, white ceiling, white floors.

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Pink

Here’s how to paint your floors pink without it looking childish. Choose a cool pattern, mix it with white, and opt for boho decor.

More: The 10 Best Colors to Pair With Pink

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Sage Green

Green sounds bold, but a pale sage tone can feel incredibly earthy and calming. Keep the rest of the decor minimal, and decorate with whites and browns/woods.

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Thomas Loof

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Turquoise

Turquoise is a natural for a coastal house — it brightens up the wood and ups the beachy vibes. But don’t worry if you don’t live by sea, it’s gorg in a cottage-style space, too.

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Wood + White

Mixing white paint with wood is still totally rustic, but it helps add a little more character and polish. If you want to keep it classic, go with a striped design.

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Teal

This cool blue is bold enough to add obvious color, but subtle enough to function like a neutral. If the rest of your space is bright and eclectic, this will help ground it.

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Black

Black painted floors might sound nightmarish, but when paired with brights, like yellows and whites, they’re grounding, and seriously stunning.

More: 15 Modern Black Room and Decor Ideas

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Orange

If you go full orange, your house might look like it’s ready for All Hallows Eve year-round, so mix it up with white. A geometric pattern makes it feel even more vibrant.

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Have you got old wooden flooring that is in desperate need of renovation, but not enough budget to replace it? Or perhaps your linoleum floors are quite fine, but not especially inspiring? Maybe you’re transforming a basement with drab gray cement floor into a kid’s playroom and want to add some fun and colorful elements to the décor? Well…painted floors could be the answer!

Well, these are all great reasons for opting to paint your flooring! There are – of course – a few little things to bear in mind. Floors made from wood, cement, tile or linoleum (not so much laminate) make excellent surfaces for painted floor designs, and these days there are a number of specialist products for each of these types of surface that will help you achieve a professional finish. As always, best results will come from good preparation before your start painting!

It used to be that floor paints were available in only a small selection of utility colors – white, gray, black or brick – but things have changed and now you can get floor paints in all kinds of colors. And besides, if you can’t find the exactly right color in a special floor paint formula, you can also use any decent emulsion paint for the job and then finish it with a couple of coats of polyurethane sealant for protection.

So, all that remains is finding the best ideas for your painted floor project. A real bonus with paint is that you really can do just about anything you like: whether you just want a clean block of color, or like to embellish with geometric patterns, or a feeling super creative and want to create a unique floor mural – anything is possible. To some of the best of the many possibilities, we’ve collected a bunch of great painted floor ideas below to help you decide – enjoy!

Floor Painting Ideas Using Block Color

The simplest way to use floor paint is to choose the color you like and then paint the entire floor that one block color. However, choose your color wisely because it can really define the look of your room and give the space a certain feel.  Lighter floor paints such as white or gray or light blue are a good idea if you want to keep your space crisp and minimalist or add a coastal vibe; bright and bold colors such as yellow or fuchsia are not for the faint of heart and need to be offset with equally bold décor choices; whilst dark floor paint such as deep blue or black can be very dramatic but also create a spare, paired down, urban aesthetic. Let’s take a look at some painted floor ideas using block color…

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Smart white painted floors add to the spacious, airy and contemporary feel of this room.

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Blue painted floors, round porthole style mirror and pebble tile detail in the shower gives this bathroom coastal chic.

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Stunning yellow painted flooring is paired with ornate furnishings and wallpaper in this eclectic bedroom floor idea.

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Deep fuchsia painted floors complement pink tones in the wallpaper and rug – with cute decorative parasols to complete this very unique space.

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Dramatic black paint is used here to help create a spare, minimalist space.

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Blocks of color can also be used very effectively to zone different areas of one room – here a bedroom shared by three children has been cleverly zoned to accommodate personal space for each child! Check out the link to see the rest of the room.

Painted Stairs Ideas

If painting the whole floor seems like too bold a statement for your home, then you might want to consider just painting the stairs: doing so in a contrasting color will make a feature of a the staircase and add interest to your home design. And if you want to let loose on your creativity – but not too much (!) – the stairs are the perfect place to add a little magic.

You can paint a stair runner, combining stripes or stencils or stamps to add visual interest; or go completely freestyle and paint a graduated mural or add cute details like painted mice or uplifting messages. Check out these awesome stair painting ideas…

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This truly striking painted hall and staircase are so simple – just white, pink and blue – yet such an effective idea!

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A wonderfully, stunning ombre effect can be created just by using different paint samples from the same paint color card. Check out the link to see how.

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This fun faux stair runner has been painted using stamps and stripes.

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Here a smart black and white chevron design has been created just on alternate risers for a little added pizzazz.

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What a wonderful message to read every time you head upstairs to bed!

Painted Floors with Geometric or Stenciled Patterns

If you’re going gaga for all the fun patterned flooring that is available, but can’t afford to completely change what you’ve got, then painting patterns is the easiest way to get the look you want!

Geometric patterns such as stripes or checkerboards are reasonable east to achieve, and for more complicated designs you can use stencils or pattern kits to ensure that the results are neat and tidy. And if you have a parquet floor, then another fun idea is to use paint to highlight some of the block in the parquet design!

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It’s easy to recreate that retro vibe with checkerboard painted floor instead of tiles.

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Here the checkerboard is taken a step further with a layered diamond pattern.

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Simple stripes in breezy colors are a great way to spruce up a porch.

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Random blocks in blue, gray and white floor paints give this traditional herringbone parquet for a more contemporary feel.

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The intricate painted lace pattern on this floor is created with an easy peasy stencil!

Freestyle Painted Floor Patterns

Finally, if you are super creative and confident, then you have the great advantage of painting anything you like on your floors! Create trompe l’oeil painted rugs, cover the entire flooring with a wild floral design, or add fun surprise details to personalize a space. There are no rules, so just have fun – after all if you don’t like it, you can always paint over it! Take a look at these wild painted floor ideas…

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Myriad patterns in the décor are pulled together by this lovingly, hand painted farmhouse-style kitchen floor.

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A cute painted rug adds a little detail to an otherwise plain stairway landing.

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Painted ants crawl around this superbly styled kids room!

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Wonderful freestyle flowers add serious wow factor to this family’s deck!

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This deck painted and stained with a mandala design is more subtle, but equally pleasing to the eye.

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But if you want something truly special, get a professional artist like Louise Moorman to create one of her amazing custom trompe l’oeil floor paintings.

Other great resources for painting floors and stairs:

• All Things Thrifty – The do’s and don’ts of stenciling a wood floor
• Brit.Co – More amazing staircases
• Your Home Only Better – Great DIY tips for painting stairs

Do you have any floor painting ideas or painted stairs photos you’d like to share. Please contact us today and share your project.

About the Author:

Greca Fotopoulos

Greca is the lead style writer at Home Flooring Pros, with a BA in Technical Art, she’s focused on flooring trends, flooring ideas, and flooring brand reports.

