Joseph's Coat One of the best and the boldest of all the indoor plants for colored foliage. Crotons have large, glossy leaves that are patterned in bright reds, yellows, oranges and pinks. They are wonderful, but be sure you give them lots of light and high humidity. They need lots of light and high humidity and should be pinched to keep them from getting leggy. Here is one that thrives with less light than most of the rest.
Gold dust makes an especially nice patio plant in the dappled shade.
There are several very nice varieties of calathea. C. louisae is sometimes called emerald feather and offers large leaves that are burgundy on the underside and have a pale green splotch down the center of the top of the deep-green leaf. Bearing leaves with the same striking burgundy underside, the top of these leaves have dark markings along the midrib. Coleus Coleus blumei Undoubtedly the easiest to grow of all the plants with colored foliage, coleus offers you lots of color combinations and leaf forms from which to choose. Give them moderate to high light, keep them consistently moist and coleus will reward you with lots and lots of color.