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Affects of Paint Colors
How To Make your Home or Office Feel Good

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Paint Color Guide

Psychology of Colors in your Home or Office

Colors aren't used without purpose in interior design. They can affect your mood, your energy and make or break a space. Doesn't matter what your personality is like, manipulating colors in every room is a key to make the most of your life at home or office. The most important is to have fun, your home or office should reflect your personality and lifestyle. This is the perfect place to exercise your creative side.

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First . . . The range of colors is immense and the basis lies in the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and TERCIARY colors above. Complementary colors are opposite to each other in the graph.

Different colors can make us feel and think differently. They can make us calmer, more energized and excited, help with concentration and studying, among others. It's important to tailor your perfect color palette to your needs and your general mood, learning also how to avoid colors that may make you feel more down or tired. We all know that colors matter a great deal in advertising, art and fashion, but they can make an incredible difference in your home or office.

Yellow

Warm color.
Positive features: Confidence, self-esteem, creativity, concentration, productivity, uplifting.
Best for: Inspiring creative thoughts. Study room, to improve focus and help to keep you awake. Creating enthusiasm and giving energy.

Blue

Cold color.
Positive features: Peace, practical, structure, communication, calm, authority, intuition.
Negative features: Avoid if you're feeling a little depressed, lonely or isolated.
Best for: Stimulation of clear thoughts, with strong blues. Ultimate serenity and relaxationg with soft blues. Creating an atmosphere of meditation. If used in kitchen and dining areas, it decreases appetite. Cooling off a room with too much sun and heat.

Green

Cold color.
Positive features: Refreshment, balance, harmony, nature, security, restoration.
Best for: Searching for new directions. In need of a restorarion and healing. Easing the tension and regenarating your body. Feeling grounded and balanced.

White

Neutral color.
Positive features: Clean and open, purity, clarity, simplicity, sophistication.
Best for: Refreshing your home. A quiet and pure effect. Maximizing a space.

Pink

Warm color.
Positive features: Love, affection, flirting, communication, nurture.
Best for: Adding femininity. Comforting and nurturing atmosphere.

Turquoise

Cold color.
Positive features: Creativity, immune system healer, peace, communication.
Best for: Bringing up your creative side with any form of art. Putting you in touch with spirituality and inner peace. Helping with healing the body, allergies, immune system.

Black

In essence, is the absence of light.
Positive features: Elegant, bold, chic, sophisticated, glamorous.
Negative features: May be cold and heavy, specially in excess.
Best for: Promoting sophistication, excellence and sharp-minded thinking. Highlighting certain areas of the room. Creating protective barriers, for it absorbs the negeative energy coming your way.

Purple

Cold color.
Positive features: Luxury, mystery, royalty, power.
Best for: Creating a luxurious and sophisticated atmosphere. Breaking the norm with a bold and unusual color.

Red

Warm color.
Positive features: Energy, warmth, excitement, courage, strength, passion.
Negative features: Avoid if you're aggressive or too anxious.
Best for: Estimulation and energizing. Increasing appetite, if used in kitchen areas. Adding passion and excitement.

Lilac

Cold color.
Positive features: Serenity, tranquility, healing, spirituality, vision.
Negative features: Avoid if you're too introverted.
Best for: Setting up the perfect meditation environment. Making you more aware of spirituality and promoting clear thinking.

Grey

Neutral color. Positive features: Chic, sophisticated, phisicologically neutral.
Negative features: Lack of energy and confidence.
Best for: Supressing an excessive mood, since there's no crucial psychological characteristics to it. Design use, bringing the atenttion to the rest of the room.

Brown

Neutral color.
It's a mix of different colors and shades.
Positive features: Comforting, natural, security, stability, support.
Negative features: Can get heavy, depending on the use and excess.
Best for: Creating a more charming and comforting environment. Having a more
natural atmosphere, going away from the over artificial.

Orange

Warm color.
Positive features: Fun, joyful, creative, abundance, comfort, vibrant, ambition.
Negative features: Restlessness.
Best for: When you want to have fun and stimulation for sports and dance. Healing of the emotional side. Promoting creativity and awakening of new ideas, "outside the box" thinking.

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SWP offers the option of true custom color mixing, ensuring the most thorough color matching and evaluation possible. Our expertise additionally enables us to give you guidance and advice, a service many of our clients find invaluable toward achieving the exact 'look at feel' they want from their home or office.

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