What Colour Plug Sockets Should I Use?

There's a wide range of finishes available for sockets and switches, from popular metal finishes like chrome, brass, and copper, to a small range of solid colours — sage green, blue, and light grey.

Metal finishes

Metal finishes remain some of the most popular choices for decorative sockets, especially chrome, stainless steel, brass, copper, and satin nickel. Each of these base metals can be finished in different styles — for instance, brass can be finished as polished brass, satin brass, antique brass, and aged brass, while bronze is available in medium bronze and black bronze.

Solid colour finishes

Alongside metal finishes, we stock a small range of solid colours: sage green, blue, and light grey. These work well where the sockets and switches are intended to be part of the room's colour scheme rather than blending into the background. See our colour sockets and switches guide for where each colour works best.

Frequently Asked Questions

What colour plug sockets are available?

Alongside a wide range of metal finishes — chrome, brass, copper, steel, and more — we stock solid colour finishes in sage green, blue, and light grey.

Which colour socket should I choose?

This depends on your interior. Sage green suits country and natural interiors, blue suits more eclectic or characterful spaces, and light grey is the most versatile, working as a near-neutral across many styles.

Related guide: colour sockets and switches.