Older homes with chair rails ballpark 1960 s and earlier if you have an older home you should be able to pull off a two colour or two tone palette.
Two tone room colors with chair rail.
These are two different colors but work well together without allowing the bright hue of pink to overpower the room.
The fourth bedroom has a chair rail with wainscoting under it.
By putting the bolder color above the molding above the chair.
When you have a chair rail it can be hard to figure out whether to use the same paint colour on the upper and lower portion of the walls or to do two different colours.
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For example the base color can be applied onto the plain walls while the accent color is applied only onto the cornices wainscoting and trims.
Color blocking can also depend on the surface being applied on.
If you have high ceilings another example of this two tone technique might be to pair a bright coral with tan this time reversing the theme of light above dark.
Living room large traditional formal and enclosed medium tone wood floor and brown floor living room idea in chicago with gray walls a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace chair rail is painted to match the wall color a tan grey and the crown molding and shoe molding are painted white.