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Color psychology researchers have estimated that people base up to 70% of their subconscious reactions environments solely on reactions to color. With that in mind, it's important that you give special attention to the effects of color psychology when choosing the color schemes for your home makeover. Color is a visual experience that influences our psychological reality. The way the mind perceives the colors our eyes see is called color imagery. This mental image profoundly affects our emotions and physical comfort. Colors call out to our feelings and create the emotional atmosphere within a room. So always begin your home makeover with color planning. Ask yourself what feelings you want to evoke in a particular room. Give thought to the purpose of the room. For instance, bathrooms should be retreats for cleansing rituals. In that light, what colors come to mind? Refreshing, blues, greens, creamy white, or your childhood bathroom color? Envision a Florida spring, tropical lagoon, or mountain waterfall. Expand on your joyful memories by adding colors that work for you. In contrast to bathrooms, a dining room's purpose is to gather the family together to share meals. Color psychology studies have proven that food actually tastes better when served in rooms decorated in "food" colors, such as tomato reds, vegetable and apple greens, coffee browns, lemon yellows, and cotton-candy pinks. Each room in your home serves a different purpose and requires some thought as to which color you should add to the walls in order to elicit a particular emotional and physiological response from the people who will be using that room for a specific activity. If 70% of our subconscious reactions to people and situations have to do with color response, that means creating meaningful backdrops for every room in the house isn't something that should be approached lightly. Makeover your home for happiness using color psychology. © Jeanette Fisher
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Jeanette Fisher teaches home makers five ways to use color psychology to makeover their homes for happiness. She also teaches interior design students color and design psychology. For a free interior design psychology ebook, visit www.joytothehome.com
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