Blue wall art
Blue is the easiest strong colour to live with. It reads as calm in a bedroom, fresh in a kitchen and deep in a living room, and it sits well with wood, white and almost every warm colour.
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Utagawa Hiroshige
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake, 1857
from 399 kr
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Utagawa Hiroshige
Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge, 1858
from 399 kr
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Vasily Kandinsky
Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913
from 499 kr
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Claude Monet
Waterloo Bridge, Gray Day, 1903
from 549 kr
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Mary Cassatt
The Boating Party, 1893–94
from 399 kr
Our blue prints range from quiet to loud. Hiroshige's Sudden Shower is rain in slate blue and grey; Fireworks at Ryogoku is a deep indigo night. Kandinsky's Improvisation No. 30 uses a brighter, more saturated blue against red and yellow for rooms that want energy.
For a calm result, choose a blue print for a room with warm neutrals like sand, oak or terracotta, since the contrast of warm and cool makes both look richer.
Questions
What wall colour goes with blue art?
Warm whites, sand, terracotta and sage all flatter blue art. On a blue wall, choose a print with a contrasting accent colour and a white mount.
Which blue print suits a bedroom?
Hiroshige's Sudden Shower: soft, rhythmic and calm, in a vertical format that fits above a bed.