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Before bringing color into your home, do a little personal assessment of how color impacts you. Sometimes a color may generally impact people one way, but for you , it brings out entirely different moods, feelings or emotions. Write out each color on a sheet of paper perhaps use a set of crayons or colored pencils to shade in a space of color on the page and write down any words that come to mind. Don't analyze it, just let it come out stream of consciousness. After jotting down your knee-jerk feelings about each color, review it and see if you feel drawn to certain colors -- or resistant to others.
Use this as a guide as you think about ways to bring color into your world. How do others in your family respond to color? Have your spouse and older children do this exercise -- it might remind you how unique and similar we all are, and how important it is to be sensitive to everyone in our household. There are countless ways to weave color intentionally into your surroundings, from completely redoing a room's decor, to adding subtle but effective accent colors to a space. Take a look at the following examples and conduct your own "case studies" to put color to work in your home.
Current elements in the room: In our home, the dining room is painted a light butter yellow, with the lower half and the walls a white wainscoting.
Large windows open to our backyard with lots of trees in view. Some casual family photos hang on the largest wall. I like the yellow for the warmth and upbeat feel. I may want to accentuate the nature colors from the backyard view with window treatments that reflect greens and browns- invigorating and grounding colors. Bringing in deep orange accents would add warmth, encourage conversation and stimulate appetite. Wall decor, chair upholstery, candles on decorative shelves, fresh flowers, placemats, napkins, vases with colored water, and a centerpiece are all areas that could be used to bring in color.
Who uses the space: Since my children are still too young to use a formal study area, my husband and I primarily share this space. I often need to be stimulated when I work lest I doze off for a nap. It would be nice to have a space that energized me, drew out creative thought, and kept my mind alert. Greens are fantastic for adding a refreshing feel and for keeping the mind focused and relaxed.
I'd like to see layers of greens as the main color scheme and punctuate the room with accents of violet. Too much purple can feel overwhelming for me, but small pops of rich, saturated violet color draw out creative thought and balance an overly analytical mind.
Perhaps a vase with a bunch of dried lavender stems, a beautiful fabric runner for my desk, an area rug, or covering some books on the shelf in a violet paper. What colors are you drawn to? How have you brought color intentionally into your home? What a great post! Although our walls must stay white renting we have been adding jolts of color throughout our home. The red chairs — http: We also tended to go with more greens and tans than anything!
But what other feelings is it bringing out? And what colors should I use in the rest of the room to counteract it? You mentioned a lack of sunlight— maybe you could bring light yellows into your room? I have an all red kitchen. I better remedy that, because some days I wonder: Thanks for the article! When we moved into our home almost 3yrs. Well, that was quickly changed- My daughter got a red one wall and white room with some black accents and my son received a very refreshing blue room. This was a really fun and interesting post to read.
We recently moved to a new city and live in an apartment. Before this we had a house. Thank you for this info! Your post came at a perfect time as we are relocating at the end of the month. I cannot wait to paint our new home and plan out each room.
We will definitely be using this blog post as our guide! Hope you have a wonderful day! I love knowing the different ways color can affect you. So this summer I painted the downstairs. The kitchen has a red accent wall and the rest of it and the dinning area are a warm yellow. I love the yellow in the morning, it glows with the sunlight and just wakes me up! When I lived in Idaho, it seemed like six months out of the year the skies were gray and the ground was white. My husband and I painted our living room blue like the sky and our bedroom green which could be seen from the living room through french doors.
No matter what time of the year it was-it always seemed like spring! I am drawn to greens and oranges wierd combo, I know.
Warm colors often evoke feelings of happiness, optimism and energy. However, yellow and orange can also slightly irritate the eyes and red can increase a. Green- For the farmer; working day and night to reap the soil with the food for the human race. For the normal citizen living in an urban area; the lush flowing.
I LOVE colorful homes! Thanks for a beautiful post! We had a horrible mustard color in our living room for a couple of years. It made me sick! We finally did, and I felt immediately better. Color can make a big difference! I can commiserate, Angela! This was a fun article to read. I love reading about colors and how they can affect people. The last thing I need is an appetite stimulant. Very few people take the psychological effect of color into account when selecting paint colors for their homes, and they should! Wonderful application of the color qualities, Lisa.
Do you know whether shades have similar trends? I am a lover of colour.
I learned so much growing up in Europe from the Scandinavians about using colour especially red to counteract our grey Pacific North West skies. I know in my inspiration book, I have certain color pages— collages of similar colored things that take up a whole page- or pages…. So much of our life is impacted by color. I try to stop myself and find something bright to help lift me up!
It is so important to bring the right colors into our physical environment. I used to have a lot of red in my bedroom, and it felt so intense. Peaceful colors in your house is great Feng Shui!!
Erin- I totally agree— A can of paint if my very favorite decorating purchase— it simply transforms rooms on a dime! I have a problem with color I cant ever pick a color because I dont know if it looks good or not. So my question is I want a color in my kitchen its plain white with light wood cabinets, Im not sure what color to color it.
I want something that will make me have more energy and actually want to cook dinner after a long day of work. If you could help me that would really be great. Thank you very much for this post. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. We moved into this house maybe 6 years ago and have not been happy at all it ruined our lives.
So we are all sitting here and thinking what colors can we paint to make us all happy and out of our funk.