Colors that go with Navy for walls
Navy · #1F2A44
Navy (#1F2A44) — a deep, near-black blue — pairs best with terracotta & clay, green, muted violet, and warm greige & grey. On walls, use terracotta & clay, drawn from 8 historically-grounded combinations below.
Wall color has to live with a room all day, so the partners that work are the ones with enough contrast to frame furniture without fighting the light.
What navy pairs with
- terracotta & clay
- green
- muted violet
- warm greige & grey
8 combinations with navy, from the 1933 Dictionary
Wisteria & Indigo
The soft lavender of wisteria blossoms against deep indigo.
#1C3D5A #B5A6C9 #F4EEE0
Ao & White
The classical Japanese 'ao' — an ambiguous blue-green — against pure white.
#1C1C1C #3A7D7B #FFFFFF
Deep Indigo & Cream
The darkest indigo against unbleached cream — the color of a Meiji schoolboy's uniform.
#142747 #F3EBDA #2B2B2B
Royal Purple & Silver
Imperial purple set against lunar silver — Heian courtly luxury at its quietest.
#2B2B2B #7A4E8F #BCBCBE #F4EEE0
Crimson & Navy
Deep safflower crimson against navy — the courtly contrast of Heian-era robes and formal Edo textiles.
#1B2A4E #9A2A2A #F4EEE0
Turquoise Green & Cobalt Green +1
Plate 202 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Turquoise Green, Cobalt Green, Slate Color.
#34454c #b5decc #96d1aa
Salvia Blue & Deep Indigo +1
Plate 139 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Salvia Blue, Deep Indigo, Neutral Gray.
#051230 #97acc8 #b6bfc1
Spring Green & Ink
Young shoot green against sumi ink — the two extremes of the Japanese calligrapher's world.
#1C1C1C #A7C957 #F8F4E9
Navy in other settings
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