Orange Wallpaper

Twenty-three orange wallpapers, from terracotta and rust to coral and amber: koi patched with rust on marbled grey water, orange poppies on black, breakers in burnt orange and aubergine, russet artichoke thistles on cream, halftone figures in orange and green duotone. Warm, and not always loud.

Choosing orange wallpaper

Where it works

Orange warms a room that gets cold light, so it earns its place in north-facing kitchens, hallways and studies. Harvest Vine, russet thistles on warm cream, drawn with a lighter Arts and Crafts hand, is the quiet one and can go in a bedroom. Night Poppies, poppies in orange and hot pink over solid black, and Apothecary Shelf, amber bottles and halved oranges on painted black shelves, are dining room and bar designs. Koi Ripples and Marbled Koi, orange fish on grey and petrol water, are for bathrooms.

Picking between the designs

Decide how much orange you can take. As an accent on cream: Harvest Vine, Orange Blossom, Tangerine Blossom, Orange Bramble. As the flowers on a dark ground: Night Poppies, Salmon Chrysanthemum, Coral Hydrangea. As the whole surface: Rolling Surf, big stylised breakers in burnt orange and aubergine on a linen ground, and Tiger Strokes, stripes broken into crosshatched brushstrokes of burnt orange and ochre, both of which are one-wall designs. The figurative pair, Sneaker Crew in orange and green halftone and Painted Bridges in flame-stitch bands, are the most modern things here and suit a teenager's room or a studio. Orange Geometric, rounded rectangles on off-white linen, is the mid-century option.

Related

The mustard end continues in gold wallpaper, the terracotta florals in moody floral wallpaper, the fish in fish wallpaper. For pattern chosen to hold a room on its own, read What is statement wallpaper.