People react differently to colors depending on their mood, feelings of anger, happiness, sadness, or indifference. Using colors wisely to create the desired atmosphere in each room is essential since they reflect who we are. Interior designers should use their clients' preferences when choosing colors to ensure everyone is comfortable in shared spaces such as the kitchen and living room.
What is Color?
Objectively, color is formed by light striking an object and reflecting the eye. There are several subjective aspects associated with color in art design. Colors have some characteristics:
- Harmony describes how two or more colors blend well together and produce a pleasing effect.
- Temperature tells whether blue is warm or cool based on its purple or green leanings.
- Red is warm or cool based on its yellow or blue leanings.
Thus, color is a sensory experience produced by the optic nerve, in part by our education and, perhaps most importantly, in part by our perception.
An Introduction to the Color Wheel
Color wheels display hues based on wavelength, displaying colors as visual representations.
- Complementary Colors: On the color wheel, these colors are directly opposite, such as blue and orange and yellow and violet. Accent colors are usually complementary colors used sparingly.
- Triads: In the color wheel, triads are triangular groups of colors, such as yellow, blue, and red; orange, green, and violet.
- Analogous Colors: In the color wheel, these are the colors near each other, such as red and orange.
- Monochromatic Colors: Use only one color that can change from dark and light, like navy to powder blue.
- Cool and Warm Colors: A room's mood is usually created using cool or warm colors. Warm colors are reds, oranges, yellows, and pinks, while cool colors are blues, greens, and purples.
- Non-Colors: In interior design, non-colors play a significant role even though they do not feature on the color wheel. White, black, beige, brown, gray, and ivory are all non-colors.
Colors and their Psychological Effects.
- Blue: Feelings of calm and serenity are associated with blue. The environment has a sense of peace, tranquility, security, and order. The color blue helps people relax.
- Purple: Purple is also a romantic and feminine color, stimulating the brain's problem-solving activity.
- Red: Love, passion, and anger are associated with red and attract the most attention. Associated with sexuality and increased appetite, red is vibrant, stimulating, and exciting.
- Yellow: Happiness is said to be boosted more by yellow than by any other primary color. It is believed that yellow stimulates the left side of the brain, fostering solid analytical abilities.
- Orange: Orange symbolizes rebirth, positivity, and optimism. Our difficult times can be bolstered by orange's ability to inspire, motivate, and drive us.
- Green: As a symbol of refreshment, rest, and security, green evokes a feeling of abundance. Something is calming and reassuring about green.
Choosing your Home's Color Scheme
Interior designers should use their client's preferences when choosing colors for their homes and select colors that will make everyone feel comfortable in common areas such as the kitchen and living room. One must use colors that align with the goals of each individual, rather than a single color that will satisfy everyone.
