The power of color. Your guide to arranging interiors
Colors have remarkable power. They affect the way we feel and they stir emotions. We have put together a short guide that shows you how to combine colors deliberately and create a harmonious, stylish space.
How do you combine colors?
Here are 3 simple rules that will keep your interiors looking good.
Monochrome colors
Choose one base color along with its lighter and darker shades. It is a recipe for a harmonious, coherent arrangement that radiates calm.
Analogous colors
These are colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel. They form a classic, easy on the eye whole that is coherent without being monotonous.
Complementary colors
A pairing of opposites that suit each other perfectly. The contrast of warm and cool colors creates a dynamic interior full of energy.
The psychology and use of colors
Red
It stimulates, excites and raises activity, while at the same time giving a sense of safety and stability. It makes a room look smaller.
Orange
It restores energy and brings back vitality, joins the strengths of red and yellow, and works against low mood. It makes a room look smaller.
Yellow
Optimistic and cheerful, it calls to mind the sun and summer and gives a gentle lift as the color of life. It makes a room look smaller.
Blue
It calms and soothes, eases pain and helps regulate sleep. It is cool, and it can bring on a melancholy mood. It makes a room look larger.
Violet
It stimulates, has a soothing effect on the nervous system and on how the brain works, quietens the mind and is associated with spirituality. In sensitive people it can cause irritation. Its effect on a space is neutral.
Pink
The color of love and composure, associated with safety. It helps you relax and find balance. Neutral in a space.
Brown
As the color of earth and wood it gives a sense of safety and solidity. It suits family life and makes it easier to shut problems out. Neutral even in dark shades.
Green
It relaxes and unwinds, and gives a sense of calm and focus. The color of harmony, it makes concentration and rest easier. It makes a space look larger.
Grey
A cool, muted color that brings calm. Light shades are neutral, and dark ones make rooms look smaller.
Black
It suits isolation and introspection, and gives a sense of support and solidity. It makes a space look smaller and has a neutral effect on other colors.