Psychology of Color - Warm and Cool Colors

Psychology of Color

Understanding some basic principals of color psychology can help us create interior rooms to suit the moods that we want to create. A great example is using red to make a cosy study, warm deep enclosing reds walls work well here. So learn from the articles how you can use color to your advantage to create harmonious interactive interiors.

Warm and Cool Colors

The reds, yellows and oranges of the color wheel are referred to as the warm colors, these colors give the effect of creating more adrenaline, raising your blood pressure, increasing your rate of breath and therefore increasing your temperature, making you feel warm. Obviously, the stronger the color the more intense the effect.

The greens and blues of the color wheel are referred to as the cool colors; these slow our heartbeat, relax our muscles and lower our temperature, making us feel cool. Violet can appear warm or cool depending on the proportions of the parent colors. With a larger proportion of blue it would appear cool, and with a larger proportion of red, a warm appearance.

There are variations of each hue, as we know from the addition of black and white producing shades and tints, the lighter the hue becomes it generally becomes cooler. When adding a small amount of a cooler hue to a red it produces a cool red, adding a small amount of a warmer hue to green it will create a warm green.

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