| We all have a favorite color right? Indeed | | | | in decorating or painting projects as it can |
| this has become almost a cultural question | | | | make rooms feel very 'boring' very |
| for many of us. We're asked it at some | | | | quickly.Yellow is a very powerful color. It |
| interviews and it's even a question that | | | | suggests warmth, richness and happiness and |
| could be used on a first date to break the | | | | can have a magical effect on a room. A room |
| ice. The question is this - have you ever | | | | painted entirely in yellow is not, however, a |
| wondered why a color is your favorite color | | | | good idea. Such is the power of this color |
| or what impact it might have on your | | | | that it can cause headaches and nausea when |
| personality or even on your life?Let's have a | | | | used too much.Pink is a very effeminate color |
| look at how each color can impact your home | | | | so should only be used in rooms where the |
| decorating projects - both positively and | | | | desired effect is to be very feminine. Using |
| negatively.Color can motivate us, change how | | | | pink whimsically throughout a room can |
| we view something and even change our | | | | quickly make it look gaudy, tacky and |
| moods.White has been the color of purity for | | | | cheap.Green is a very fresh color to use in |
| thousands of years. It's a color also | | | | almost any room. It especially suits |
| associated with sterility which is why it's | | | | bathrooms and childrens rooms because of the |
| used so often in bathrooms for example.Black | | | | feeling of nature it gives. Green can have a |
| is a very powerful color and changes the | | | | very calming effect so is also a color that |
| whole feel of a room. Decorating a room | | | | could possibly be used, sparingly, in |
| entirely in black is not a good idea as | | | | bedrooms.Orange is vibrant and alive. It's an |
| prolonged exposure to it can lead to | | | | exciting color that stimulates the mind. You |
| depression.Blue can be used in any room as | | | | can use orange in any room that you would |
| long as it's contrasted with another color. | | | | like to have an energetic feel to it.Red is |
| Overuse of blue can make a room look and feel | | | | one of the most powerful colors you can use. |
| very cold. If you have a home office then | | | | It suggests strength, passion and even has |
| blue might be a color to consider as studies | | | | aggressive overtones to it. Ideas for the use |
| show that people in blue rooms are actually | | | | of red include dining rooms and kitchens as |
| more productive.Brown is a very earthy color | | | | the color red has been known to stimulate the |
| and its tones suggest comfort and warmth so | | | | appetite.So now you have a better idea of |
| it is often used in living rooms and studies | | | | just how strong the impact of some colors can |
| in many homes. A luxurious color that should | | | | be. Go forth and decorate with peace of |
| be used sparingly as too much brown in any | | | | mind!This article was provided courtesy of |
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| dreary.Gray is a conservative color that can | | | | more ideas on home decorating including |
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