Hotels
Guest Room Colour Palette for Hotels
Choose colour against the surfaces that will stay. Test it on a large sample at the room's brightest and darkest points.
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- Set the brief
- Collect samples of permanent finishes, upholstery and hardware before picking a paint or laminate.
- Compare
- Assign a background colour, one wayfinding or feature colour, and contrast where people need to distinguish edges.
- Before buying
- Check painted or laminated samples vertically beside the same light source the finished room will use.
Worked example
A bedroom with dark timber furniture feels heavy under warm evening lighting.
Test wall samples behind the headboard and beside the timber at night; use quieter contrast rather than matching the wood exactly.
How to test it
Compare the samples in daylight and artificial light, and check that handles and door edges remain easy to distinguish.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Keep a direct route from door to bed and place luggage storage near entry, clear of wardrobe doors.
- Detail
- Provide layered bedside and general light, reachable switches on both sides, and easy-clean surfaces near the entry.
- Trade-off
- More built-in storage reduces open floor area for luggage.
- Try the room with a suitcase open
- Reach each control from bed and entry
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