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Color is no more just used in defining your personality, it equally is important as far as decorating your home is concerned. Your choice of color describes your personality along with what kind of mood you are holding. Color can make quite a lot of difference to the size and proportion of a room. Different colors have different impacts-positive, negative, soothing, vibrant etc.
Home Décor in Neutral colors (White, Taupe and Beige):
Neutral Colors can give your home a very sophisticated and warm look. Like Off White or Beige colored furniture gives very simple, peaceful look. Dark colors like browns, rust and blacks give more of a warm comforting rusting look. Whites and pale colors reflect light more to making room appear larger while dark colors make room appear cozier and smaller.
Let’s see how different colors have different Psychology:
BLACK: Dark, very powerful which can even look depressing if used in excess. Thus a nominal use can work fairly well. To be used just to give contrast to other light colors.
BROWN: even this color is to be used in limits. It gives a warm and comfortable look due to its earthy tone. To be used mainly in living rooms and in study rooms.
WHITE: Known as Color of Purity and Peace. Gives a feeling of immense relaxation and soothe, thus used mainly in bathrooms.
GRAY: A very formal and dark color thus used very rarely that too in paintings, borders etc. Not to be used in walls because of its boring looks.
BLUE: It has always been considered as a Soothing Color, the color of water thus very relaxing and cool. It is mainly used in bedrooms with some other contrasting colors.
YELLOW: A color which gives energy. A bright, vibrant color used to give happiness and warmth to any desired room. A wall of yellow with other contrasting brown furniture can do magic.
GREEN: Also known as Nature’s color thus used to give a natural and warm look especially in children’s room for its brightness.
PINK: As always been known as Feminine so is its look if we consider home décor as well. To be used in limitation. Generally used in children’s bedrooms and even bathrooms.
RED: Strongest of all, used to denote strength and passion. Not to be used much in bedrooms as has aggressive effect as well. Mostly used in kitchens or dining rooms.
ORANGE: Considered to be a lively and vibrant color used in any desired room to give an energetic look.
Color can motivate us, change how we view something and even change our moods tremendously. Thus one should be aware of there effects before using them in home to maintain Peace of Mind.