What Are Colors That Go With Gold Flooring Tiles?

Monochromatic Colors

• Monochromatic colors are variations of light and dark colors of a single hue. A monochromatic color scheme that goes well with gold flooring tiles are lighter hues, or tints, of yellow, and shades, or darker hues of yellow. One way to use these colors is to have a paint your walls in yellow-orange and a combination of tints and shades of yellow-orange as accents, such as for throw pillows and window treatments.

Complementary Colors

• Complementary colors, such as yellow-orange and blue-purple, are those that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. One way to use this color combination with gold flooring tiles is to paint your walls in yellow-orange. Also use yellow-orange for drapes and use blue-purple for your window shades. Blue-purple can also be used for your accents. For example, use blue-purple for a side chair, lamp shades and throw pillows.

Triadic Colors

• The triadic color scheme, such as yellow-orange, blue-green and red-purple, are colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. Paint your walls blue-green and cover your bed with yellow-orange sheets and pillow cases or decorate with a yellow-orange couch in a living room with gold flooring tiles. Likewise, you can paint yellow-orange pinstripes on your walls. Cover your windows with treatments in the same color as the walls or with yellow-orange treatments. Use red-purple as your accents, such as with red-purple throw pillows, side chairs or flowers.

Split-Complementary Colors

• Using the two colors adjacent to its complement, such as yellow-orange, blue and purple, is considered a split-complementary color scheme. In this color scheme, paint your walls blue and cover your windows with yellow-orange shades and blue drapes to complement your gold flooring tiles. Choose yellow-orange as the color of your sofa or bedding. Use purple and blue for accents such as for an arm chair, lamp shades and throw pillows.