{"title":"Blue Rugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlue is the only rug colour that reads as cold, and that is both the risk and the reason to choose it. Every other colour either warms a room or stays neutral. Blue actively cools one down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a south-facing room that gets too much afternoon sun, that is exactly what you want. In a north-facing room with grey light, it is the last thing you want.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBlue rugs in a living room\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlue works in a living room when there is enough warmth around it to push against. Wood floors, leather, brass, a warm white on the walls — any of those and a blue rug reads as considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithout them it goes flat. A blue rug in a room with grey walls, a grey sofa and grey light is three cool things stacked on each other, and the result is a room that feels unheated rather than calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe other thing blue does better than most colours is take pattern. A plain mid blue can be a lot of one thing across a floor; the same blue broken up with a pattern reads as depth rather than as a block of colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eShades of blue\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlue covers a wider range than any other rug colour, and the shade changes the room more than the colour does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLight and pale blues\u003c\/strong\u003e recede. They behave almost like a neutral, and they are the version that works in a bedroom or a small room where a stronger blue would take over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuck egg\u003c\/strong\u003e is blue with green and grey in it, which makes it far easier to place than a true blue. It sits with cream, oak and soft greens without any of them fighting, and it is the shade to look at if you want blue without the coldness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoyal and brighter blues\u003c\/strong\u003e are the ones to use in small doses — a runner, a small rug, a bedroom rather than a whole living room floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the deepest end of the range, see the navy and dark blue rugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTeal rugs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTeal is blue with green in it, and it behaves differently enough from both to be worth treating separately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe green stops it going cold, which removes the main objection to blue in a British room. That makes teal the safer choice in exactly the north-facing spaces where a true blue struggles, and it explains why it holds up in rooms that face away from the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also sits with more things. Where a strong blue argues with wood and with warm neutrals, teal settles against both, and against brass and dark green in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBlue and grey rugs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlue and grey is the combination people look for most here, and it is cool on cool, which means it lives or dies by the light in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a bright room it reads as crisp and deliberate. In a dim one the two colours collapse into each other and the whole thing goes muddy. If the room does not get good light, a warm grey rather than a cool one is what keeps the pairing alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe easier version is a rug that does both at once — a bluish grey, or a blue-grey pattern — rather than a blue rug in a grey room. One object carrying both colours never argues with itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBlue rug FAQs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDoes a blue rug make a room feel cold?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt can, and it is the only rug colour that does. In a bright or south-facing room that is an advantage. In a north-facing room, choose teal or duck egg instead, both of which have green in them and stay warmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat colour goes with a blue rug?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrey is the most searched pairing and works in a bright room. Cream and wood are the safer choices, because they bring warmth to something that has none of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is duck egg blue?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlue with green and grey in it. It is considerably easier to place than a true blue, sits with cream and oak without fighting them, and gives you blue without the coldness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is the difference between blue and teal?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTeal has green in it. That green is what stops it reading as cold, which makes teal the more forgiving choice in a room that does not get much direct light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIs a blue rug good for a bedroom?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePale and light blues are, and they read as restful. Strong and royal blues are better in small sizes than across a whole bedroom floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDo blue rugs show dirt?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMid blues are among the more forgiving colours. Pale blues behave like any pale colour and show marks in a room that gets used.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/9950\/5537\/collections\/Foy_s_Interiors_-_Blue_Rugs.jpg?v=1785424560","url":"https:\/\/foysinteriors.co.uk\/collections\/blue-rugs.oembed","provider":"Foy's Interiors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}