“There’s nothing more satisfying than creating a home that you love. The hardest thing about this job is trying not to covet all the great floors I get to review; if I could remodel my home every month, I would!”

11 Wood Floor Paint Color Ideas

Painting your wood floors can be a great alternative to replacing or refinishing the wood. In historic homes especially, the wood has already been refinished too many times. This leaves the wood too thin to do hardly anything except paint it. 

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The following are the pros and cons of painting your wood floors, followed by stylistic suggestions.  

The pros of painting your hardwood floors

• Infinite customization 
• If you lack natural light – white paint can open up the room 
• More affordable than other flooring alternatives 
• Paint can hide the wood’s imperfections 
• It gives the wood a finished look 

The cons of painting your hardwood floors

• It may need to be repainted often 
• There is a long preparation process 
• It can  negatively affect your home value 
• Removing the paint is difficult 

If you choose to use paint anyway – great! We’ve got you covered with a list of 11 colors that would look great in your home. 

1. White 

This is an example of a very sleek, put-together room. The white floors bounce off natural light and reflect it into the space. While the interior designer took the liberty of matching the wall and floor color, it is unnecessary. The white floors pair incredibly well with pastel colors like the baby blue depicted.  

The only con of using white paint is that it may show dirt more easily than darker flooring. This shouldn’t stop you from experimenting with lighter colors, though! There are wood floor cleaners that can take care of this easily. For example, this Almond Scented Wood Floor Cleaner. 

Click here to view this product on Amazon.

2. Light Gray

Here is another example of wood flooring that pairs well with pastels. These gray floorboards make for a beautiful base for a room. It would be interesting to experiment with different hues of gray as well! The different grays would compliment each other and give the floor a subtle pop even in the same room. 

For a lighter gray, it is suggested to use pastel colors to accent the room. The complementary colors will change depending on how warm the gray is. Regardless, we think gray would be a good color for your next home project. 

3. Light Brown

Sometimes, a home needs a slight shift, like going from one typical wood color to another. Don’t underestimate the power of brown paint, though! The beauty is in the details of the shades. 

Painting the wood floors a light brown color is a great way to introduce subtle warmth to the room. This room takes advantage of this fact. The pale yellow and white on top of the light brown look stunning. 

One way to achieve this look is by using a liquid wood product. Plain old wood paint works just fine as well. 

Find this Light Liquid Wood on Amazon here.

4. Charcoal 

There is a common misconception that you cannot paint your wood floors too dark because it will make the room look smaller. This is not true! While you shouldn’t overload the room with too many dark colors, there is nothing inherently wrong with charcoal-colored flooring. 

The colors are balanced out with pale yellow and navy blue in this image. Those two colors create a nice contrast and work well with the floors. The grain of the wood is also still noticeable. It is important to note that painting wood floors do not mean you have to add layer upon layer to disguise the wood. A thin layer of paint can still dramatically change the room. 

5. Different shades of blue

Blue is a great color to paint your wood floors, especially in a children’s bedroom! It automatically draws your attention to the vibrant colors. What is special about this image is the use of different shades. This may be more costly as you need to purchase different shades of one color. The payoff is beautiful, though! 

If the color block scheme is too rough, try starting with a base color and slowly add more white to it. This will create an ombre pallet of colors that can be repeated. 

6. Brown

Many wood floors already come in brown. However, there are different shades, as we hope this article has conveyed thus far. Although, that shouldn’t stray you from achieving your dream floors!

The brown in this image is very in the middle. It isn’t too warm or cool, and it isn’t too light or dark. This brown is not light enough to compare to Light Brown [number 3], but it also isn’t close to a chestnut. Regardless of what you want to call this shade, we think it could perfectly fit your home. 

7. Geometric Patterns 

This pattern can be achieved using any two color combinations. We recommend doing this in a kitchen or children’s room, or somewhere where there needs to be a pop. Those two colors will then influence the decor of the room. For example, the navy blue cabinet compliments the bright yellow diamonds. 

We suggest taking even more creative liberty and experimenting with shapes as well. Swap it out for circles, hearts, stars, or a chevron pattern if this pattern doesn’t suit you. There are so many possibilities!

8. Orange

These orange-tinted floors bring life to the room! The kitchen feels complete when paired with the orange cabinets and wooden chairs. The floor is not the centerpiece here, which could be good as the kitchen is a high-traffic room. What does bring attention to the floor is the beautiful rug. Once again, the designer uses quality accessories on top of a neutral base.  

9. Purple 

While these beautiful wood floors are naturally purple, you can also mimic the color with a wood stain. Purpleheart wood can appear dull or gray when first cut. The wood will turn a reddish-purple in a few days due to the light exposure. Since this kind of wood may in inaccessible, we recommend mimicking it with purple paint. 

One way to achieve this glossy look is using a wood floor rejuvenator. The shine on top of the deep purple will be a show stopper! Below are two items that can help obtain the desired results. 

Click here to view this All Floors Restorer Liquid.

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10. Green 

This is such a unique color. It isn’t brown enough to be considered an earth tone, nor is it dark enough to be olive. We recommend pairing green wooden floors with white, brown, or navy blue. 

If this shade of green isn’t too much of your style, try opting for a more gray-green. That is a safer, more neutral color to choose. While it won’t have the same wow effect as the color in this image, it can certainly spark a room to life. 

11. Beige 

To increase the room’s warmth, paint your wood floors a lovely neutral beige. This is a common color for wood floors, and it’s no surprise why. Its neutrality also creates more space for creative accent colors. In the image above, the designer stuck with the brown color scheme. 

The image also depicts a great way to spice up the wooden floors – adding a rug. Rugs pair best with very simple floors. This prevents too many conflicting patterns from ruining the room’s design. 

Additional materials

Before tackling this home project, ensure you have all of your required materials. It is highly suggested to sand the wood floors before painting them. Sanding the wood can prevent splinters, level the ground, and smoothen it out. Here is one type of wood sander. 

To view the Palm Sander on Amazon, click here.

Let’s recap! Choosing to remodel your home is already stressful, so don’t worry about replacing your floors. Instead, you can choose a more affordable option and paint the wood. Removing the paint is strenuous, but we encourage you to be confident in your decision. Whichever of the 11 style suggestions you decide to implement, we’re sure you’ll pick the perfect shade! 

For more posts on wood floors, click below- 

What Color Furniture Goes With Wood Floors [11 Options]

How To Fix Holes In Hardwood Floor – Large And Small! 

How To Blend Stain On A Hardwood Floor 

Basement Floor Paint Colors – Designing Idea

In this basement floor paint colors guide you’ll see design tips on how to color match your floors, best shades to use, and floor paint ideas.
The art and skill of color matching is a tedious process that has been studied long and hard by interior designers and decorators alike. If you feel unprepared or inadequate to take on the task of color matching your floors to your walls, you are not alone. 

