Room Color and How it Affects your Mood
While most of us may not spend a lot of time thinking about room color, it
affects every day of our lives. Room color can influence our mood and our thoughts. Colors
affect people in many ways, depending upon one’s age, gender, ethnic background or local climate. Certain
colors or groups of
colors tend to get a similar re
action from most
people - the
overall difference being in the shade or tones used. So it’s important to choose wisely.
To have a beautiful home, you do not have to worry about
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Beverly Hills: Trend / Leather Sofa Setss will come and go. The
people who live in a home make it beautiful by
choosing colors that reflect their likes and their personalities. The trick is to blend those
colors you like into a pleasing combination. Choosing color combinations is one of the most intimidating steps for beginners. Color has the power to change the shape and size of furnishings as well as the shape and size of the room itself.
Selecting
colors is not difficult if you equip yourself with some basic information about color and its effects, so let’s find more about room
colors, and how these
affect your mood.
When selecting color for a room, keep in mind that each color has a psychological value. Think about how those
colors make you feel. The main color of your room can have an effect on your mood. These
colors can make you feel anything from tranquil to rage. So when trying to
create peace and harmony in your home choose your
colors wisely. Some
colors in large amounts will have just the opposite
affect on you and your loved ones’ moods.
What mood do you want to
create? Which
colors will help you achieve that mood?
Find clear answers to these questions. If you find this task quite difficult try to look at
magazines,
decorating books, blogs and websites for ideas, or let your
fabric be your guide. In fact, this is a good approach to take even if you’re
starting from scratch. Fabric, carpeting,
furniture and tile are available in a more limited range of
colors than is paint, so choose them first and then decide on your paint color. Once you’ve found what you where searching for limit the number of
colors in a room to no more than three or four. Too many
colors can make a room look busy or cluttered.
Paint is a fairly in
expensive and
transforms a room more quickly than anything else you can do so you can afford to experiment a little.
Understand that
colors behave in three basic ways : active, passive, and neutral , and you can
easily match every room’s
colors to your personal desires and taste and to the room’s purpose. Light
colors are expansive and airy, they make rooms seem larger and brighter. Dark
colors are sophisticated and warm; they give large rooms a more intimate appearance.
Now let’s find more about some
colors.
Red raises a room’s energy level. It’s a good choice when you want to stir up excitement, particularly at night. In the
Living Room or
dining room, red draws
people together and stimulates conversation. In an entryway, it
creates a strong first impression. Red has been shown to raise blood pressure, speed respiration and heart rate. It is usually considered too stimulating for
bedrooms, but if you’re only in the room after dark, you’ll be seeing it mostly by lamplight, when the color will appear muted, rich, and
elegant. Red, the most intense, pumps the adrenaline like no other hue.
Crimson can make some
people feel irritable. With red invoking feels of rage and hostility is a color that
should be avoided as the main color of a room. Sitting for long periods of time in a room this color will likely breakdown any peace and harmony you are striving to
create in your home. Ancient cultures used the color red to stimulate the body and mind and to increase circulation.
Yellow captures the joy of sunshine and communicates happiness. It’s
perfect for
kitchens,
dining rooms, and bathrooms, where happy color is energizing and up
lifting. In halls, entries, and small
spaces, yellow can feel expansive and welcoming.Yellow although is a cheery color is not a good choice in main color
schemes of a room. People are more likely to lose their tempers in a yellow room. Babies also seem to cry more in a yellow room. This color tends to
create feeling of
frustration and anger in
people. This color is the most fatiguing on the eyes.In chromotherapy yellow was believed to stimulate the nerves and purify the body.
Blue brings down blood pressure and slows respiration and heart rate. That’s why it’s considered calming, relaxing, and serene, and is often recommended for
bedrooms and bathrooms. Be careful, however: A pastel blue that looks pretty on the paint chip can come across as unpleasantly chilly when it’s on the walls and furnishings, especially in a room that receives little
natural light. If you opt for a light blue as the primary color in a room, balance it with warm hues in the furnishings
and
fabrics.
To encourage relaxation in the rooms where
people gather family rooms,
Living Rooms, large
kitchens consider warmer blues, such as periwinkle, or bright blues, such as cerulean or turquoise. Blue is known to have a calming effect when used as the main color of a room. When going with blue go for softer shades of blue. Dark blue has the opposite effect. Dark blue evokes feels of sadness. So refrain from using darker blues in your main color
scheme. Stay with the lighter shades of blue to give you and your loved ones a calm effect.
Green is considered the most restful color for the eye. Combining the refreshing
quality of blue and the cheerfulness of yellow, green is suited to almost any room in the house. In a
kitchen, a sage or medium green cools things down; in a family room or
Living Room, it encourages unwinding but has enough warmth to promote comfort and
togetherness. In a
bedroom, it’s relaxing and pleasant.Green also has a calming effect when used as a main color for
decorating. It is believed to relieve stress by helping
people relax. Also believed to help with fertility this is a great choice for the
bedroom.
Purple in its darkest values (eggplant, for example) is rich, dramatic, and sophisticated. It’s associated with
luxury as well as creativity, and as an
accent or secondary color, it gives a
scheme depth. Lighter versions of purple, such as lavender and lilac, bring the same restful
quality to
bedrooms as blue does, but without the risk of feeling chilly.
Orange evokes excitement, enthusiasm and is an energetic color. While not a good idea for a
Living Room or for
bedrooms this color is great for an exercise room. It will bring all the e
motions out that you need when jumping into your fitness routine.In ancient cultures
orange was used to heal the lungs and increase energy
levels.
Neutrals (black, gray, white, and brown) are basic to the decorator’s tool kit. All-neutral
schemes fall in and out of fashion, but their virtue lies in their flexibility: Add color to liven things up; subtract it to calm things down. Black is best used in small doses as an
accent , indeed, some experts maintain that every room needs a touch of black to ground the color
scheme and give it depth.
To make the job easier, you can rely on the
interior designer’s most important color tool: the color wheel.
The ceiling represents one-sixth of the space in a room, but too often it gets nothing more than a coat of white paint. In fact, for decades, white has been considered not only the safest but also the best choice for ceilings. As a general rule, ceilings that are lighter than the walls feel higher, while those that are darker feel lower. Lower” need not mean claustrophobic: Visually lowered ceilings can evoke cozy intimacy.
Dark walls make a room seem smaller, and light walls make a room seem larger.
These general guidelines are a good
starting point in your search for a paint color. But remember that color choice is a very personal matter. You’re the one who has to live with your new paint color, so choose a hue that suits you, your family and your lifestyle.And after investing time to select just the right color, make sure it continues to look that way long-term by investing in a top
quality paint.
P.S - If you’ve found this article useful, you
should also read “Things You Should Know before Buying a New Bed”
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