Decorating with Color
Yes, BLUE can bring about feelings of sadness but it is also the most calm, serene and soothing color. If you’re dieting, eat from a blue plate, as the color is one of the least appetizing colors. For that reason, decorating your kitchen in floor to ceiling blue probably isn’t the best idea. Research has shown that people are the most productive when working in a blue room, subsequently, you may see many offices that paint work areas this color. Blue represents youth, spirituality, sincerity, inspiration, tranquility, order and peace. Pure blue is soothing and has been proven to help lower the pulse and body temperature. Blue in the home is relaxing, will help you become open to learning new things and will aid in communication.
The color PURPLE is magical and mysterious. It has been used to symbolize royalty and it represents wisdom, spirituality, inspiration and imagination. In decorating, a bright purple color can be used for rich contrast for an exotic mood while a lighter purple is more romantic and delicate. In the home, purple will help bring peace of mind and good judgment.
PINK isn’t just for girls. The color pink is calming and soothing. Pink symbolizes love, romance and beauty. Prisons often use the color pink on walls to calm inmates and sports teams will paint the locker rooms of visiting teams pink to hopefully instill passiveness and decrease competitive energy. Research has proven that this calming effect of the color is purposeful only with the initial exposure. Extended contact with the color will actually produce the opposite effect, agitation. For this reason, bathrooms or sun rooms (places that you don’t spend extended time in) are great when decorated in the color pink.
BROWN is comfy. The color symbolizes the earth, convention, strength and reliability. Brown has been known to stimulate the appetite, so if you’re not on that diet, brown in the kitchen would be magnificent. Brown is strongly associated with nature and in a room will set a tone of warmth, comfort and security. Brown is a great color to use as the primary color in a room with others as accent colors. Brown is also a strong color but in excess may create feelings of depression and isolation. Use brown in rooms that have natural themes or in rooms in which you need to create a sense of organization.
In actuality, WHITE isn’t really a color, it is the combination of all colors. In nature, sunlight is created from the 7 major colors and can be seen when separated in a rainbow. For these reasons, white symbolizes wholeness and completion. White also is associated with purity, cleanliness, innocence, kindness, loyalty and truth. White can be used in a room to create the illusion of a larger space, but as you might know, if a room is completely white, it can seem empty and unfriendly.
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