Coloured Bedroom Wallpaper: Choosing the Right Shade for Restful Sleep
Let Colour Set the Mood
More than any other room, a bedroom is about how it makes you feel — and colour is the fastest way to set that mood. The right shade can make a bedroom feel calm and serene, warm and romantic, or rich and cocooning. Because every one of our designs is printed to order in the colour way you choose, you're never settling for the nearest shade: you can match your wallpaper to exactly the feeling you want to wake up to.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and printed in your chosen colour, made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Calming colours: green and blue
If rest is what you're after, green and blue are hard to beat. Soft sage and muted greens are deeply soothing and quietly sophisticated. Gentle blues, from powder to a soft airy sky, feel serene and restful. Both bring a calm, nature-led quality that suits a bedroom beautifully, whether in a botanical, a floral or a fine stripe.
Warm and romantic: pink, blush and warm neutrals
For a bedroom that feels cosy and welcoming, warm tones are lovely. A dusky or blush pink is soft, grown-up and romantic. Warm neutrals — cream, oatmeal, soft taupe — feel gentle and enveloping. These shades flatter morning and evening light especially well, wrapping the room in warmth.
Rich and dramatic: deep, moody shades
For a luxurious, cocooning bedroom, go deep. A dark green, a moody plum, a rich navy or a near-black ground turns a bedroom into an intimate retreat, especially behind the bed. Deep colours feel enveloping rather than cold, and they make a design's detail glow under lamplight.
Choosing your shade
Because we print to order, the colour is entirely yours — and bedroom light shifts a great deal between morning and night. Every design comes in three finishes: Traditional (150gsm, super-matte), Heavy-Grade (300gsm) and Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm), all printed on FSC-approved, PVC- and VOC-free paper, safe for the room you sleep in.
Order a sample and see your shade by daylight and lamplight before you commit.
Frequently Asked Questions About Coloured Bedroom Wallpaper
What colour wallpaper is best for a bedroom?
It depends on the mood you want. Soft greens and blues are calming and restful; blush pinks and warm neutrals feel cosy and romantic; and deep, moody shades feel rich and cocooning. Because we print to order, you can match the exact shade to the feeling you want.
What is the most calming colour for a bedroom?
Soft, muted greens like sage and gentle blues are among the most soothing, which is why they're so popular in bedrooms. They bring a calm, nature-led quality that's ideal for rest.
Do dark colours work in a bedroom?
Beautifully — a deep green, plum, navy or near-black feels enveloping and luxurious rather than cold, turning a bedroom into an intimate retreat. Dark shades are especially striking on the wall behind the bed.
Can I get bedroom wallpaper in a custom colour?
Yes — every design is printed to order in your chosen shade, so the colour is always exactly right for your room and its light, made especially for you.
This wallpaper is just gorgeous! I used the one that requires glue and it was super easy to i stall. One roll was enough for a 6’ wide laundry closet with 7’5” ceilings. Even on our orange peel walls it set beautifully. I did this behind our new washer dryer set up in our laundry closet with white oak cabinets and it’s perfect! Highly recommend!
Truly love this wallpaper. Looks amazing in both our bathroom (the original project) and as an accent in the back of a cabinet (what we did with the extra). Everyone who sees it comments on how classy and beautiful it is. For these reasons five stars!
However I do want to call out two concerns:
1. The online "calculator" on the site recommend nine roles, which seemed excessive for our less than 100 sq ft bathroom. I even reached out to support to double check and they said to go by the calculator. I'm glad I didn't because I ended up ordering five roles and only needing 4. I will say returning the 5th role was a pretty smooth process, so kudus to Claret and Key for that.
2. Strangely the "autumn" color with pale nutmeg background reads more green than brown in certain light. With bright overhead light it comes across as the soft brown we intended, but in natural light it reads much more green. Not anything to terrible just unexpected.
Beautiful paper! Our decorator commented on its quality and how nice and easy it was to work with compared to other wallpaper he had used in the past. Thank you.
So in love with this wallpaper. We wanted a cosy cottage bedroom vibe so we chose the Eloise. It’s such a pretty design that completely transformed the space. The wallpaper is such great quality .We have very uneven walls but didn’t have any issues. Hanging it was a joy. Highly recommend.
We used Blanche to paper some built in wardrobes that double up as room dividers. It was brilliant to be able to sample several background colour options and we are delighted with the finished result
Thank you. Fabulous Wallpaper.
Great quality paper and easy to hang.
The design is so rich in colour and adds such decadence to my dressing area. Now for the finishing touches.
Poor customer service - rolls are only available as one off 10m runs, so if you need 11m.. unfortunately you’ll be paying double for a second roll! Unless your walls are 8m or less, I’d avoid. Wrongly assumed Claret & Key would be slightly more compassionate about the situation and even help with a slightly discounted second roll, considering we only needed 1m. How wrong we were!
Store owner replied:
Hi Emily,
I'm sorry to hear that you are disappointed with the service.
We sell our wallpaper by the roll, and we are unable to manufacture shorter rolls. This will be the same for most manufacturers as 10m rolls are standard, and most rooms require more than 1 roll to complete the job.
Thanks,
Claret & Key
I really loved this paper and thought it would look nice in my attic space. Delighted with the end result. Great service, excellent quality of paper and it really transforms the room. The eves are very low so the space was not utilised so making a feature with the wallpaper has created a cosy space to relax in. Thank you. M
Love this wallpaper. It’s just enough to show a statement but not so loud that it overpowers the space. Being able to pick the color is such a great thing also. You’re not stuck with 5 options so it can match your style and colors of your space. Would recommend to anyone looking for wallpaper. Very happy and my installer said its super easy to install this pattern.
This wallpaper is thick and sturdy. It’s very easy to work with and easy to apply. It was my first time hanging wallpaper and this paper was very forgiving. Great product!
