Colour Tips

 RED  

ASSOCIATED WITH: Danger, passion, energy, warmth, adventure, optimism.
BEST FOR: Dining rooms as it promotes sociable and lively feelings and stimulates the appetite.

PITFALLS: It can be overpowering and lead to headaches. Either vary the shade, paint one wall red, or use it for accessories only. Don't use in a baby's room.

PINK

ASSOCIATED WITH: Love

BEST FOR: Bedrooms as it can be peaceful and restful. A hot fuchsia can introduce passion

PITFALLS: Can be appear to be very girlie and sickly sweet. To counteract this, introduce hints of dark charcoal or black. 

ORANGE

ASSOCIATED WITH: Stability, reassurance, warmth, and is thought to aid digestion.

BEST FOR: Living and dining rooms.

PITFALLS: Might keep the occupant awake when used in the bathroom. it can make a room look smaller because it is an advancing colour, so make sure the room gets plenty of light.

GREEN

ASSOCIATED WITH: Nature and energy, calming and restful, balance (halfway between red and blue) security, stability.

BEST FOR: Bedrooms, bathrooms, studies.

PITFALLS: Can look cold and unwelcoming. make sure it doesn't look too chilly by choosing a blue with a warm undertone. 

BLUE:

ASSOCIATED WITH: Calming and smoothing; promotes intellectual thought; believed to keep hunger at bay;loyalty, serenity, authority, protection, contemplative, prevents nightmares.

BEST FOR: Bedrooms, bathrooms and studies.

PITFALLS: Can look cold and unwelcoming. make sure it doesn't look too cold by choosing a blue with warm undertone.

YELLOW

ASSOCIATED WITH: Sunshine and energy, stimulated the intellect.

BEST FOR: Kitchens, dining rooms or north-facing rooms

PITFALLS: Not very restful for a bedroom. Yellow is thought to enhance feelings of emotional distress. 

LILAC:

ASSOCIATED WITH: Spiritual matters - suggests the misty area between the sky and heaven, feminine.

BEST FOR: Bedrooms and bathrooms to create a stress free sanctuary.

PITFALLS: Can be insipid. liven it up with black or silver, or both.

PURPLE

ASSOCIATED WITH: Creativity, fertility, joy, but also magic, evil, death and sex.

BEST FOR: Bedrooms

PITFALLS: Can be over powering.

      BROWN

ASSOCIATED WITH: Security, stability and very practical

BEST FOR: Living rooms

PITFALLS: Introduce a livelier colour for mental stimulation such as green or blue.

BLACK

ASSOCIATED WITH: Death, eccentricity, drama. It's a non-colour that absorbs colour and reflects nothing back.

BEST FOR: Using in moderation. 

PITFALL: Depressing - think of all those angst-ridden teenage bedrooms. use it to temper the sweetness of other sugary colours such as pink, but don't use it as a base colour.

I  have done this to remind myself about the colours and the way they can effect peoples emotions, since I will have to consider this when it comes to my final piece for my William Morris and company project as I will be creating my own pattern withing my self portrait. As I am taking inspiration from Picasso focusing on his blue period i will especially be looking at dark and upsetting colours like , black, dark blue, red, etc.