The Japandi color palette includes layers of neutrals, with black accents and greenery from nature. Balancing these colors creates a calming, serene atmosphere. 😌🌱💕

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Topa Topa Round Dining Table, House of Leon

Japandi is a hybrid of Japanese minimalism & Scandinavian cozy, based on the philosophies of wabi-sabi and hygge, respectively. Combining these philosophies creates the Japandi fundamentals; minimalism, nature, neutrals and comfort. 😌🌱

The Japandi color palette is a fusion of Japanese and Scandinavian design principles, resulting in a harmonious blend of simplicity, functionality, and natural elements. This unique color scheme has gained popularity in recent years for its ability to create a serene and balanced atmosphere in both interiors and lifestyle. In this blog post, we will explore the Japandi color palette and provide tips on how to apply it to your own space.

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What is the Japandi color palette?

The Japandi color palette is characterized by its neutral tones, earthy hues, and subtle pops of green from nature. It draws inspiration from the natural world, incorporating shades of beige, gray, brown, and green. These colors create a calming and soothing environment, reflecting the simplicity and tranquility of both Japanese and Scandinavian design.

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Examples of Neutral Colors

Whites, browns, blacks, greys, beiges, taupes, and surrounding variations.

All neutrals, due to being easy to look at, commonly symbolize relaxation, neutrality, and tranquility.

Neutral colors are muted shades that appear to lack color but often have underlying hues that change with different lighting.

The four most common are black, white, brown and grey, and are created by mixing two complementary colors, making these to be considered 'pure' neutrals.

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Neutral colors are calming, timeless and easy to style. 😌💕

The Japandi Color Palette is most commonly associated with the calming Japandi interior design style. Neutral colors absolutely help create calming spaces, making the Japandi style very desireable.

The Japandi Color Palette can be applied to rooms in a variety of ways; furniture, textiles, decor, window treatments, walls/ceiling/floor, and lighting.

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Tips & inspirations for creating your own Japandi color palette

Backdrop Neutral Paint Shades

Start with a neutral base

Our Favorite Japandi Paint

Backdrop has an amazing selection of neutral paint colors that make it easy to create a Japandi interior. We've used their paint in almost every room in our home and we were not gifted the paint, we repeatedly purchased this paint. We really love this paint for its enviro-friendly, low-odor, amazing color selections and customer service. 😌🌱🖌️

Layer different tones, shades or tints of neutrals to create a calm, serene Japandi interior. A calming neutral palette is inspired, timeless and creates a comforting environment. 

Begin by painting your walls in neutral colors such as white, beige, or light gray. This will provide a clean and minimalist backdrop for the rest of your Japandi interior.

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Highlight natural materials 🌱

Bring in natural materials such as wood, bamboo and rattan to add warmth and texture to your space.

Embracing the Japandi fundamentals of minimalism, nature, neutrals and comfort Japandi inspired furniture features:

  • High-quality natural materials
  • Minimal, timeless design
  • Comfort in materials and thoughtful design
  • Durability, sustainability, circularity, meant-for-longer
  • Celebrate imperfections, age, wear-and-tear

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Aztec Calendar Wall Hanging

Create hygge with neutral wall textures 😌💕

Add layers of textured, natural neutrals with wall hangings, wall art and wall coverings.

Obakki features wall hangings handmade-to-order by master artisans around the globe. Textured neutral wall hangings add softness and hygge to your Japandi interior.

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Obakki Marshall Blanket - Multi Stripe

Balancing with black accents

Japandi interiors are calming. This can be created by focusing on the lighter neutrals; beige, grey, taupes, creams, whites. This lightness will be balanced by the colors of natural materials. Black accents are often included providing contrast and timelessness.

There are no hard rules; Japandi is an inspiration to help you find calm in a stressful world.

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Embrace nature

In addition to neutrals, Japandi embraces nature - celebrating its beauty, imperfections, and natural materials. When creating your Japandi interior be sure to include green plants, typically non-flowery.

Plants increase focus and creativity and can help alleviate stress, depression and anxiety. 😌🌱

Plants make people happy. Check out The Sill for plants, planters, plant care accessories, bouquets, and more to help you infuse nature’s restorative beauty into your space and as many everyday rituals as possible.

All plants are guaranteed to arrive happy & healthy. It’s their customer happiness guarantee!

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Gantri Fold Table Light

Soft neutral lighting sets the mood

Keep your lighting fixtures in the neutral color palette and use warm light with dimmers for the best control of mood and to create a calming space.

The Fold Table Lamp by Gantri is a task light and mood light in one. The lamp features museum-grade dimmable LEDs and is made from plants. 🌱💡

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Cozy grounding neutrals with Japandi rugs

Add layers of textured neutrals to balance out your Japandi interior with Japandi inspired rugs. High quality, made-to-last. Minimal and timeless design using natural materials and in neutral colors.

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Japandi Lifestyle Color Palette

In addition to interiors, the Japandi Color Palette is applied in a Japandi lifestyle embracing minimalism, nature, neutrals and comfort.

High-quality natural materials meant-to-last, timeless design, easy to intermix neutrals, and comfortable function. Carry over the Japandi colour palette into your daily rituals with Japandi apparel, footwear, bath & body and scents.

Neutral Japandi Apparel

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The Japandi Color Palette features neutrals and colors of nature. Be inspired and remember to celebrate imperfection and enjoy the calming feelings Japandi brings. 😌🌱

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