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Colour Matching, Home Decor
Teal has become a modern-day classic, contemporary and calming, sitting beautifully between blue and green, and has become a firm household favourite for its confident, expressive and deeply cocooning properties.
Teal is a versatile colour that many can adapt to their own style. For some quiet accents, like painted alcoves or highlighting traditional woodwork, adds a unique spark to interiors. For others, teal wraps across all four walls, either in a richly coloured wallpaper or a statement bespoke mural. If you're drawn to the latter, our Kimono Teal Bespoke Mural is a stunning choice, bringing Japanese-inspired elegance and bold drama to any room. Recently, many have opted for the well-known cocooning trend of colour-drenching with teal paint, which has incredibly transformative results. Our Tiru Paint is a beautiful option for this, a serene teal that brings a sense of tranquillity and depth to any room.
However you choose to welcome teal in, it’s sure to bring depth, character and considered colour into the home.
At Graham & Brown, all our designs, colours and fabrics are made in our UK studio with over 8 decades of devotion to craftsmanship, allowing us to explore colour in a way that feels expressive and timeless. So, if you’ve decided to adopt teal into your home but need some inspiration and advice on which colours work best alongside it, keep reading to explore our expert colour combinations.
Teal brings the beautiful qualities of both blue and green together, the restful properties of blue interlinked with the renewing energy of green. How teal is used in the home significantly affects the atmosphere and the space's sensory properties. In bedrooms, deeper tones create a quiet and enveloping mood. In living rooms, brighter teal shades bring subtle confidence and warmth. In hallways, teal offers an inviting first impression, especially when paired with natural textures and thoughtfully chosen paint colours.
To begin, explore teal colours by considering how light moves throughout your space. Exploring how light moves in your home is a crucial part of deciding what will look best, which many people forget. North-facing rooms will benefit from teals with warmer, slightly richer green undertones. Beautiful options include our Boreas Teal & Copper Wallpaper or our 1946 Paint, a deep, characterful teal with enough warmth to feel at home in cooler light. In comparison, brighter rooms can often handle deeper, inkier teals with ease. Our Mood Paint is a bold, impactful choice, while our Hartley Damask Teal Wallpaper adds rich and dramatic depth that comes alive in good natural light.
Our collection of teal wallpapers, bespoke murals, and paints includes a variety of designs and shades that can adapt to a range of homes, from modern new builds to traditional terraces or even heritage homes.
Warm neutral shades are the most timeless colour matches for teal. Warm off-whites, taupe, and simple beige shades beautifully balance teal tones, feeling grounded rather than overpowering. This combination works especially well for living rooms and bedrooms, where comfort and relaxation matter the most.
We’d recommend using teal as your anchor shade and then build your layers of neutrals throughout the room, for example, neutral painted woodwork, curtains, blinds or bedding. Doing so will create a calm, cohesive and thoughtfully designed space, whilst your teal shines through.
Borneo Teal Wallpaper is a beautiful example of balancing impactful teal design with softer neutrals such as our Taupe Twist and Toasted Teacake paints. Complete the look with matching Buttercream Roller Blinds for a complete, cohesive look.
A combination that continues to flourish each year, teal and copper match beautifully, with copper's warmth and hints of metallic glow making it a natural partner for teal. The contrast between deep teal tones and copper's burnished metallic creates a scheme that feels expressive, intimate, and inviting.
This colour combination works extremely well in dining rooms, bedrooms and living rooms. If this combination stands out to you, consider teal wallpaper with a metallic design. Our Boreas Teal and Copper Wallpaper, a community favourite, is a lovely choice. However, if you're looking for a simpler approach, we'd highly recommend our Teal the Show Paint, which also offers an impactful finish, especially when paired with copper accessories, forming a sophisticated look.
If confident, bold, and regal is the direction you’re aiming for, then our colour recommendation is teal and navy. Together, these statement tones create interiors with depth and structure whilst maintaining movement and freshness.
Especially suited to bedrooms, studies and living rooms where a natural urge for cocooning comfort is desired. To utilise this colour pairing properly, use navy across woodwork or furnishings, then layer teal across walls and window furnishings. The final step to keep the room light and layered rather than heavy is to add soft cream details like cushions or wall art to finish.
A perfect choice for achieving this look and creating a dramatic, organic atmosphere is our New Eden Majestic Wallpaper, which was also Graham & Brown’s Wallpaper of the Year for 2024. Pair with perfectly partnered paints, Whale Tail or Majestic, for a rich atmospheric scheme.
If you love the colour teal but want to give it a gentle lift, then blush pink softens teal effortlessly. Adding a subtle warmth to the modern, contemporary hue, teal and blush pink make thoughtful colour choices for powder and dressing rooms, or a guest bedroom.
For a lighter, more serene take, our Painterly Flora Teal Wallpaper provides the perfect counterbalance between contemporary and vibrant floral. Its palette keeps it modern and fresh, whilst the ditsy floral design feels full of energy. It’s blush pink, ivory, and coral details scatter effortlessly against its slate-toned teal backdrop. A beautiful combination of colours to choose from when choosing accessories and finishing touches, like matching paint or furnishings.
A natural connection; teal and sea green sit closely together on the colour spectrum. When styled together, the result feels fresh and soothing. An ideal match for bathrooms, bedrooms or any space where you’d want to feel calm and serene.
This combination works particularly well with biophilic designs, where leafy forms and water-inspired tones bring the outdoors in. Layer alongside warm off-whites or pale hues within your matching paint, texture and fabric choices.
The perfect representation is our Congo Teal Bespoke Mural, with its aqua and green tones that marry together in a dramatic jungle scene. Its blue undertones make it especially suited to bathrooms.
A cohesive and thoughtfully created scheme using teal is more than just about one stand out colour. It’s how each element within the room connects with each other. Every detail has a part to play in creating a home that feels special.
A Calm Scheme – Pair teal with warm white, sea green and natural textures.
A Refined Scheme – Pair teal with navy, gold and soft neutral paints.
A Cosy Scheme – Pair teal with warm brown, dark woodwork and tactile fabrics.
An Expressive Scheme – Pair teal with blush pink, coral, botanical green and painterly pattern.
A Contemporary Scheme – Pair teal with crisp white, abstract pattern and sculptural furnishings.
Explore teal wallpaper, bespoke murals, paints, curtains and blinds at Graham & Brown to find the pieces that feel timeless in your home.
A celebration of nature, our woodland wallpapers span lush greens and striking monochromes, bringing enduring style with effortless appeal.
Inspired by the outdoors, our botanical wallpapers shift from calming greens to expressive pinks, offering energy, artistry and refined detail.
Rooted in our creative legacy, our floral wallpapers range from gentle pinks to rich greens, offering lasting elegance drawn from the natural world.
Full of imagination, our animal wallpapers feature playful monkeys and elegant swallows, adding charm and character to your space.
