- Red- Increases energy and heart rate, creates excitement and stimulates the appetite.
Best for: Dining rooms.
- Orange- Adds comfort, warmth and cheerfulness, but too much can bring about feelings of
cautiousness.
Best for: Living rooms and family rooms.
- Yellow- Brightens mood and promotes welcoming and joyful feelings; increases positive thinking.
Best for: Poorly lit foyers and dark hallways; buttery shades of yellow for living rooms.
- Green- Most restful color. Reduces nervous system activity and muscular tension, calms and
relaxes, offers reminders of nature.
Best for: Living rooms (light greens); accent for kitchens and dining rooms (mid-tones)
- Blue- Promotes feelings of calmness, security, tranquility and cleanliness; lowers blood pressure,
cools a room and serves as an appetite suppressant.
Best for: Bedrooms or any restful, peaceful area in the home.
- Purple- Boosts creativity, imagination and meditation, but can have unpleasant subconscious
responses. Many adults dislike purple on walls, particularly lighter shades of purple that are
perceived as more youthful.
Best for: Children's bedrooms and play areas.."
"Color is always a very personal choice," Debbie Zimmer of The Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute adds. "So color choices can be subtle. A color doesn't have to be McDonald's yellow or Red Roof Inn red to be noticed. It can be a derivative or a subtle tint or tone of those particular colors to create the warming effect buyers want in a home |