Choosing the perfect color for your floors is indeed a somewhat confusing project to take on and there are endless possibilities for you to consider. There are no one-size fits all colors when it comes to this and there are a few basic things for you to consider when choosing basement floor paint colors.

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How To Color Match Your Floors

Start off by thinking about the room size

Regardless of what room or floor size you’re dealing with, the color of your floors will always have a major impact on how the space in the room feels like.

For much larger rooms, the recommendation is that you stick to colors that have dark and warm tones in them. These colors can make large rooms seem cozier and a little more compact.  

This basic rule of thumb applies if the room size goes in the opposite direction. If the room space is much smaller, such as a cramped room with limited floor space, using the right colors for your floors could make all the difference in the world when it comes to managing that challenge. 

Try to opt for natural or lighter colors for the floors. These hues will brighten up any room and will effectively open the space up. This will save you the hassle of rearranging the different types of furniture styles in your room or worse, having to throw anything out.

Think about the effect of the colors you pick

Keep in mind that the way that you pick your colors for your floors will have a huge impact on the overall atmosphere and feel of the room you’re redecorating. If you want to go for something that looks and feels lighter and sunnier, shades of yellow could inject a vibe of fun and optimism. 

Light beiges and whites could give the room a sense of tranquility and openness. If you want to go for something cool and peaceful, grey-colored floors are a great thing to add into the mix. If your space’s interiors are filled with elements of brown, this can feel very rustic and natural. 

Black, on the other hand, can evoke a feeling of class and of luxury. A black floor can also feel very dramatic and powerful and playing with contrasts with a black floor can really play to your advantage.

Make good use of the lighting

You also need to keep in mind of the fact that the lighting in your spaces at home can change all throughout the day. Assessing a color sample at night and under the gaze of artificial lighting can come off with an entirely different impression compared to natural light during the middle of the afternoon, for example. 

It’s important for you to take some time to really think about the kind of lighting that will be cast in the room all throughout the day. Is it a kitchen that you happen to frequently walk in and out on all throughout the day? Is it a bedroom that you only retire to during the night?

Or is it a children’s room that you tend to use more often during the day? Every room has its own unique types of lighting fixtures and these are things that you ought to consider when deciding on your floor colors.

Always think of the bigger picture

It’s important to not pick out your floor colors based on the premise of an empty room. You need to make sure that the color will be cohesive with the design theme, style, and feel of the room that you happen to be redecorating. 

Are there perhaps design elements that you would like to bring particular focus to? Perhaps a piece of furniture that you would like to highlight? If so, the use of more natural-looking colors will help you create a more neutral-looking canvas. This will allow your furniture to take the stage and attention front and center. 

Opting for red tones for your floors, on the other hand, can bring on a sense of opulence and luxury. This can go extremely well with colonial or art deco furnishings. If you have a country-style décor for the room, brown shades can best match this particular type of décor.

It is also a pretty good idea for you to go ahead and take some hints from your overall interior design. Some cabinet wood grain samples, a main carpet, or even a paint chip could turn out to be an inspiration and help you more easily determine the right color to go with for your new floors.

Don’t scrimp out on taking samples as they can help immensely in making your decisions so much easier. As we are in the digital age, there are also a lot of room simulators and basement design software that will allow you to test out virtually any type of floor color you may have in mind.

This will usually require you to upload a picture of the fully furnished room. The rendering can be impressively realistic and on point.

Best Color To Paint Basement Floor

The basement is an area in the home that is most times overlooked in terms of design value and precious extra storage real estate. What you need to know is that the basement can be impressively versatile when it comes to these types of uses.

There are a lot of ways for you to redesign your basement and completely redo the way that the space looks and feels. You can start off by painting a basement floor with the best colors. Here are some colors for you to consider.

Bright White: This color is a favorite and is a natural choice for floor colors for dark and oftentimes dank-looking places such as your basement. It can effectively liven up and brighten up the space without exerting too much effort in it. 

If you would like to further emphasize and capitalize on this color’s expansive properties, you can proceed with incorporating some similarly white accessories and furniture pieces along with the space. Additionally, by choosing a white or light paint color for the basement ceiling, one can enhance the overall brightness and feel.

As an alternative, if you aren’t too keen on making the space look uniformly white, you can opt to break up the backdrop with splashes of color not just on the floor but in the fabrics and other elements that you may want to incorporate into the space as well.

Sky Blue: This is a rather pleasing shade. Sky blue is a light color that can really liven up the spirits as well as calm the senses down. This is ideal if your plan for the basement space is to convert it into some sort of extended living space. 

A sky blue basement floor can be tastefully paired with soft-colored neutrals to complement the soft look of the space. If you would like to liven it up a little bit, it would be smart for you to play around with the color palettes in contrasting colors with the accessories and with the accents that you pair up with the space.

Shades Of Red: A burst of red that’s energetic and fiery is an unexpected choice for basement floor ideas, but it is something that can pay you back should you be adventurous enough to consider it. It’s a great floor color choice for basements especially if you have every intention of turning this into a fun space such as a playroom, a den, or even an adult game room. 

You can paint your entire basement floor in shades of red or you can opt to go for accented areas instead. Make sure that you’re leveraging on contrasts when it comes to this. You would have to pick lighter-colored walls for a more cohesive and less overwhelming look.

Gray: Gray paint has become increasingly popular over the years when it comes to areas below the ground such as the basement. This is a shade that’s rather sophisticated yet at the same time, subtle. Gray floors are oftentimes paired best with classic or neutral-looking furniture pieces. 

If you would like to go down a different route and embrace something a little edgier and more modern, you can opt to throw in bold accents and details by playing around with colors such as green, deep blue shades, or even striking oranges.

Cream: Cream is a pure and balanced color. It’s a great marriage between beige and white without the extreme effects. Cream is a great color for your basement floor, especially if what you’re shooting for is something a bit more relaxed and subtle. 

This floor color can be great for your basement if you want to turn it into a functional space such as a laundry room, a space for entertaining, or even a below-ground laundry room.

Cream is a relatively neutral color, and it doesn’t really clash with anything on the color spectrum but it does work well with wood colors that are honey or mahogany toned.  

Basement Floor Paint Ideas

Here we share the best paint ideas for basement floors.

Recommended White Paints

Farrow & Ball Wimborne White (239): This is a classic white paint. It has a bit of an off-white hue that contains just a touch of yellow. This extra tone adds a feeling of softness to the paint color.

It’s a cozy and versatile paint color to go for as it can pair well with both warm and cool colors alike so your design options for the basement are opened up and you’re not restricted when it comes to your accessories and accent colors.

Benjamin Moore Seapearl (OC-19): If you want to go for a fresh white color that at the same time borders on as a neutral, Seapearl by Benjamin Moore is a great choice. It has just enough gray tones in it to still embody all the freshness of a white color without it looking too stark.

