Knowing which colour will look the most effective can be tricky with so many options for adding light to your tree or home over Christmas. Should you go for warm colours, cool ones, sharp and vibrant, or soft and cosy? And those are just options for white lights, let alone any other colours!
But fear not – we’ve compiled a list of some of the most popular lighting colours and how they can be used to help you pick the right ones for your décor.
These lights have a slightly golden tinge that adds a warming depth to your festive space. They’re a beautifully understated lighting option that helps make your decorations the centre of attention whilst giving off a cosy and inviting aura. Easy to pair with most Xmas décor options, starting with warm white lights gives you a great base to fit your decorations around. They're a brilliant choice when it comes to accenting golden baubles, tinsel, and ribbon for a glowing, metallic look.
Try coordinating your warm white lights with our rustic Alpine Lodge or luxurious Platinum Eternity themes for a modern twist on decorating, or create a traditional look with Once Upon a Christmas.
A sharper version of the warm white, cool white lights has a frostier tone and more authentic white colouring. These lights give your Yuletide themes a natural, wintery look that helps your decorations sparkle and shimmer like ice. Ideal for creating a winter wonderland experience in the comfort of your home, white lights also make a brilliant starting point to a variety of decorating styles. They look especially beautiful when surrounded by silver and white decorations, adding to the sparkling effect.
We love pairing our ice white lights with our fantasy inspired Opulent Charm collection to help the glitter stand out or the peppermint theme running throughout Candy Cane Lane for a refreshing finish.
A dramatic and popular choice for Christmas decorating, multicoloured lights in tones of red, green, blue, and more bring fun and vibrancy to winter. With the weather often being dim and grey, you may find it an appealing option to bring in unique colourways to offset this. These lights can often create a bold, psychedelic effect with a lively palette – ideal if you can’t pick just one.
We find that multicoloured lights can complement the greens and reds in a Once Upon a Christmas theme and draw attention when used in outdoor lighting. They’re also perfect for highlighting the bright, contemporary designs of our Around the World festive collection.
Blue lights are becoming more common as Christmases come and go, and they're splitting opinions. Some people hate them, saying they remind them of emergency service sirens, flattening the festive atmosphere, and others swear by them, and think they're wonderful at creating a winter aesthetic. If you want to introduce blue light into your home this season as a modern take on your festive lighting, you should learn how to accessorise them to get the best effect. Blue is a cool colour, so, like cool white lights, blue LEDs work best in frosty, silver, and white tones with pops of blue ribbon and navy baubles.
Try not to add too many colours to a Christmas theme based around blue lights as this can create a muddled look with the lights overpowering your other hangings and ornaments.
If you'd like to have a go at decorating with blue this Christmas, we suggest using tree decorations from our Aurora collection. These decorations perfectly complement the rich tones in the blue lights with a mix of glass bases, silver glitter finishings, and midnight blue colourings.
If you're looking for more lighting inspiration, you can check out our full collection of Christmas Lights to help you get the perfect winter vibe for your home this Xmas.
