Top 4 Color Blocking Combos That Always Work

Dear Alice | Interior Design

Alice Lane

Arts, Visual Arts, Design

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Ready to move beyond neutral interiors but not sure how to use color in a way that feels elevated and livable? In this episode of Dear Alice, we’re breaking down our top 4 color blocking combos that create layered palettes that feel bold yet livable. Inspired by emerging Pinterest trends like icy blue, persimmon, plum noir, jade, and wasabi green, we explore the fundamentals of color theory, complementary pairings, and color blocking to create visual impact. We also share real project examples. From pink and green bedrooms to blue, green, and yellow closets, and explain how looking at fashion can help you develop effortless 4 color combinations that make your home feel personal, stylish, and timeless. Shop Alice Lane: ⁠https://alicelanehome.com/⁠ Sign up for our Insider Rewards Program: ⁠https://alicelanehome.com/pages/insider-program ⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com/alicelanehome⁠ & ⁠https://instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors ⁠ Follow us on Facebook:⁠ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome/⁠ Go to ⁠https://cozyearth.com/pages/dearalice⁠ for 20% off your Cozy Earth order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome to Dear Alice. Happy April. Yeah. Happy Easter. By Q1. It's so crazy. Yes. We were well on
0:08.3	our way into 2026. It feels good. Daffodils are trying to blossom out of the ground.
0:13.4	All of it. Color is back. Color is back. It's coming in. Yes. Everywhere. And we don't want
0:18.9	anybody to be afraid of this. Gosh.
0:25.4	And so we said, let's do a whole episode about color blocking in particular.
0:27.0	We're seeing it on runway.
0:29.6	Runway shows just happened about a month ago. And I feel like all the coolest looks are not just using color, but they're color blocking.
0:37.0	And I feel like this trend is, I shouldn't even call it a trend.
0:40.4	It's a design principle.
0:41.6	Yeah.
0:41.9	It's so easy to do.
0:43.8	It's just combining a couple of colors.
0:46.6	And what you get is this really fashionable reaction.
0:49.6	And so as you guys are trying to incorporate more color into your homes,
0:53.1	we wanted to share a couple of our favorite color combinations with you. We've been playing around with them in our own homes. We've been seeing them like we said on runway. And so we have some really fun slides to show you if you're tuning in. I would recommend Spotify or YouTube so that you can really see these examples. But we'll try and describe for you what we're, what we're, I'm going to show you today. Exactly. One of the things that Pinterest was saying, a couple of favorite colors that are really bubbling up to the top for 2026 is this icy blue color. I love so much. You just did this in your office. I did. Yeah. And it is so, and we've always kind of referred to this.
1:28.0	I feel like for the last five, even pre-2020, we'd call Italian blue. And I don't feel like that ever left our brains, but I'm so glad it's getting attention right now because it is so fresh, especially when you color block with it. Especially. Funny thing, Alice Lane, we sell this bed called the kit bed. We make it in
1:44.4	a terra-fomo. You can picture this
1:46.5	kind of being a terra- the kit bed. We make it in a terra-fomo.
1:45.7	You can picture this kind of being a terracotta color.
1:48.0	We also make it in this icy blue color we call.
1:51.8	Capri.
1:52.2	Capri, Italian blue.
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