Colour suggestions for 12 year old dc bedroom

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Well the time has come to redecorate my 12 year old ds bedroom and it's not going to be easy.
Originally he wanted 2 dark blue walls and 2 light blue walls which would have been far too much. I explained this to him and he said well it's my room I can have the colours I want! I have managed to talk him out of that but now he wants at least one wall the same colour as his bedding which is an ombré changing from red to orange to yellow!

I can't bear the thought of walls that colour even if it's just one. Or is there a wallpaper which I could use on just one wall?
I am so useless at things like this.

3 white walls, let him pick the feature wall, it's his room. If it's garish and awful he'll soon realise and it'll be easy to change.

If you don't want the whole wall orange/yellow/red what about the sort of diagonal/mountain range idea that seems to be quite in at the moment, it's very easy to do with some frog tape.

I’d be inclined to let him have what he wants. You can get ombré wallpapers by the way. Here’s one example.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/698917729/ombre-customized-unique-wallpaper?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_housewarming_Home+and+Living&utm_custom1=de564484-1e3c-47c0-9c44-b0f6f1321c57&utm_content=go_1713595379_69709030480_333557037536_pla-303628061699_m__698917729engb&utm_custom2=1713595379

Blue to orange fade:
www.photowall.co.uk/search?q=ombre+wallpaper

my 12 year old painted her whole room (with my help) in a bright yellow and it looks great. with dark blue bedding.

Ds had an orange bedroom at that age. Has just gone neon green now. (nearly 17)

How about navy walls with an orange accent stripe?

My daughter's room just after it was finished! She loves it

What’s wrong with dark blue and light blue? DD has Little Greene Sky Blue on three walls and Deep Space Blue on the fourth. It’s lovely.

Alternatively how about three white walls and then a frog tape geometric mural in his choice of colours on the fourth?

It’s just paint. If you let it become a battleground he’ll ask for neon yellow next.

I also cant see the issue with light and dark blue walls. I would let him go with that, sounds much nicer than ombre....

Dulux Denim Drift with one of their recommended complementary colours dark or light. Got this in my teens bedroom, I was using his desk for a Teams meeting and got complemented on it!

At that age my ds wanted 2 white walls one black and one red , which we did
Then he hated black wall after a while ( showed all the dust ) and he decided he wanted that white so now 3 white walls and one bright red

12 is old enough to make decorating decisions for their own room.

I don't see what the problem is with navy on 2 walls and 2 lighter blue. Sounds nice.

DD1's (she's 12) room has just been painted. It's pure brilliant white but the curtains are emerald green, black and shocking pink so the rest of the soft furnishings are a mix of those colours. It's a lot brighter than two shades of blue! She chose the curtains (white walls are standard in this house) and the rest of the decoration flowed from that.

I'd let him have what he wants...he is old enough to decide!

What is wrong with the light and dark blue walls????

Ours have three dark/bright to one pale. One of them is still bitter that I didn’t allow all four dark. I kind of wish I had. They were 6 and 8 though. Age 12 I’d let him have what he wants unless it’s ridiculous, which this isn’t.

Oh and I should add that one of them is bright orange. It’s fine. Want a pic?

Just thinking about this some more. Are you worried he will get bored with the orange? Has he liked orange for a while, in which case it’s less likely.

Or why don’t you reconsider the original blue ideas as they might have more longevity. If you explain that he has to live with the colour for (say, 5?) years, then I’d more or less let him choose. If he gets sick of it in two years he’d be old enough to repaint it himself.

Do you spend much time in there? I’m not sure why you ‘can’t bear’ these as ideas. Maybe have a look at Pinterest if strong colour seems such a leap for you.

I think it’s hard sometimes to recognise that they are growing up, but they need to make their own choices as much as possible. You wouldn’t choose all his clothes and expect him to just wear them, for example.