Colour in Your Home

Without light, there is no colour, so it’s not surprising that even subtle changes in lighting influence the way colours appear.

The colours you select for your home must look right to your eye. The time of the day and quality of light will change the way colour feels. The interaction between light and colour creates great opportunities for designers.

Researchers have learned that certain colours tend to elicit certain emotions. The psychology of colour and how colour affects human behaviour is a serious course of study at universities.

Red, for instance, associated with heat and fire, energizes and stimulates, it might be a good choice for an exercise room, but not for the bedroom of a hyperactive child. This colour is known to stimulate the appetite so it’s an excellent colour for dining rooms.

Yellow is associated with sunshine and cheerfulness, it feels bright rather than stimulating and has been noted to increase creativity in people. Yellow is a versatile decorating colour because in its pale tints it becomes almost neutral in effect. Red, orange, and yellow and their variations on the colour wheel are considered warm hues. Green is calming and relaxing like the greenery of a garden. Colouring a room in tints and shades of green can help you wind down, and, when warmed with a little red or orange, give you a fresh outlook. Blue also has a restful effect, like water, can suggest coolness, calm and can help a south-facing room feel cooler, or a bedroom more conducive to sleeping. Green, blue and violet are considered cool hues.

Colour is a wonderful tool in an interior design. It can camouflage bad architectural details; it can emphasize the beauty of good architectural detail. Colour can make a room appear smaller or larger. You can use a colour intelligently, to make a room both comfortable and beautiful.

Colour, texture, and pattern contribute to the home liability because they were purposefully planned. Cheerful, light-reflecting colours are predominant. White on the ceiling increases the sense of spaciousness and reflects light down. Paintings, sculpture, books and magazines, accessories, lighting fixtures bring additional contrast. This room is comfortable and attractive.

The great challenge to any designer is to achieve beautiful and livable schemes that meet the client’s needs.

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