A&B Flooring is pleased to offer you this virtual room design tool to help you decide what color combination would best serve your tastes and space. The purpose of this tool and the following coloring tips would give you a general idea of the choices you might have, but talking to one of our A&B Flooring consultants, with many years of hands on expertise, would ensure your choice will be the perfect fit for your home or business. Call us at (773) 539-8800 or contact us by e-mail

You can create a spacious effect by combining a sober and pale floor with light walls. Lighter and cooler colors will make the room seem larger. Dark and warm colors make the room smaller and cosier.

• Floors with a yellowish beige color - Yellowish beige colors are warm, cosy and create a sense of optimism. Floors with an oak, beach or maple design can make a dark room warmer.
• Floors with a reddish orange color - These floors give the a room very warm feeling. This color is often combined with yellow highlights.
• Brown floors - A brown hue, especially for floors, refers to our alliance with the earth. In comparison with the walls it must always remain in the background. Brown consists of several other colors and this means it can be combined with many other colors. Brown is not a dull color; it's versatile and suitable for many different interiors, on the condition that sufficient light penetrates the room in order to make the brown color stand out.

In some interiors, a combination is made of complementary colors for the floor and the walls, with the intention of creating a contrast. In other situations, a tone on tone combination is preferred. Tone on tone means that shades of the same color are combined, but with darker and lighter nuances. This can create very harmonious and calm effects, however, it can become monotonous.