Navy and pale pink is a nice look. http://fbspot.com/cute-etsy-nautical-baby-nursery-decorations/etsy-nautical-baby-room-decorations_rectangular-navy-wooden-white-whale-painting-wall-art_black-ship-anchor-on-pink-stripes-background_dark-ship-wheel-on-pure-surface_handmade-wall-decor-for-nursery/

How pink? Can you tone it down? Maybe bring in a few examples that are kind of pink. What about horizontal strips with one of the colors being pink and the other blue?

What about a world/ map theme?

wall paper like this the rest of the walls in navy

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I'd paint the room in very wide pale pink and almost black horizontal stripes. Like a foot wide, and make no attempt to keep them perfectly , evenly straight.. Add gray, black, white bedding.

Keep the walls white and let him help put up his own wall decals.

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Does he want the walls pink or pink decor? What else does he like? Animals?

Hot pink and and shades of charcoal are everywhere in athletic clothing / shoes for men. Not a pale pink, nor a medium pink, hot pink. A wall of charcoal with a huge stencil of a Pro sport player (MLB, NHL, NBA) done in hot pink. The same zebra stripe color combo on the bed. My husband's 9 year-old grandson has several "outfits" in charcoal / black and hot pink. It's a current "thing".

You can include pink and just about every other color too.

My children want a lot of things but common sense makes me simply tell them NO when I don't want them to have what they want.

In other words paint it whatever color YOU see fit and maybe decorate with smaller pink items.

Love it! And good for you for encouraging your son to express himself.

Whether you have a boy or girl, I find pink can look too saccharine and immature (even in a kid's room) on its own. I agree with others above who suggested pairing it with strong neutrals such as navy, black, white, chocolate brown. And maybe some cobalt blue?

What kind of pink? A dark raspberry can be stunning.

Have fun!

I agree with chiflipper...... deep charcoals and deep pinks... he wants pink so give him pink. My son when he was 6 insisted on ruby red sparkly Wizard of Oz shoes... well, we got them as it was a rant! Embrace it... add some pops of pink for him and decals in pink are the best option for walls vs. painting as mentioned prior.

You can add elements of pink in with charcoal.... things such as:

if there is room at the foot of his bed stack up two small glossy trunks for storage a pink and a blue or pink and a charcoal.

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You can spray paint a storage piece for the foot of his bed with pink and charcoal wide stripes with glossy spray paint.

make the bed light gray.... accessorize with the pink and purple...

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Is this the same user that keeps posting versions of the same post (my son wants a pink room) then deleting them? They have multiple accounts and have been posting/deleting threads for the past week.

Maybe soflea is on vacation.

well, I remember kevin mulder,. His questions, and his "mom's, are curiously alike. This one, not so sure. The wording is a bit different.

Edit: well, that's interesting. Shortly after these comments went in, Mom Mulder deleted her account. I await the next reincarnation with eager anticipation.

A pale pink with gray and navy would look great. He gets what he wants, but still with some class and maturity. Or take some inspiration from shira's car wallpaper, that could be a great starting point

i love pink and gray -- you could even paint stripes on the wall, and easy to update the pink later if his tastes are beaten down-I-mean-change. ;) great that you're indulging him -- think of it as a cozy kid's room, and don't sweat getting things masculine; kids get plenty of programming from all sides, and a bedroom just needs to feel like home.

Did your son say he wanted the room to be "masculine?" or is that your decision? If your son wants a pink room, give him a pink room. Instead of focusing on whether or not it's "masculine," make sure you create a room that he likes. So show him paint samples, furniture, and other elements before they get installed to make sure he likes it.

And unless the color scheme would somehow effect the value of your house or make the room less safe and comfortable for your child, it's not your job, or anyone's job, to tell a child what colors he or she may like or be surrounded by.

If your child were a girl and she asked for a pink room, would it create a design dilemma for you?

quercus2 - I see your point but I'm not sure I totally agree with it. Not because I'm worried about the masculinity issue, but because I don't believe very young children should have the last say on what they get in their room. The parents should have a say as well, and find a solution that makes everyone happy. If the little boy loves pink, he should have it, but if Mom finds pink overwhelming (I certainly do) she should be entitled to work other colors into the scheme as well. Depending on how old the boy is, he of course gets a say on those other colors. But in the end, it's everyone's house and it's no bad thing to teach a child about compromise.

And it saves having to repaint and replace everything in a year's time if his tastes move on to another color.

And yes, I'd say exactly the same thing if it were a girl.

Hot pink and charcoal and/or navy. It is just paint, if they outgrow it then repaint. I picked some pretty bold colors on my own for my kids nursery's (mint green one time and orange sherbert another and later lime and navy) and had to repaint eventually. It didn't hurt me. I loved them all while I had them.

@jmm1837 We do not disagree. Kid asked for a specific color. Depending on the age of the kid, it's up to the parent to implement that color in a way that is attractive, comfortable and safe for the child. It's NOT up to the parent to decide that because the child is a boy, the pink has to modified because pink is somehow deemed not masculine and therefore not appropriate for a young boy.

When my sons were small they got denim colored bedding and curtains and khaki walls. They updated with new theme sheets, pillows, framed posters, that sort of thing, every few years. The denim bedding actually went to college with one of them!