10/06/2014
Moods and feelings with colors
Color has a profound effect on our mood. In clothing, interiors, landscape and even natural light, a color can change mood from sad to happy, from anxiety to relaxation, from fear to confidence. Some colors make you want to get out of your chair, others make you want to nestle down and read. Some colors are articulate and must be listened to. Others are very quiet. Some colors indicate that you have traveled or are well-read. Yet others create a desire for closeness, intimacy and love.
An awareness of the emotions generated by different colors is helpful in planning personal palettes, but it must be understood that this information is not absolute. The effects of color on mood will vary from individual to individual. Color trends will come and go, but a personal color scheme, reflecting the individuality of the person living there, will remain satisfying for years to come. The people who live in a home make it beautiful by choosing color that reflects their likes and their personalities.
Mood from A Single Color
RED: Red is the most dramatic, emotional and active of the three primaries. It is an especially versatile color in its effects, enlivening interior spaces by creating excitement, warmth and elegance. The use of red suggests a bold and confident attitude. It is used in those areas where some excitement is needed. It is less often used in sleeping area because of its energizing quality. The complement of red is green.
BLUE: Blue is a color universally equated with the beauty. Blue is timeless, linking the present with tradition and lasting values. It is the most versatile in expressive values. Psychologically, blue is associated with tranquility and contentment. In interior design, softer and lighter blues are generally preferred for the larger areas.
YELLOW: It is a powerful color, both light in value and extremely intense in its purest form. It evokes a sense of energy and excitement. Yellow is a perennial favorite in interior design, combining with greens to provide the natural freshness and with red for gaiety and richness.
GREEN: Green is the most common choice of the designers. It is often used as a dominant room color. Green goes with every other color and makes it a natural neutral. It represents the greenery of the nature and thus provides the room with liveliness.
VIOLET: It seems to be a color of emotional contrasts. Its paler tints are unabashedly romantic, fragile and quiet feminine. It enjoyed popularity in the Victorian era and now, as pure colors emerge again, beautiful violet is again in vogue.
ORANGE: It is amazingly versatile, capable of emitting great energy in its purest form and as an earth tone; it evokes warmth, comfort, and reassurance. Nowadays, lighter orange is popularly known as peach.
PASTELS: Pastels are simply lighter tints of any hue. White added to red yields pink, and light pink is a pastel. There is not any particular definition for a pastel color but when colors become so light that they almost seem to be white, they are pastels. The pastels are becoming m
