I have been decorating for many years; the one question I am always asked is…What color do I paint my walls? This truly can be a loaded question. The obvious questions is…What is you favorite color? But more importantly, the question should be…Why is it your favorite color? It all has to do with the way our body responds to color. Like:
Red has been shown to raise blood pressure and speed respiration and heart rate. It generally is considered too stimulating for bedrooms.
Orange, like red, stimulates appetites. However, orange may be a difficult color to live with. Terra-cotta, salmon, peach, coral, and shrimp are more popular expressions of the hue. Shades of orange saturate a living room or family room with warmth and energy.
Yellow captures the joy and warmth of sunshine and communicates happiness. It's perfect for kitchens, dining rooms, and bathrooms, where happy color is energizing and uplifting. In halls, entries, and small spaces, yellow can feel expansive and welcoming.
Green is considered the most restful color for the eye. Combining the refreshing quality of blue and the cheerfulness of yellow, green is suited to almost any room in the house. In a kitchen, a sage or medium green cools things down; in a family room or living room, it encourages unwinding but has enough warmth to promote comfort and togetherness.
Blue brings down blood pressure and slows respiration and heart rate. That's why it's considered calming, relaxing, and serene, and is often recommended for bedrooms and bathrooms. To encourage relaxation in the rooms where people gather—family rooms, living rooms, large kitchens—consider warmer blues, such as periwinkle, or bright blues, such as cerulean or turquoise.
Neutrals (tans, grays, whites, and browns) are basic to the decorator's tool kit. All-neutral schemes fall in and out of fashion, but their virtue lies in their flexibility: By adding color to liven things up and by subtracting color it to calm things down.
It really does not matter the color you paint a room per say… It is how you and your loved ones respond in that color. My suggestion as been and always will be stay with neutrals on three walls. Then add that “Punch of WOW Color” on the fourth wall. You are not “married” to that punch of color. And if you get bored then, changing it is not a problem. Generally, the wall that has the most windows is the one I have a tendency to pick.
