How to Optimize Your Home with Calming Colors

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Does your family take advantage of the power of wall color to create a calming sense of peace in various rooms around the house? Ideally, no matter where you are in your home, you should be able to feel relaxed. Even if you don’t have the capacity for a big renovation, there are small changes that can help you make a big impact on how peaceful your home feels. The proven psychological effects of color theory can help.

Choosing calming colors for your walls can help promote a sense of joy and reassurance throughout your whole home. The colors that surround you on a daily basis influence your emotional state more than you realize. If you’re like most people, you probably underestimate the power of color to revamp a space and create a more peaceful environment.  

What is Color Theory?

If you’re unclear about how changing the colors of your walls can affect your mindset, consider the concept of color theory. In a nutshell, color theory is humans’ interpretation of colors and their inherent, subliminal meanings. When you pay attention to the different qualities of various color families, you can tap into the magic of color theory and its influence on the brain.

Utilize your knowledge of color theory and give your home a zen vibe with a full new interior painting job. If you think about it, switching up the colors of your walls from time to time is almost equally as important as keeping any other element of your home design fresh.

  • Blue: Refreshing, soothing, clearing, and fluid.
  • Pink: Joyous, bright, elevating, and positive. 
  • Purple: Spiritual, authentic, confident, and regal.
  • Green: Balancing, uplifting, reassuring, and expansive.
  • Beige/Brown: Welcoming, warm, nurturing, and grounding.
  • Gray: Comforting, relaxing, peaceful, and reliable.

Certain shades are more soothing than others. Light blues, pale greens, soft pinks, and lavenders help you feel at ease, whereas bright reds and yellows do the opposite. You’re likely to gravitate towards red, orange, and yellow when you need an energy boost— not when you want to relax after work. 

Reinventing Your Home’s Color Scheme

Color is one of the best natural ways to promote a calmer state of mind. You can reinvent your living space with a relatively inexpensive, low-effort interior painting project. Paint color has the potential to help you make your home into a comforting haven. Just like a clean and organized home helps you feel more at ease, so does the right color palette. 

If you’ve ever noticed yourself attracted to pastels and neutrals when you’re overwhelmed, it’s no coincidence. Many living rooms and bedrooms are neutrals because they are nurturing and grounding colors. After all, most colors that create a relaxing home base are less saturated and more neutral. 

How to De-Stress Your Space With Calming Colors

Why not make sure your home is full of stress-relieving colors? When you take into account the effect of colors on your mental state, it’s amazing. Surrounding yourself with calming colors is more magical than you might think. There’s no time like the present to repaint, especially with so much time spent inside.

Now that you know the right colors can be revolutionary in updating your home, what are you waiting for? Don’t miss out on the benefits of creating a supportive, recharging home environment with color. By choosing a calming color palette, you’re not making a huge commitment. Worst case scenario, you end up finding the color repulsive, so you start over and repaint the next day.

No matter your situation, you probably won’t need a professional team’s assistance to paint your walls. If you do, HomeAdvisor is an example of an excellent website that can connect you to local professionals as needed. As we’ve mentioned, using a calming color palette to repaint is one of the easiest ways to refresh your space without a major commitment. Below, you’ll find a fascinating overview and useful guide to using calming colors in the home.

By Gabrielle Gardiner

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By Gabrielle Gardiner

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