Colour cues: the bedroom shades to switch to for a relaxing rest

Looking for a great night's sleep? The colour of your room may be playing more of a role in the quality of your kip than you'd think. With that in mind, we've rounded up some of the best bedroom shades around to keep your space feeling as calm as possible, and picked some accessories in shops now to help you implement the look for a relaxing rest.

PRETTY IN PINK

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Thank India Mahdavi for her redesign of London’s hip Sketch restaurant for the current popularity of all things pink. But this isn’t just any old pink: it’s Millennial Pink, a super-soft, very specific blush shade that happens to be just the right shade for a calming cocoon too. Light and empowering, pink is a power colour psychologically speaking, but when it’s in a soft tone, it represents femininity and is nurturing and physically soothing. Perfect for the place in which you get your zeds, huh?

Fluffy cushion, €29.99, H&M

Velvet cushion, €49, DFS

Floor light, €120, Debenhams

Mug, €25, Studio Arhoj at Hensteeth

Duvet cover, from €45.60, Cath Kidston

Pillow case, €9.70, Cath Kidston

Chair, €219, Carraig Donn

Beag paint, from €22.50 per litre depending on finish, Colourtrend

Stool, €109, Woo Design

THE BIG BLUE

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From sapphire to indigo and powder blues, this is a shade that is eternally popular in our most intimate spaces, and that’s because it is truly calming. To avoid over-stimulation, especially if relaxation is your game, go for lighter tones on your walls. The reasoning? Softer blues help to still the mind and aid relaxation. For a more grown-up take on powder or pastel shades, get some grey mixed into your chosen shade to take out any baby blue tones.

Beade paint, from €22.50 per litre depending on finish, Colourtrend

Throw, €7, Penneys

Tealight holder, €15, Bo Concept

Candle, €24.95, Max Benjamin

Cushion, €40, Habitat

Chair, €139, Kian Furniture

Planters, from €55 each, Inreda

Pouffe, €169, Meadows and Byrne

GREY GAZE

Image: Habitat

Gone are the days when grey was a no-no for interiors and we’ve embraced it with gusto across everything from walls to furnishings. It’s a relaxing colour that acts as neutral foil in the bedroom, which in turn helps to put your mind into a neutral gear too. If you don’t want to go dark, especially in a smaller space, a lighter hue will be brighter and will look clean and sharp contrasted with white paintwork. As a bonus, you can mix and match accessories at will – because everything goes with grey.