15 Spring Color Schemes Guaranteed to Make Your Home Feel Fresh

Whether it's the burgeoning flowering outdoors or the rows of Easter candy food racks, the beginning of spring keeps us ready to start with the most beautiful colors of the season. Inspire by some of our favorite rooms from the House Beautiful archives - from iconic combinations like blue and white to unexpected pairings (and even a bit of bold black), they all provide inspiration for the spring palette.

Lavender and Seafoam

For a girl's bedroom in Connecticut, Lee Ann Thornton layered patterns and solids in a youthful palette of lavender, seafoam, and blue.

Shadow of Beige

Beige does not have to be boring! The tip of Sarah Bartholomew for working with a neutral palette: mix different patterns and textures.

Pastel Blue and White

Brooke Crew livened up this mudroom with floral wallpaper, geometric floor tile, and a Dutch door painted in Benjamin Moore's Watercolor Blue.

Lime and White

A bunk room in Dana Small's Lake Michigan summer house is doubly fun with a peppy shade of lime green (Benjamin Moore's Spring Leaf) on the floor.

Peach and Ivory

In muted shades of peach and ivory, Catherine Olasky's Texas master suite is a grown-up take on a pink-and-white bedroom.

Fuchsia and Green

Nothing says spring quite like pink and green. Designer Krista Ewart turned the classic pairing up a notch with a hit of bright fuchsia.

Yellow and White

One way to ensure a bright start to the day? Deck your breakfast room out in a mood-boosting shade of yellow, like Ewart did in the same Westchester house.

Gray and Citron

Cool gray tones get a boost from rich citron yellow in the guest house of Vern Yip's Florida vacation home.

Moss and Gold

Rich but subdued, lacquered walls in mossy green get some extra sparkle from gilded accents in a Manhattan living room designed by Phoebe Howard.

Coral and Chartreuse

Jamie Drake put a decidedly metropolitan modern spin on pink and green in this Manhattan apartment, where he painted the walls in Salmon Peach by Benjamin Moore before adding a custom bronze glaze on top.

Black and White

It might not be an obvious choice for springtime decor, but black and white can be just as pretty as pastels. In her Hollywood Hills farmhouse, Tobi Tobin used accents in her favorite shade of light brown (dubbed "fruitwood") to warm up the palette.

Mint and Lilac

They might be on opposite sides of the color wheel, but minty green and lilac purple make for a perfectly soothing pair in this bedroom designed by Ashley Whittaker, featuring Clarence House's Arbre de Vie on the walls.

Aquamarine and Silver

Sheila Bridges went glam in her pint-sized Manhattan kitchen, pairing cabinets in Benjamin Moore’s Hemlock with her own metallic Torino Damask wallpaper.

Cerulean, Buttercup and Fern

In a Montecito home, Mark D. Sikes brought the outdoors in, incorporating shades of fern green and soft yellow (and plenty of Lee Jofa's Althea chintz) into his signature blue-and-white palette.

Grass Green

This verdant Florida guest room was designed by Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller of Carrier and Company. "When you have a smaller room, you can make it more intense and one-note in color, and it won’t overwhelm," explains Carrier.