How Color Impacts Mood
The color of a room can drastically impact our mood and productivity. Although each person perceives color differently, most people respond to colors similarly. Warm colors like yellow, orange and red can stimulate the mind while cool colors like green and blue can have a calming effect.
You can change the color of each room to influence your desired mood. For instance, using green in your home office can spark creativity while a subtle gray or a pale shade of blue in the bathroom can create a soothing and calming ambiance.
The choice of room color is vitally important when you choose to list your home. When buyers tour your house for the first time, their immediate reaction will be influenced by the hues and shades that impact their emotions both positively and negatively.
To Paint or Not To Paint?
Take a look at your current wall colors and reference the list below to discover how each room may psychologically impact those within it:
- Yellow: Happy, inspired.
- Blue: Cool, calm.
- Purple: Wise, creative, stimulated.
- Green: Harmonious with nature, stable, energized.
- Red: Confident, passionate, courageous.
- Brown: Content, secure.
- Pink: Innocent, tranquil.
- Orange: Wholesome, vibrant, enthusiastic.
- White: Clean, contemporary.
- Gray: Classy, elegant, disciplined.
- Black: Powerful, sophisticated.
- Silver: Stylish, motivated.
What Colors to Use When Selling Your Home
As you prepare your home for sale, you may want to consider repainting certain rooms to appeal to potential buyers. Here are five of the top twenty color trends for 2019 that we believe you should incorporate before you list your home.
- Woodland Shades
If you watch any home improvement show on television, you’ll instantly notice that a rustic-vibe is making its way into the décor of thousands of homes. Although colors found in nature have been a common inspiration for home design, the desire for a natural look is shifting from botanical colors to subdued earthy hues of gray and brown. - Mindful Gray Undertones
Colors known as “introspective shades” are also making their way into the home setting. Gray undertones complement colors like purple, brown and navy to create a mindful living space that is associated with self-reflection and wise choices. - Almost White
White walls will always be a great blank slate that buyers can either keep or paint over. However, you may want to consider enhancing your white walls with an almost white color. Subtle but effective, these nuanced shades present a minimalist look that can adapt to nearly any color or lighting around the room. - Digitally Inspired
We live in an age where technology surrounds us even in our choice of paint color. As more homeowners incorporate smart technology into their homes, they’re continuing to view the world around them through a digital lens. Consider using shades in your home that mimic the intensity of artificial light. - Energizing Coral
Although the subtle and subdued colors above will be popular choices in home design, invigorating coral tones will also make a big splash on the real estate market. These pinks and orange hues surround homeowners with optimism and hope, uplifting their mood in the living room, office or bedroom.
Living Coral: The Pantone Color of the Year
For over 20 years, the Pantone Color of the Year has been a driving design influence in everything from home furnishings and fashion to industrial and graphic design. This year’s color, Living Coral, symbolizes optimism, comfort and the lighthearted playfulness in everyone. Living Coral is a fantastic choice to incorporate into rooms of high activity such as entranceways, kitchens or children’s playrooms.
