What color goes with a charcoal sofa? 8 Tips & Ideas

Sofas and living landscapes in gray and anthracite appear timelessly simple and have many advantages: On furniture with gray melange design, hair and dust particles are hardly visible. But which color suits a gray sofa in anthracite tones?

The simple style for couches in this color tone can be combined with almost any wall color. Not only on the wall, but also with accessories, curtains, and carpets, you can let colors play with anthracite seating lounges in the living room.

Contrasting color combinations are at the forefront of trends. In connection with anthracite, however, it should not become too colorful so that a room concept emerges. Below in the article, we reveal more. Learn which colors combine well with gray and why it is a Schöner-Wohnen color!

The living atmosphere: ideas for different color concepts

Anthracite sofas can have an equally aesthetic effect in youthful and rustic furnishings as in ultra-modern lounges. The effect achieved in the apartment depends entirely on the combination of colors. For color contrasts, you can provide decoration objects and home accessories:

• Cushions or bedspreads for the sofa should, for a clean business look, hardly differ in color from the anthracite sofa. In the boho living room, you can alternatively play with contrasts and other materials. Textiles such as cushions and blankets in beige, white, black, or dark blue look elegant or cozy when combined harmoniously.

Tip: A youthful candy effect arises when cushions in various pastel colors or in varied color combinations are lined up.

• With patterns and natural tones, you can also play when choosing curtains. If you choose a clear color like blue, green, or pink for carpets or curtains, you can mirror the contrast with matching decorations such as vases or with matching picture frames.
• In the children's room, anthracite can easily be combined with a colorful fabric or pattern, for example with brightly patterned blankets or with cushions in yellow, purple, orange, or pink – or all color tones together. A successful contrast is also created by a bed or a comfortable armchair in white.

How do I adapt my anthracite sofa to the theme of the room?

An anthracite-colored sofa with a carpet in the same tone can be used in business premises and at receptions as well as in any room in your home.  

On the gray upholstery, stains are almost invisible, so a gray couch also fits into households with pets or into the kitchen-living room of your shared apartment. For an appealing room design, you should only combine dark tones with light colors.

With gray and anthracite, almost every color combination is possible, and even multicolored concepts do not appear overloaded.

8 tips for trendy color combinations: Anthracite matches many colors

1. Anthracite falls outside the classical color theory, so you can use the entire color palette to create contrasts between furniture, rugs, pictures, curtains, and plants. This way, you bring your room to prominence full of elegance. Striking colors provide an eye-catcher.
2. When designing the wall, you should note that gray seating furniture makes the room appear darker and smaller. White tones and light wall colors, strong green tones, or light blue make the room appear more open and larger. 
3. Also make sure not to overcrowd the wall around your anthracite couch. Individual side tables, floor-standing plants, or simple decorations in the industrial style are sufficient for an appealing color concept in furnishing. Pictures or wall shelves are therefore not necessarily needed and could worst-case make the room appear overloaded.
4. Anthracite sofas form a cool industrial look in front of walls with concrete optics and metal, which you can round off with live edge furniture from nature like solid Wood or with decorative lamps.
5. In combination with mustard yellow and brown, you can create a special 60s color mix.
6. Terracotta tones with seating furniture in gray or black and white give the room a natural atmosphere. Subtropical plants with large leaves like the strelitzia or the money tree or side tables made of natural materials like rattan create a lounge in the Boho look.
7. The color mix of anthracite sofa with light flooring and accessories in pastel tones like old rose looks particularly noble. Furniture with gold, copper, or lacquer surfaces serve as optical highlights. The trendy color old rose can also be combined with rugs and curtains in dark green for a modern look. 
8. A classic combination option for upholstered furniture in anthracite are coffee tables made of steel with glass tabletops. Even in the winter garden, an anthracite sofa naturally fits into the overall picture. On light tiles or a natural carpet in terracotta, you can also place simple products in front of a floor-to-ceiling window and enjoy the view of the sky.

Setting accents with colors

Sofas in subtle and dark tones are usually difficult to combine with strong colors like petrol or coral. The piece of furniture is suitable for every living style and always finds a suitable place in the house even after moves and new furnishings.

To create an inviting image in lounge corners, you can decorate your couch with colorful accessories or stick to a minimalist and cool style. Try colors like silver, cream, mint green, red, turquoise, lilac, orange, sage green, and sand tones.