Ombré literally means ‘shade’ in French. It’s the graduation of light to dark (and sometimes, back again) of colour. Think sunrise and sunset and the colours of the rainbow. It’s a very ‘on trend’ fashion in hair, nail art, cake decorating… and décor.
If you fancy using the effect in your home, the most obvious application is in the painting of walls. It looks easy to do, but it’s hard to perfect the subtle, imperceptible colour changes. As well as painting walls, you could tackle stair risers, adding a little white or black paint to the pot with each stair.
There are lots of other ways of bringing ombré detailing into your décor. Dip-dye fabric for use in curtains, cushion covers, bedding and upholstery. Lay kitchen and bathroom tiles on walls and even floors; it’s particularly effective if you use small mosaics.
We particularly like the bottom but one image below of shelves of books arranged according to their colour – I don’t think I’d be able to find particular titles if we did this with our books though!
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