It’s great for the basement as it can move with natural light. It can look cool during the day and transition to a warmer feel during the night.

Recommended Sky Blue Paints

Sydney Harbour Paint Company Laguna: This sky blue paint is a shade that evokes an ethereal and blissful feel. This is a paint color that’s gentle and has the look and feel of blooming over time. This is a great paint color for your basement floors if you’re looking into creating a lot of texture and depth in the space that you’re recreating. 

Sherwin-Williams Dynamic Blue (SW-6958): This isn’t that much of a sky blue paint but we’re including it in the list as it has a vibrancy in it that can be quite striking for a basement floor.

It’s not a subtle take on the floors, for sure but it’s bright and bold and something that can really look and feel happy. It’s a great paint color choice for your basement. It’s a bold statement to have and is best paired with subtler colors all around the room.

Recommended Red Paints

Heritage Red (HC-181) by Benjamin Moore: When it comes to the red color, classic is always a good way to go. Experimentation is great, but classic is timeless and never really goes away.  This paint color is rich, vibrant, and warm. It also offers up an extremely high gloss. Heritage Red with the paint code HC-181 from Benjamin Moore comes highly recommended. 

If you’re shooting for dramatic red floors in your basement floors, this is a great paint brand and code to go with. You of course need to balance this out with much more muted color choices for your walls and for your furniture pieces and other accents you may want in the basement space.

PPG Paints Red Gumball (PPG-1187): This is a fiery raspberry paint brand and can hold its color on its own extremely well. This is great when it comes to high contrast between purer colors such as black and white. It makes for a very chic statement as a basement floor color choice.

We suggest that you use this sparingly and not color the basement floors in their entirety as the color can end up cramping up the space and making it feel a little closed off.

Recommended Gray Paints

Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray (SW 7029): This gray paint brand is a popular choice. This shade borders a bit on the light and yet warm shades of gray and beige – greige. If you’re a bit undecided when it comes to the gray hue, Agreeable Gray can turn out to be a great compromise as it’s also somewhat neutral in its own rights. 

It can be perfect for your basement floors if you don’t want to go down the stark white or cream bases. It has cool tones and can move along with the amount of natural light that has been cast on it all throughout the day and artificial light during the night.

Sherwin Williams Repose Gray (SW 7015): If you want to go for another strong contender in the greige category but something that comes with a bit more coolness compared to Sherwin-Williams’ Agreeable Gray, Repose Gray offers a welcome alternative. 

If you have harsher lighting in your basement, this is a great gray paint brand and shade for you to consider having for your basement floors.

What’s so great about the gray shade is that as a proposed neutral, it is something that can immensely open up your design options in terms of the basement wall colors, the furnishings, the accessories, and all of the other elements that you might want to incorporate in your basement design.

Recommended Cream Paints

Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace (OC-65): Shooting for the perfect balance between cream shades that have warm undertones and a crisp white shade is something that is a bit of a pipe dream but something that’s made possible by Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace. 

It’s a great color to champion for the basement floor and can come in both satin and matte finishes, depending on what your matter of preference will turn out to be. This is great for the basement floors and paints a neutral background for the rest of the elements in your spaces at home.

Sherwin-Williams Alabaster (SW-7008): This is a cream paint with taupe undertones. It has a somewhat velvety and milk-like color and texture to it that can make your basement floors look crisp and trim that’s really bordering more on a white shade.

It can be bright enough for the basement space but also feel crisp and fresh enough for you to pair with wood elements and other wood-like tones that might come from your furniture pieces.

Concrete Basement Floor Paint Colors

What you need to know about right off the bat is that not just any paint will do for concrete basement floors. After all, only a very few paint types are suitable for concrete.

When it comes to this, the safe choice to opt for are high-quality masonry paints. That should extend out to the primers you use for your floors as well. Even this though can show signs of wear and tear after a few years. 

Therefore you need to come prepared for reapplication, if ever. The best choice ever for concrete basement floors is epoxy paint. This paint type has a special formulation that is attuned to adhere to concrete in particular.

The reason why epoxy paint is so great is that it can handle movements on the surface over certain periods of time. Concrete can move and shift as it can expand or shrink with temperature changes and epoxy change can bide the tide.

Now when you think of epoxy paint, the common assumption is that your paint color choices will be limited but it isn’t like that at all. Here are some great kickstarter colors with epoxy paint for your concrete basement floor.

Epoxy Paint Colors For Concrete Basement Floor

Beige: One of the reasons why you would opt to paint your concrete basement floors in the first place is because of the fact that concrete’s natural color can come off looking a little too cold and industrial.

Beige is great at balancing this out. It can warm up the area and bring in an aesthetic value to it and it can effectively transform the space. Leaving your concrete basement floors looking as is with their natural appearance can make your space come off looking a little austere and abandoned.

Green: If you aren’t too fond of beige but still want to get a concrete basement floor that’s looking warm and inviting, green is a great option with epoxy paint. Keep in mind as well that green has a natural and organic feel to it and it can really uplift an otherwise dark and dreary-looking concrete basement floor.

Ivory: Ivory is a color that’s both clean and classy. If you want a soft and beautiful feel to your basement concrete floors,  a touch of soft ivory is a great epoxy paint option to go with.

If you want to instantly clean up the look and feel of your concrete basement floors, ivory can be a go-to bet. It has dominant elements of white that radiate out and can make a badly-lit basement look rather well-lit.

Gray: This is a popular epoxy paint color for concrete. It provides a clean and uniform look. Light gray is a balance between white and isn’t as austere as you would think as the color spectrum can be quite wide-ranged.

Best Basement Floor Paint To Use

Painting concrete floors is no easy task and the paint colors, brands, and types you should be using must come with very special and specific qualities.

A few of these are being able to withstand use and abuse, heavy wear and tear, and even exposure to water, among other things. We’ve listed down some of the best basement paints for you to consider.

KILZ Epoxy Concrete and Garage Floor Paint: This is one of the best picks as far as concrete basement floor paints are concerned. This paint brand comes with a formulation of a one-part epoxy and acrylic mixture. It is suitable for both interior and exterior use and can hold up well against the demands coming from concrete basement floors.

This paint is water-based and has been known to be able to withstand even the toughest stains coming from gasoline, chemicals, and other harsh substances and liquids. It also comes with a satin finish that makes for a very easy application. It dries quickly and is extremely specific that it isn’t recommended for any other use apart from being painted on garage or basement concrete floors.

DRYLOK Basement and Masonry Waterproofer: This is masonry and basement waterproof paint looks fantastic once it’s applied. When it dries, it delivers a crisp and bright white color and has been applauded for really stopping water in the basement.

Basements are notorious for water exposure and even the occasional leakage. This paint can help you equip your basement floors to withstand it, knowing to hold up against up to 15 PSI. This paint can transform any dank or dark basement instantly with its smooth finish.

