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Blue paint colors are some of the most popular ones to include in your home because of their versatility and mood-shifting qualities. The best blue paint colors can work wonders: You can use sky blue to set a peaceful scene in your bedroom, a navy blue limewash paint to lend the dining room a layer of drama, and an ocean blue in a bathroom to give your morning routine an optimistic lift. You can't put blue in a box! This limitless color pairs well with most other colors, materials, and fabrics and works with any interior design style—it's in a league of its own.
We tapped designers to give us all the details on their favorite blue paint colors and how they apply them in their projects. Some of these blue hues are so popular that more than one designer recommended them, like Farrow & Ball Pitch Blue and Hague Blue and Benjamin Moore Santa Monica Blue. They've got every corner of your home covered, so you'll find plenty of inspiration to add to your mood board. In fact, there are so many blues to consider, from icy to dark and moody, that you might feel a little blue about picking the right one. Don't worry, just do as the pros do: Buy some sample cans and swatch a few different colors on the wall to see which one you love. The designer-approved list ahead proves there's a blue paint color with your name on it.
Instead of refinishing the dated paneled walls throughout her family's Anderson Island, Washington, vacation home, designer Heidi Caillier painted them in this rich slate blue. It modernized the place and had another benefit: "When you paint the walls dark, it makes the view pop," says Caillier.
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy alum Carson Kressley chose this bold blue for the ceiling of the dining room in his eastern Pennsylvania farmhouse. It brings out the blues and greens in the Mural Source mural of a Virginia hunt scene below.
Designer Katie Rosenfeld chose this fresh midtone blue to warm up the mudroom of this New England farmhouse in the Boston suburbs.
Millwork and cabinets painted in the same bold color create a sense of continuity in this antique-filled Alabama home designed by Fran Keenan.
Designer Melissa Colgan chose this striking blue to bring out the Quadrille wallpaper, a favorite pattern of her client, a writer and book collector. It's one of many bold color choices in the renovated 1930s Colonial outside Washington, D.C.
Built-in bunks and trim painted in this punchy royal blue look playful when paired with green in this Bethesda, Maryland, family home designed by Marika Meyer. The coordinating window treatment fabric is by Kravet.
Paired with three other Benjamin Moore paint colors (Rattan on the trim, Natural Wicker on the ceiling, and Universal Black on the cabinets), this strong blue adds to the grandeur of designer Garrow Kedigian's Paris pied-à-terre.
Kedigian coated the ceiling of the "grand salon" in his Paris apartment in this light blue with a touch of gray in a high-gloss finish. The lacquered, reflective effect makes the space feel bigger.
Designer Alison Newman pulled this fresh blue from the William Morris wallpaper. It sets a tranquil mood in the primary bath of this English-inspired country house in upstate New York.
Farrow & Ball calls this paint color a "cosy and nostalgic blue grey" and notes that it's especially popular on kitchen islands. Designer Cortney Bishop chose it for the scullery of this waterfront Charleston family home, paired with a patinated soapstone counter and tile by Lauren Liess.
Ice cream–inspired greens and blues are the theme of this Quogue, New York, beach house designed by Lauren Wills. She used the same cool mint blue for the pool cabana's bar cabinets (seen here), trim, and powder room.
"A cool steel gray anchored by blue undertones," is how Benjamin Moore describes this neutral blue paint color. In the sitting room of this Houston home, designer Marie Flanigan painted floor-to-ceiling built-ins in a high-gloss version to complement a custom Gracie Studio wallcovering.
A pale, traditional blue, Farrow & Ball Skylight looks pitch perfect in the formal dining room of this Atlanta home designed by Melanie Turner.
A "creative family who loves music and color" lives in this 1930s bungalow in Georgia. Designer Laura Jenkins paired this warm blue with Theresa's Green (also by Farrow & Ball) and a peachy Fireclay Tile backsplash to give them a kitchen that suits their dynamic and playful lifestyle.
"There is nothing that says a Nantucket home need only be beige, blue, and white," says designer Kevin Isbell. For the guest bedroom of this beachside cottage, he chose the Tulu for the curtains and headboards first, then picked the pale aqua paint color to complement it.
Designer Corey Damen Jenkins chose this deep blue to highlight the door leading from the great room of this Michigan home into the adjacent parlor.
The lower cabinets in light-filled kitchen of this Ontario farmhouse designed by Ashley Montgomery are done in this "neutral yet atmospheric" color, as Farrow & Ball describes it. A soft gray green, it takes on a hint of blue here.
Athena Calderone desired a formal library for her family room that maximized comfort and relaxation. While she's a fan of neutral paint colors, a navy blue textured hue from Portola Paints swayed her to pivot from her initial design and give this room its own identity. "We enveloped the walls and ceiling in deeply saturated navy plaster from Portola Paints, which offered a suede-like quality. The paint completely transformed the room and enveloped the space," says Calderone.
Krista Nye Nicholas of CLOTH & KIND used Aegean Teal from Benjamin Moore in the doorway of this bathroom for an eye-catching surprise. "It's the most gorgeous cross between blue and green we've yet to encounter. Aegean Teal looks lovely as a trim with patterned wallpaper," she says.
This incredible bunk room designed by Regan Baker was created to comfortably host visiting grandparents. The River Blue paint color is versatile and age appropriate for anyone who needs to take a nap during a holiday party! The beds are longer than typical bunks, with more vertical space for sitting up and playing board games.
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