Wenge color in the interior: how to use and what to combine with (85 photos) | ivd.ru

What is this color, how to use it in the interior of different rooms and with what shades to combine? We answer the most important questions.

The texture of the tree is very diverse: it can be light, bright or dark, with a pronounced pattern or almost monochrome. In this article we will analyze the elegant and noble color of wenge furniture. We will tell you what it is, how to use it in the interior and what to combine with so as not to overload the space.

All about wenge color in the interior

What color is wenge?

Wenge (color in the photo below)  this is a rare tropical breed that is found in the African jungle. It has other names: bokonge, mibotu, dikela, rosewood, etc. The main feature is very dense dark wood, which is considered an extremely valuable material. Shades range from warm brown or burgundy to almost black, sometimes even with a blue-purple tint. The rough texture looks impressive and decorative, the natural pattern, as a rule, is uneven stripes. An important advantage of this wood is high strength, the material withstands high pressure, so it is used for facing stairs, walls and floors, as well as in the manufacture of furniture.

Since natural wood is expensive, its derivatives or imitations are most often found in the interior: veneer, MDF, chipboard, porcelain stoneware or tiles with the appropriate pattern. Now wenge has become a household name: first of all, it is associated not with the most tropical wood, but with a noble dark shade.

Application options

In the interior, the wenge color, as in the photo that you will see below, is used in different ways: for decoration, furniture, accessories. Since the main "feature" of this color is a pronounced woody texture, it is found on hard surfaces. Let's consider all the options.

Finishing

A parquet board is made of natural wood, but it is an elite expensive material, so it is not so common in interiors. Much more common options are laminate, quartz vinyl or porcelain stoneware, imitating this texture. It is important to understand that the dark floor is a bold enough technique that immediately draws attention to itself. This will be very useful if, for example, the apartment has low ceilings, because the view will fall on another plane. But it is better to combine such a floor finish with light neutral walls. They can also be contrasting, but choose not too dense shade, so as not to get the effect of a tight stuffy box.

An interesting technique that will make the space lighter and more spacious, even with an abundance of dark elements, is to choose furniture to match the floor covering. For example, it can be the legs of chairs or a table in a similar shade. Then it will seem that the objects seem to "float" in the air, and this will immediately visually relieve the room.

For wall decoration in this shade, you can choose decorative panels made of wood or MDF, tiles, granite. But it is better to use them accentuated, because deep brown tones hide the space, making it visually smaller and more cramped.

If you want to decorate all the walls in this way, be sure to dilute them with large light products, a white ceiling, large mirrors. It is desirable that the room has large windows and high ceilings, and it is also important to consider sufficient and diverse lighting.

Furniture

In the interior, wenge-colored furniture is found most often, since the wooden texture is associated primarily with tables, cabinets, kitchen sets and other furnishings.

As in the case of finishing, furniture can be made of natural rock or simply imitate it, repeating the shade and texture. In order for the products in the gray-brown scale to fit harmoniously into the space and not overload it, they need to be beaten correctly.

This will help:

Remember that the larger the wenge-colored product in the interior, the more light elements you need to balance it. It can be other items, decoration, textiles. The most powerful effect is white, but you can use other base tones that are suitable for color temperature.

Doors and windows

Dark openings are an interesting and effective design technique that makes the space more graphic, and also "collects" it.

As in other cases, the secret of success here is the correct use of contrast. Against the background of chocolate-brown or graphite-gray walls, such a door leaf will simply be lost. Much more successful will be a combination with a solid base finish or, conversely, bright active drawings. When choosing paint or wallpaper for the door and curtains for the windows, remember what colors wenge is combined with. It is not necessary to strictly follow the rule "cold + cold" or "warm + warm", but it is important that the shades do not conflict with each other. For example, a deep brown with a purple or gray undertone looks great next to a blue or cool emerald, but chocolate together with a bright fuchsia can look inharmonious.

Decor

Accessories not only give the interior character and make it complete, but can also become necessary color accents.

So, for example, if the room is decorated in a fairly neutral natural palette, the decor of noble deep shades will pointwise add contrast, create several focus points that will not let the look get lost in the abundance of monochrome. This is especially true if the space is decorated in white and beige. 

In the photo of interiors, the wenge color can be found in the following decorative elements:

What colors are combined with wenge

Wenge is best combined with flowers that are characteristic of nature. Noble natural textures look good together, but unnatural acid paints make them cheaper.

The choice of companions depends primarily on the specific shade of wood that you want to use:

Ideas for different rooms

Let's consider how best to apply dark brown wood in different rooms.

Kitchen

Light or dark headset is an eternal question, to which there is no single correct answer. If you do not have a five-meter kitchen in Khrushchev, which you need to maximize visually, it is quite possible to choose facades in a noble coffee color. But in this case, they are necessarily balanced with a neutral finish, a white ceiling and preferably a lighter floor. The dining group can be in the same version to support the color of the headset, or contrasting with the overall palette.

If, on the contrary, the set is light, then the floor, dining table or chairs can be made darker. To create a cozy feeling in the kitchen, choose a warm coffee or chocolate tone.

Living room

The living room combines home comfort and grandeur, and the noble texture of wood perfectly copes with both roles. Here it can be applied as you like: decorate the wall with panels, lay parquet or laminate on the floor, add a contrasting coffee table to the sofa area.

A bolder solution, which is better to implement in medium or large rooms with sufficiently high ceilings, is a furniture wall in a thick brown, burgundy or black color. The wall on its background can be contrasting or, conversely, in the same scale, so that a large product merges with it and does not stand out as a large dark spot. To make the composition of cabinets and shelves not look too bulky, arrange bright decor on open shelves, or even better, highlight them with the same LED strip.

Bedroom

The interior of the bedroom should have a rest, and deep, but at the same time calm shades contribute to this well. If a darkened chamber atmosphere is important to you, so that it is easier to fall asleep, you can take more of these colors. Or use wenge for 1-2 elements: a bed, a dressing table or, for example, a floor covering.

Office

The tree is practically a must-have for a home office, especially if it is not just a work corner in the bedroom or living room, but a full-fledged office. It does not matter whether it is decorated in a classic style or fashionable minimalism, noble natural textures are simply required to be present in the design. It is better to complement them with achromats and other calm neutral colors in order to maintain a laconic atmosphere that sets you up for work.

Hallway

The entrance area is an insidious room for dark shades. It is almost always small and without natural light, which means that you need to use brown, charcoal gray or black here with special care. The more compact your hallway is, the fewer darkened areas there should be. It is better to make a massive wardrobe lighter, but wenge is suitable for the console, shoe rack, area behind the hanger, door or again for the floor. But only if the walls and all the large furniture are contrasting in relation to it.

Bathroom

In the bathroom, you can safely experiment and decorate it both in contrast (for example, combining a chocolate tree tile and classic white ceramics) and completely in black and brown tones. In the second case, it is important to provide sufficient artificial lighting, as well as use mirrors and at least a couple of glossy surfaces so that the space does not seem too cramped and gloomy. Plumbing can be in the tone of the main finish or, conversely, snow-white, this will create an interesting contrast.

Original content from the site