Its formulation meets VOC requirements and is greenwise-certified so if you’re environmentally conscious, this is a great option for you to consider. Take note though that this paint can come with a very thick consistency and can take a considerable amount of time to dry.

There can be a lot more options to consider aside from the two we’ve mentioned above, of course. But if you’d like to continue to look around, here are some traits you need to look for when you’re looking for high-quality paint for concrete basement floors.

• Waterproof

• Oil-based or water-based

• Should have epoxy in its formulation

• Mildew and scratch-resistant

• Easy to clean and maintain

See more related content in our article about painting basement stairs on this page.

How To Match Wall Colors With Wood Floors

by Andre Kazimierski | May 16, 2022

Wondering how to match wall colors with wood floors? You aren’t alone. Hardwood floor colors come in many tones and there are endless potential wall color combinations.

The best way to match wall colors with your flooring is to paint your walls with a neutral color like white, off-white, or light gray. Most designers suggest painting walls in a color opposite to the undertone of your floors.

So for flooring with cool tones, choose a warmer paint color for the walls like Pure White by Sherwin-Williams. And for warmer toned floors, stick to cooler wall hues on the color wheel. Cooler paint colors like Oxford White by Benjamin Moore allow for enough contrast against warm wood flooring.

As a homeowner, matching your flooring undertones and wall paint colors is the most important interior design decision you’ll likely make for your home.

This guide on how to match wall color with wood floors will make it easy for you. Let’s start by answering a few key painting and flooring questions.

How can I tell the undertones of my hardwood floors?

Warm undertones look more red, yellow, or orange, and cool undertones look more blue and purple. A good way to determine the undertone of your hardwood floors is to place a white sheet of paper on the flooring. More often than not, undertones will be more noticeable next to pure white. Similarly, you can also do this to figure out warm tones versus cool hues in paint color swatches.

Remember, you’ll want to select a wall color that is opposite to the tone of your wood floors. In the end, this means pairing cool wall colors with warmer toned flooring or selecting warm paint hues for cooler-toned floors.

Should floors be darker or lighter than walls?

In most cases, you’ll want your floors to be darker than your wall color with a flat white ceiling. As a rule of thumb, go at least 3 shades lighter on the walls than the floors.

However, there are instances when you can add accent wall colors or paint in darker shades. Certainly, this all depends on your furniture, house decor style, and how large your rooms are.

Selecting wall colors for your bedroom can be overwhelming. Find out which popular bedroom paint colors made our list this year!

When looking at a paint fan deck, interior designers recommend choosing the lightest color on the swatch for dark wood floors. After that, you can move towards darker shades on the swatch for accent colors.

Not to mention, natural lighting plays a major role in how flooring and painted wall color schemes look in your home. Along the same lines, lighter floor and wall color combos can make a small living room look bigger and vice versa.

Looking for a professional painter to update your interior before moving in? Improovy may be able to help. We are a house painting platform that simplifies the process for homeowners and painting contractors. Learn more about the company building the future of the painting industry.

Wall Colors For Light Wood Floors

Light wood floors are the most popular type of flooring in the United States. Luckily, it’s easy to match wall paint colors with lighter-toned floors. According to design experts, the best wall colors for light hardwood flooring are cooler white, neutral off-whites, and soft grays.

Avoid warm neutrals with yellow or brown pastel undertones that clash with warmer light flooring tones. These include taupe or beige paint colors that bring out yellow undertones in natural wood flooring.

A few of our favorite wall colors for warm light wood floors include Decorator’s White By Benjamin Moore and Superwhite by Sherwin-Williams.

The advantages of natural or light wood floors include being easier to clean and better for homes with pets because it shows less dirt and hair. Not to mention, scratches are less visible than on darker wood flooring. Overall, the most common light wood floors include red oak, maple, and birch. Likewise, popular light wood stain colors include natural or a clear coat, golden oak, honey maple, and weathered oak.

What Paint Color Goes With Golden Oak Trim?

One of the most popular questions we get is what wall color goes with honey or golden oak trim or floors? We recommend a white or cooler neutral shade to offset the yellow in the honey oak trim and flooring. It’s best to avoid warm whites or orangey neutral hues when pairing with honey oak floors or trim wood tones.

Even strong wall colors like Sherwin Williams’ Naval or Pigeon by Farrow and Ball can modernize honey oak shades. Each can act as an accent color or the perfect tranquil bedroom color. No doubt, these darker neutral green, and blue paint colors coordinate naturally with golden oak flooring or trim.

If you are still finding it hard to match wall colors to your honey oak wood, you can always paint the trim white. While popular in the 90s, honey or golden oak trim can seem outdated today.

Accordingly, painting the trim, windows, and door casings of your entire home white is a huge upgrade to any interior design palette. As a reference, the best white color for trim is Extra White from Sherwin Williams.

Next, we’ll explore some gray or cooler flooring shades and the best paint colors to match them with.

Best Paint Colors For Gray Wood Flooring

Gray wood flooring typically has cooler undertones which can make a room feel sterile or cold. To offset the colder vibes of gray floors, pick warmer leaning off-white or neutral wall colors. A few expert favorite paint colors for gray wood floors include Silky White by Behr and Swiss Coffee By Benjamin Moore.

While beautiful, gray-colored flooring leans more trending than timeless given the popularity of farmhouse-style decor. Warm wall colors can extend the shelf life of trendy gray floor styles and create some contrast to the cooler gray hues in the flooring.

One thing to avoid is to match gray wall colors with gray floors. That means you should steer clear of cool greige paint colors like Repose Gray from Sherwin-Williams. These highly popular cool gray neutral colors have just enough hints of grey to clash with cooler floors.

Need more interior paint color advice? Our home design experts ranked the 10 best paint colors for interiors this year!

Wall Colors For Medium Wood Floors

Choosing wall colors for medium wood floors or rich walnut is tricky because they are darker than lighter or natural stained flooring. The best paint colors to match with medium wood flooring are dusty greens, cool blues, and neutrals or whites. An expert favorite includes Stargazer by Behr paint company.

Skip wall colors that are too warm, especially if your medium hardwood flooring contains warmer clay or terracotta undertones. Likewise, avoid all beige walls with warm color undertones as they don’t offer enough contrast against medium floors.

Again, your best bet is to choose light or white walls that are cooler for warm medium brown floors and vice versa. Just make sure to choose a wall color that’s lighter than your floors in smaller rooms without much natural sunlight to open up the space.

Thinking about painting your walls? Learn about how much interior painting costs in the United States. 

Cherry Hardwood Floor Wall Colors

The best wall colors for cherry hardwood floors are cool white hues, lighter blue tones, and cooler grays. Even a soft, cool green like Garden Flower By Valspar acts as a complementary color to bring out the red tones of your cherry wood flooring. A deeper charcoal green like Halls of Ivy by Behr can look incredible as well. Avoid warmer wall hues that bring the warm wood tones out of your cherry or mahogany floors too much.

