My hubby and I recently bought a house. I haven’t decided on what colour to paint our bedroom, but I was hoping somebody had some knowledge of colours and their affects on mood, and well-being and all that. lol I’ve had a banana yellow room for the last 8 months and I don’t think I want yellow again….nor does my husband. If there is a colour that has some negative effect, I’m curious about it.
When it comes to bedrooms, try to keep the wall color neutral or, at the very least, calm… (like light blues, beiges, even lavenders… if you want something darker, you can go with burgundys, burnt oranges, browns… greens are great too!) Really ANY color will work… it’s finding the right SHADE that can be difficult.
For example, a cream colored bedroom with a single wine accent wall could be positively beautiful… but a room with fire-engine red walls is intense.
I did a little google research (haha!) to try and answer your question about which colors are said to have certain effects.
Go here: http://freshome.com/2007/04/17/room-color-and-how-it-affects-your-mood
Just scroll down past the intro and it goes color by color… it’ll tell you what colors are best for what rooms and the effects these colors have on the people living there. (Note, crimson is BAD!)
I hope this helped a little… if you want more, just google search room color meanings. You should come up with more answers.
Hope I helped hun! Good luck!
ps. I had a yellow room for a little while when I was a kid… and hated it! I’m definitely a fan of calm blues myself.
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3:57 am on January 1st, 2010
When it comes to bedrooms, try to keep the wall color neutral or, at the very least, calm… (like light blues, beiges, even lavenders… if you want something darker, you can go with burgundys, burnt oranges, browns… greens are great too!) Really ANY color will work… it’s finding the right SHADE that can be difficult.
For example, a cream colored bedroom with a single wine accent wall could be positively beautiful… but a room with fire-engine red walls is intense.
I did a little google research (haha!) to try and answer your question about which colors are said to have certain effects.
Go here: http://freshome.com/2007/04/17/room-color-and-how-it-affects-your-mood
Just scroll down past the intro and it goes color by color… it’ll tell you what colors are best for what rooms and the effects these colors have on the people living there. (Note, crimson is BAD!)
I hope this helped a little… if you want more, just google search room color meanings. You should come up with more answers.
Hope I helped hun! Good luck!
ps. I had a yellow room for a little while when I was a kid… and hated it! I’m definitely a fan of calm blues myself.
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http://www.rentaldecorating.com/color_psychology.htm – here’s another link I just found to help you out!
4:25 am on January 1st, 2010
well if you want romantic do a subtle, slightly dark red color, with dark wood or black furniture, and red, black, tan, and bronze accessories
and if you want a relaxing, contemporary sort-of room, go with a dark blue paint, stripes if you wan them, or a blue wallpaper of some kind, with light wood furniture, tan, and silver accesories
p.s. yellow- makes you cranky
white-frustrates you
brown- makes you feel like crap
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