Written by Andrea Kelly Miles
Proofread by Lance Reed Lawrence
What feelings comes to mind when you think of the color blue?
Calmness, tranquillity, non-threatening and associated with order, high productivity and success.
And when you think of green?
Eco-friendliness comes to mind, growth, balance and security.
Are you working from home?
Do you feel as though your surroundings cause you feelings of anxiety, tension and stress?
If you answered yes to most of these questions then I have the solution to help you, using two words: COLOR PSYCHOLOGY!
COLOR PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
Colors have their own unique way of tricking our brain into thinking and feeling a particular way. Interior designers, fashion designers, illustrators and visual marketers know this.
During the novel coronavirus pandemic, we are forced to work from home – if you’re not an essential worker – but still are important in the ongoing process of economic development!
Moreover, we do need all the help we can get in order to adapt to these changes – and yes - your home is already undergoing various changes.
Cultivating and utilising the correct colors in your home workspace and overall interior, helps to ease your mind and boost creativity and productivity.
An extract from the article 10 Best Office Paint Colors to Improve Productivity:
“Famed color psychologist Angela Wright developed the Color Affects System. Ms. Wright set out to prove there was a correlation between colors and human behavior. In 1984, she wrote the Wright Theory after years of studying colors and their effect on humans’ mood and behavior. To this day, psychologists use her theory and the Color Affects System as the benchmark of color psychology.”
HOME OFFICE COLOR SCHEME
Home office color scheme aims at equipping you to work and be at your best - for the best optimal results.
Here are a few home office color schemes that you need to take into consideration and incorporate into your new workspace at home. This will help your mind to decipher between work, play and relaxation time:
1. Off-White will create a less stark, clinical appearance to a softer, warmer look and feel
2. Teal/Light Blue
3. Gray
4. Light Blue
5. Blue-Gray
6. Brown
7. Pastel Yellow
8. Purple
9. Green
Orange
Less is more and it is most relevant when transforming your home – or an area within your home – into ‘work-mode’.
SOUND DECISION
Financially and psychologically, it can be overwhelming to think of buying new homeware and decor – especially when it will cause unwanted clutter within your home – and you don’t need that.
REMEMBER that you need to practice these 10 Easy Ways to Live a More Eco-Friendly Lifestyle.
Here are 8 budget-friendly home office ideas that will inspire you - to make it easier for you, including The secret way to decorate on a budget.
You will need to analyse the three primary colors:
· Yellow: Happiness; warmth; optimism; and creativity – not calming as blue
· Blue: Calm; serenity; stability; productivity; peaceful; and orderly
· Red: Evokes strong emotions of love; passion; warmth and comfort – also rage; anger; danger; and hostility
Analyse the secondary colors:
· Orange: Creativity; excitement, warmth; enthusiasm; stimulation (increases oxygen supply to the brain to increase brain activity) – also used to draw attention and create increased hunger, especially when combined with yellow: McDonalds’ logo is a perfect example
· Purple: Color Psychology says that it, “can have calming effects over the mind and nerves, it can be uplifting and can trigger creativity.” – wisdom; power; luxury; and magic
· Green: Expresses renewal of life and rebirth; balance of mind and emotions; growth and abundance; refreshment; peace; rest; security – a dominant color in nature – it can also mean jealousy and envy
Analyse the tertiary colors:
· Amber: Warmth; energy; bright; associated with emotions; liveliness and cheerfulness
· Vermilion: Power color associated with love; marriage; and religion
· Magenta: Spiritual; practical; compassion; kindness; cooperation; self-respect; contentment; peace; equilibrium; emotional balance; and it also represents universal love at its highest degree
· Violet: Harmony of the mind and emotions; mental balance and stability; thought and action linking; connects you with both the physical and spiritual world; used when meditating
· Teal: Embraces a calm, reflective mood; stability and resistance to change; protection; self-awareness; creativity; trusting; emotional healing; promotes feelings over rational thinking; and devotion
· Chartreuse: Promotes feeling of enthusiasm; happiness; growth; nature; youth; and health – not associated with calm, relaxation or tranquillity
The famous black, grey, white, brown and peach colors are timeless. They serve as the board for creativity to be born onto within your home. It will surely help to bring out the introvert, extravert, ambivert or omnivert personality traits of yourself to life for the best optimal results - and cultivate a comfortable look and feel of natural stability into your workspace and overall home life.
CONCLUSION
Be it primary, secondary, tertiary or the timeless classic colors – they all play a psychological role in our lives: mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Choose and use them correctly in any space you wish to get creative, meditate, sleep or work in and you all look forward, effortlessly, to a new and lively day.
What is your favourite color and why?
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