Likewise, Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace is a coolish white neutral paint color that contrasts nicely against red hues in flooring.

Again, always pair cool color walls with red or warm flooring. In the same fashion, a cooler neutral light color on the walls allows your cherry floors to be the center of attention. Similarly, light blue wall colors can nicely complement red-toned floors while offering enough contrast. Using another example, a popular gray paint color that goes with deep mahogany floors is Money Moves by Clare Paints.

Lastly, the light neutral tones we recommend for cherry floors can really open up a stuffy dining room. Rich navy wall colors like Deep Ocean by Dunn Edwards look regal in a dining room when paired with cherry-toned floors or trim. Just make sure you match and coordinate any amber wood tones in your dinner table set with your flooring.

Best Paint Colors for Dark Wood Floors

Dark hardwood floors are timeless and classic, as long as you pair them with the right wall color. The best wall paint colors for dark wood floors are crisp whites and lighter neutral shades. Our favorite pick includes Sherwin’s Agreeable Gray.

On the flip side, we recommend avoiding dark colors when matching walls and darker toned floors. Specifically, dark wall colors paired with darker flooring will close off your space. That is unless you have huge lofted ceilings and an open floor plan that gets plenty of natural light.

Thinking about removing those ugly popcorn ceilings? Our expert guide on how to remove popcorn textured ceilings gives you all the advice you need to do the job right.

No question, light walls make a space look larger. Since darker wood floors are so dark, you want to make sure to choose a color that doesn’t close off your rooms. For more variety, you can add a natural olive green or a blue wall color like Behr’s Night Flight as an accent wall.

Additionally, white colors on the walls create lovely contrast in homes with darker flooring. In this scenario, you can add pops of color with cheerful throw pillows and bright accent pieces. Not to mention, you can always use a neutral throw rug to break up darker spaces.

All in all, white paint tones add a clean sophistication to any modern interior design aesthetic with darker wood floors. Especially paired with minimalist or trendy boho style furniture that creates a comfortable yet sleek space.

Flooring and Wall Paint Color FAQs

The following are some of the most frequently asked paint color and floor matching questions we get from homeowners. We hope this helps narrow down the best wall paint color choices possible for your wood flooring!

• What color floor hides dog hair?

  Light-colored flooring hides dog hair, dust, and dirt better than darker wood floors. They also hide scratches better than dark hardwood in addition to hiding pet hair. Overall, this means less maintenance for you and cleaner-looking floors that last longer.

• Which shows scratches more, dark or light hardwood?

  No question, dark hardwood tends to show the scratches more. Whether you have laminate or wood, darker shades of flooring have more contrast to lighter-toned scratches or scuffs.

  A typical scratch on floors means you dig or etch into the wood. As a result, the scratch uncovers the lighter raw wood membrane of the floor. This lighter-toned layer uncovered by the scratch or gouge blends with light or natural flooring much better than darker wood floors.

• What color should stair spindles be?

  The best color to paint your stair spindles is a cool white that matches the trim and baseboards in a house. Avoid yellowish-toned white spindle colors or neutrals that make the railings look dirty or faded.

  Your handrails or banisters should be either a darker wood stain or a wood tone that matches your floors. Likewise, stair risers should match the painted white spindles and trim of your staircase.

  Other color variations include staining the spindles and handrailing to match your wood floors. Alternatively, a modern idea is to install iron or metal spindles that bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary styles in your home.

Complete List of Garage Floor Paint & Epoxy Colors [2022]

If you’re trying to choose what color to paint your garage floor, it can be really frustrating trying to pick a color, right?

There’s just so many options that you can choose from.

Sure…if you like gray , dark gray or tan, you can find that anywhere.

But I’ve seen some garage floors with really amazing paint jobs. I just had to know where they got it.

I did a few hours of research and came up with a list of every garage floor paint color available for sale in the United States, Canada, UK or Australia.

If you live in one of those areas, you’re probably finding it tough to choose a floor paint color too.

Let’s see what paint colors are out there for your garage floor.

How The Garage Floor Paint Color Guide Is Set Up

What I did was go to all of the major hardware store’s web sites and see what brands they sold. This included:

• United States: Lowe’s, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, True Value
• Canada: Canadian Tire, Home Hardware
• United Kingdom: Homebase, Wickes
• Australia: Bunnings

I only listed each store once, even if it has locations in different countries. For example, Home Depot is found in both the US and Canada so I listed it once.

Complete List of Garage Floor Paint & Coating Colors

Let’s get to the list. Each company is listed in alphabetic order with a brief description of the company and where they’re located. There’s also details on the paint itself.

After that is what you’re really looking for. There is a color palette showing every available color for each type of paint.

Choose which type of garage floor paint will be best for you based on the look you want to achieve.

For more information on what the different types of paints are as well as the differences between them, check out my buyer’s guide to garage floor paints here.

Enjoy!

Armor Coat Colors

Armor Coat is based out of Northfield, Ohio and was founded in 1988. Residential products is actually only a small portion of their business. They have several applications for commercial, retail, warehouses and industrial locations.

Their Do-it-Yourself Concrete Floor Coating is a two-part system that has an epoxy base coat and a clear urethane protective topcoat.

The Armor Coat floor kits are available in a variety of colors: Clear, White, Black, Off-White, Fazor Tan, Beige, Tan, Brown, Charcoal Gray, Light Gray, Medium Grey, Dark Grey, SE Camel, Light Blue, Blue, Tile Red, Green, Safety Yellow and Traffic Yellow.

You can purchase Armor Coat kits directly through their website.

Armor Garage Colors

Armor Garage is a it of an oddball. They’re based out of Miami and New Jersey and have the most expensive epoxy garage floor coating on this list.

That’s because their epoxy “is 100% solids military grade aliphatic epoxy which cannot be compared to water based, hybrid cyclioalipahatic epoxies or high solids epoxies which we only use as primers.”

They have two versions of their epoxy coatings. Their Armor Chip epoxy coating is 19 mils thick and retails for $568. Armor Granite is 23 mils thick and retails for $889.

Both are available in several colors: Off-White, Desert Tan, Beige, Tan, Khaki Tan, Brown, Light Gray, Medium Gray, Dark Gray, Charcoal Gray, Light Blue, Blue, Tile Red, Green, Traffic Yellow and Safety Yellow.

You can purchase Armor Garage products directly through their website.

Beauti-tone Colors

Beauti-tone is a private label paint sold exclusively at Home Hardware stores in Canada.

The HardCoat epoxy kit is a two-part epoxy floor coating that dries to the touch in about three hours. It resists both salt and hot tire pickup.

It’s available in two colors, Grey and Tan. You can add an additional clear coat if you want to give your garage floor a higher-gloss shine.

