Best Baby Nursery Color Schemes and Combinations

Updated December 3, 2025 by Jan of Unique Baby Gear Ideas

We have some examples of the best baby nursery color schemes and color combinations to help you choose fabrics, wall paint and basically all of the decisions that come your way when decorating a baby's room.

Professional decorators make it their business to know the theory behind various color combinations and how they affect a baby's mood and behavior but the DIY decorator just instinctively knows what we want or need for our decorating project.

See how color comes into play with the Most Popular Baby Nursery Themes.

On this page you will find the most popular nursery color combinations with pictures of nurseries decorated in these colors. These photos are sent in by parents who not only decorated the rooms but who have shared the names of the wall paint colors, resources for the fabric and bedding and step-by-step instructions for many DIY painting, sewing and craft projects.

Ideas for Attractive Nursery Color Schemes for a Baby Boy or Baby Girl's Room

Browse through my gallery of pictures and take note of your favorite nursery colors or themes that could hold the key to your nursery decorating project.

Here's a partial listing of some popular color schemes:

YELLOW NURSERY IDEAS

Yellow Duck Baby Nursery

Gray Baby Nursery

Green and Yellow Nursery

Pink and Yellow Nursery

Brown and Yellow Nursery

Black and Yellow Nursery

Pink Nursery Ideas

See how these colors come together in my Baby Girl Nursery Themes gallery.

Pink and Brown Nursery

Pink and Brown Baby Bedding

Pink and Black Nursery

Pink and Green Nursery Ideas

Pink and Yellow Nursery

Pink Zebra Nursery

Pink and Orange Nursery

BROWN NURSERY IDEAS

Brown and Pink Nursery Ideas	Green and Brown Nursery	Forest Green and Brown Nursery Theme	Brown and Sage Green Nursery	Blue and Brown Nursery	Chocolate Brown Nursery
Brown Baby Nursery

BABY BLUE NURSERY IDEAS

Yellow and Blue Baby Nursery

Green and Blue Nursery

Aqua Baby Nursery

BLACK NURSERY IDEAS

Black and White Nursery Ideas	Black and White Toile Nursery	Pink and Black Nursery	Red and Black Nursery	Black and White Damask Nursery	BLACK and Antique White Nursery
Black and White Modern Nursery Ideas	Green and Black Nursery	Elegant Black and White Baby Nursery Bedding and Decor

GREEN NURSERY IDEAS

Blue and Green Nursery

Yellow and Green Nursery

Green and Pink Nursery

Lime Green Nursery

Green and White Nursery

POPULAR COLORS

Red Baby Nursery	SOLID COLOR BABY BEDDING and CRIB	Orange Baby Nursery
Purple Nursery Ideas	Purple Baby Nursery Ideas

WHITE NURSERY PICTURES and DECOR

Once you have a basic color palette in mind, start shopping for baby bedding. To choose a nursery paint color, you might take a pillow or only the crib quilt with your to the paint store to get a good color match.

With the wall paint color and nursery bedding set in hand, you now have a plan for colors to use in decorating the rest of the baby's nursery. It will now be easy to designate what colors to use in accent pieces that can be displayed throughout the baby's room.



Is the background of the fabric a neutral shade with an overlay or printed pattern of characters, flowers or other colorful prints? One piece of decorating advice that I hear professional decorators repeat time and time again is to repeat the color schemes from an inspiration piece of fabric which in this case would be your baby crib comforter or baby duvet cover.

There are lots of excellent decorating tips and suggestions for the very best nursery color schemes for a baby's first room and many good articles and recommendations for books that you can read on the subject. Choosing the best color schemes for your baby fabrics, baby nursery color schemes and patterns and combining them successfully with the other elements of the room and crib decorations for a baby boy's nursery or baby girl's room can be a process of trial and error, but it can also be fun! Let me know if there are bold and unusual combinations that work for you and please remember to share your pictures!

Hi, I’m Jan — the creator of Unique Baby Gear Ideas. I love helping expecting parents discover nursery décor inspiration and creative photo shoot ideas that make every stage of pregnancy feel beautiful.

Over the years, I’ve helped thousands of parents choose safe, stylish nursery furniture through hands-on reviews and real-world testing.

The suggestions I share here come from years of hands-on experience styling nurseries, reviewing maternity gowns, and learning what makes each photo session shine.

All articles and images on Unique Baby Gear Ideas are personally reviewed and edited by Jan Bay. Modern creative tools may assist with design or drafting, but every final page reflects my own voice, experience, and editorial judgment.