• Painting a bathroom is sometimes necessary to update the room.bathroom image by Mat Hayward from Fotolia.com
  
  Painting a bathroom is often an enjoyable project, and a fresh coat of paint can liven up a drab bathroom. Choosing the right paint color for a bathroom is one of the most important steps in painting the room as it determines what the rest of the bathroom decor will look like. Picking out paint for bathroom walls isn't difficult.
  
  

Yellow

• Yellow, especially a pastel or bright yellow, is a perfect color for bathrooms. Light colors help to open rooms up and make them seem larger than they are. This is particularly helpful in bathrooms, which are often among the smallest rooms in the house. You can pair yellow walls with a number of other colors to create a bathroom that looks as though it was professionally decorated. Choose a shade of yellow that makes the bathroom stand out.
  
  

Blue

• Light blue is a good shade for bathrooms. Many shades and textures of paint are used in bathrooms to tie the color scheme together. Combining several textures creates variety in the bathroom to keep it visually interesting. Using more than one shade of blue also helps to keep the bathroom visually entertaining. Lighter shades of blue paint, such as cerulean open up the bathroom and make it seem bigger. Blue is also a calming color.
  
  

Ivory

• Ivory is an ideal bathroom color as it is easily paired with many decorating schemes without overwhelming the bathroom. The light color opens up the bathroom to provide an elegant, subtle backdrop for artwork and accessories as well as darker elements like towels and a shower curtain. Ivory is a calming, off-white color that doesn't require much effort to keep clean and fresh looking, and it goes well with almost any other color, making it perfect for decorating.