Daich Colors

Diach Coatings is based out of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They got popular with their line of stone-based floor coatings in the early 1900’s.

Their DIY Epoxy Garage Floor Kit is one of the least expensive entries on this list. It retails for around $80 for a one-car garage kit.

It’s available in Gray and Tan. You can find the Daich Epoxy Floor Kit at Home Hardware in Canada.

Drylok Colors

Drylok is manufactured by UGL (United Gilsonite Laboratories) who were the people that invented America’s first polyurethane coating. They’re based out of Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

Drylok as two product lines that would work to pant your garage floor.

The Drylok Latex Concrete Floor Paint is a latex paint, so it’s not the most durable. However, it’s very affordable and has a drying time of only four hours.

It’s available in several different colors: White, Terra Cotta, Persian Red, Soft Gray, Gull, Dover Gray, Georgetown Gray and Bamboo Beige. There are also four additional tints available: Caramel, Platinum, Spruce and Deep Charcoal.

The Drylok E1 1-Part Epoxy Floor Paint is an epoxy paint, which is different than the epoxy garage floor coatings than you’ll see elsewhere on this list.

Epoxy concrete paint offers more durability than the latex concrete floor paint, but not as much as a true epoxy coating.

It’s available in two colors, Gray and Platinum. It’s also available in several different tints: Arctic White, Platinum, Gray, Dark Gray, Harvest Brown, Natural Sand, Chestnut, Stone Blue, Sky Blue, Sage and Terra Cotta.

Drylok garage floor paints are available in the US at Home Depot and Ace Hardware. I’ve also featured Drylok paints to help waterproof my garage walls.

Dyco Colors

Dyco Paints is headquartered just down the highway from me in Clearwater, Florida. They started making roofing products back in 1967, and then branched out to making garage floor paints and floor coatings.

TUFF COAT is an acrylic-based paint that has a low sheen. It’s available in several colors: White, Cement, Deck Grey, Charcoal Grey, Gulf Grey, Sand Beige, Bombay, Brick Red, Terra Cotta, Forrest Green and Cordova Brown.

You can find Dyco paints at Home Depot in the United States.

Dy-mark Colors

Dy-Mark is an Australian company founded in 1964, based in Brisbane making printing inks. They grew quickly once they started manufacturing paints and are now one of the leading paint providers in Australia.

Dy-Mark has two epoxy floor coating kits, one designed for Professionals and one designed for DIY homeowners. Both are available in Slate and Carrara Grey, with the Professional also available in Warm White and Sand Dune.

Dy-Mark paints are available in Australia at Bunnings Warehouse.

INSL-X Colors

INSL-X is part of the Benjamin Moore family of paint products. As a company, Benjamin Moore was founded in 1883 and is based out of New York.

INSL-X has two garage floor paint products: Garage Guard and Hot Trax.

Hot Trax is an acrylic garage floor paint with an epoxy additive. It comes in a satin finish and is. GarageGuard is a water based, two part epoxy. It’s available in Showroom Gray and Desert Sand.

INSL-X paints are available in the United States at Lowe’s, Home Depot and Ace Hardware. Some paint lines may only be available in certain stores however.

RokRez Colors

ROKREZ is manufactured by Simiron, a US company founded in 1994 and based out of Madison Heights, Michigan.

There are two versions of the ROKREZ product line, DIY ROKREZ and ROKREZ Pro.

ROKREZ Pro is a thicker epoxy coating, designed to take a lot of punishment. While you can still use it on a residential garage, it’s mainly for warehouses, retail stores and other high-traffic areas.

It comes in base colors of Clear, Steel Gray, Gray and Tan. But you can use any of the metallic additive colors as well.

ROKREZ DIY isn’t as hardcore as ROKREZ PRO, but that doesn’t mean it’s a lightweight either.

It’s a thick, self-leveling two-part epoxy coating that is up to twenty times stronger than many other DIY epoxy floor coatings. Kits are available for one-car and two-car garages in Gray, Dark Gray and Tan.

What I love about ROKREZ is their lineup of Metallic Additives that work with all of their epoxy floor coatings. They mix with the epoxy and come in the following colors: Aluminum, Apple Green, Bright Orange, Bronze, Cabernet, Charcoal, Chestnut Brown, Cobalt, Copper, Crimson, Gold Rush, Graphite, Luster Blue, Magenta, Marigold, Merlot, Oyster, Pearl, Smoke Gray and Violet.

You can order ROKREZ directly through their website.

Ronseal Colors

Ronseal is a UK-based paint company founded in 1956 that was purchased by Sherwin-Williams back in 1997.

Their Diamond Hard Garage Floor Paint is an oil-based paint that comes i satin finish. It’s specifically for concrete surfaces or bare stone and dries to the touch in about four hours. However you’ll need to wait about 72 hours before it’s vehicle ready.

It’s available in four specialty colors: Slate, Steel Blue, Green and Tile Red.

You can find Ronseal garage floor paints in both Wickes and Homebase stores in the United Kingdom.

Rustoleum Colors

Rust-oleum was founded as a company way back in 1921 and is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. There are over three dozen brands in the Rust-oleum family. They’re one of the most popular garage floor paint brands sold in the United States and Canada.

You can find them at Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Canadian Tire and Home Hardware stores.

Image: Rustoleum.com

EpoxyShield Colors

If you’ve gone looking for an epoxy floor coating at most hardware stores, chances are you’ve seen Epoxyshield. It’s one of the most popular DIY solutions in the United States and Canada.

It’s a 2-part epoxy floor coating that is up to five times stronger than a single-part concrete paint. It has a glossy finish and cuts the drying time down to only three days.

• Epoxyshield Garage Floor Coating is available in: Gray, Dark Gray and Tan
• Epoxyshield Professional Floor Coating is available in Silver Gray, Dark Gray, Dunes Tan and Tile Red (all semi-gloss)
• The Epoxyshield Universal Tint Base is available in the following colors: Almond Delght, Aqua Marine, Aqua Mist, Armor Gray, Black Knight, Blue Ridge, Cactus, Cayenne, Charcoal Gray, Cigar, Cocoa, Country Rose, Deep Sage, Dry Earth, Gray Sky, Ginger, Ice Blue Mellow Mauve, New Concrete, Plump Grape, Sand, Sky Blue, Slate Gray, Taupe, Tropical Beach, Twilight Blue and Wheat
• Finally, Epoxyshield Garage Floor Deep Tint Base is available in the following colors: Almond Delight, Aqua Marine, Black Knight, Brick Red, Brickstone, Cactus, Charcoal Gray, Cigar, Cocoa, Ginger, Gray Sky, Plump Grape, Sage and Twilight Blue

Metallic Garage Colors

Rust-oleum also has the Metallic Garage line of garage floor paints which is a combination paint & primer. It’s similar to the Concrete & Garage floor paint line (see below). However it comes in three brilliant colors: Gunmetal, Cobalt Blue and Metallic Copper.

Concrete & Garage Colors

The Concrete & Garage Floor Paint & Primer line of paints is an acrylic paint that has a satin finish. It goes on quickly, like normal paint and needs five days before you can park your car on it.

It’s available in many different colors for your garage floor:

• Paint: Armor Gray, Battleship Gray, Sand Satin
• Paint & Primer: Almond Delight, Aqua Marine, Black Knight, Brick Red, Brickstone, Cactus, Cayenne, Charcoal Gray, Cigar, Cocoa, Deep Sage, Ginger, Gray Sky, Pine, Plump Grape and Twilight Blue
• Tint Base: Blue Smoke, Blue Spruce, Buckskin, Colonial Blue, Desert Mauve, Glacier Gray, Ice Blue, Mexican Tile, Mocha, Prairie Grass, Saddle Brown, Sage, Sandstone and Tan

RockSolid Colors

RockSolid floor coatings are made of polycuramine. That is a blend of Polyurea, Urethane and Epoxy and is proprietary to the RockSolid brand.

You can read more about the pros and cons of polycuramine vs. epoxy garage floors here.

https://youtu.be/JKHjg1Kau4Q

Polycuramine is reported to be up to twenty times stronger than epoxy coatings alone and has a much shorter drying time. You can drive your car on a polycuramine coated floor in around 24 hours.

The RockSolid floor coatings are available in four different versions:

• The Polycuramine Garage Floor Coating Kit is available in Black, Gray, Dark Gray, Mocha and Tan
• The Marble Floor Coating Kit is available in Mountain White or Stone Obsidian
• Pearlescent Floor Coating Kits are available in Cabernet, Emerald, Graphite, Midnight Blue, Smokey Blue and Pearl Black
• Polycuramine Metallic Floor Coating Kits have some of the wildest colors I’ve seen. They’re available in Amaretto, Silver Bullet, Gunmetal, Brilliant Blue, Cherry Bomb, Copper Pot, Earth Brown and Burnished Gold

For more information on the differences between polycuramine and epoxy, check out my in-depth article here.

Conclusion

Once you’ve picked a color, be sure that you can paint over your existing garage floor epoxy. Check out this article for more details.

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Floor color in the interior – what color to choose (PHOTO)

The floor in the apartment should not be boring. Especially when boards or parquet are not in the best condition, then you should think about painting them. Wood, properly protected with colored paint, will look original.

Light and dark floor in the interior

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It remains only to choose the color of the walls, furniture, decor. The tradition of painting wooden floors has been around for a long time, but has been a bit forgotten lately. Maybe it’s worth going back to it? The room will take on a new face.

Light and dark floors in the interior

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Modern living room – paint in one color

The easiest way to paint the floor in the living room in one color – this is an idea for the lazy and those who prefer the classics. However, if you appreciate original effects, you have a chance to achieve them. Apply a template: buy a ready-made one from an art supply store, or draw and cut it yourself. Patterns can be applied to raw wood or already painted floors.

Light and dark floors in the interior

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Decorated floor

Another extremely interesting solution is to paint after they have been drawn up. Themes – decorative strips, boards or parquet – choose as you like, to match the existing equipment, furniture and fabrics.

Stencil patterns on the floor

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These can be: plaid (Scottish or otherwise), stripes, diamonds and checkerboards, as well as leaves or flowers.

Stencil patterns on the floor

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Such decoration, of course, is not enough for life, it starts to wear out over time. Don’t worry, it looks good too, especially since worn, shabby wood effects are still all the rage.

Floor stencils

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Read also: How to create patterns on the floor: creative staining ideas and 42 examples

Coloring! Stain, paint, enamel?

Use matte or glossy scratch resistant enamels. Wooden floors can also be well painted with colored wood stains or suitable wood paint. To clean the floor, use a soft mop and water with detergent. Do not rub, dust with a brush attachment.

Stencil patterns on the floor

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What color is the furniture for the light floor?

The light floor in the interior makes it bigger and more spacious. When choosing a color, it often happens that the color of the floor should be two degrees lighter or darker than the furniture. If the floor is a neutral color, dark furniture can be combined with it. Bright furniture and a light floor in combination with light (white or beige walls) will create an impression of harmony and fit well into the interior, for example, in the Scandinavian style. But then you should take care of colorful accessories that will enliven the monochrome interior.

Light and dark floors in the interior -chic. Such combinations guarantee an impression of sophistication and romance.

Light and dark floor in the interior

Dzherelo0044 New coating: what and how to paint a wooden floor

What color are the walls for a light floor?

Wall colors that are not too saturated and dark will suit a light floor. The choice of color on the walls also depends on what kind of furniture you choose. With the help of a light floor color and light furniture, we can come up with a darker wall color that will give the interior character.

Light and dark floor in the interior

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No less successful and safe option would be bright and pastel colors of the walls – this combination will provide the effect of lightness and freshness. For example, a mint color on the wall, powdery pink or pastel blue pairs perfectly with light wood on the floor. Similar principles can be followed in the case of the white sex. What if it’s light grey? You can go in the direction of minimalism and choose a darker gray color on the wall, or even anthracite or black. Such collections are on top this season.

Light and dark floors in the interior

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Read also: Benefits of self-leveling floors – epoxy or polyurethane?

Dark or light floor?

Dark or light floor? Which effect is better? First of all, let’s look at what kind of decor suits each of them. Maybe motley will be in the bull’s-eye! Today we have a choice of dozens of wood species of various colors and patterns, both exotic and European. So which floor would be the best?

Light and dark floors in the interior

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Pros and cons of a dark floor

Exotic wood species are spectacular and presentable, but have their own requirements. The wooden floor combines noble materials and high gloss. Looks great on large surfaces in combination with glass, metal or stone. In such an interior, the smooth surfaces of the materials themselves will be the best decoration. We suggest sparingly choosing furniture with geometric simple shapes, veneer lining that matches the color and texture of the floor, but not necessarily from the same type of wood. Let’s be careful that the design of the apartment does not contain too many decorations. Let’s choose one thing, even extravagant, but ideal.

Light and dark floors in the interior

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As for color, dark floors are tolerable. The only risqué contrast is the combination of clean, solid white walls with a very dark wood floor. Living in such a space every day can be tiring, so, as always, it is necessary to carefully consider the design of the apartment. It is safer to choose warm beige and ecru. It is also worth trying a deep saturated color on one or two walls. A properly directed point beam of light will theatrically highlight the selected detail in the background.

Light and dark floor in the interior

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– pluses and minuses

Light floors optically enlarge the room. They give the impression of naturalness and simplicity. Such a gender does not impose itself because it is “conscious” of what constitutes the background. They are not particularly picky about the style – they will agree with almost everyone, giving it an original interpretation. Modern interior? We will put simple light furniture, add silver metal and original accessories.