Picking Colours

As the days grow shorter, your opportunities to paint whatever might need painting in your home fewer.  So, the question of the moment becomes:  what colours should you select for those walls, ceilings, doors, and floors?

Science tells us that:

• If you have positive associations to a colour, it’s a great option for you to use in a space.For example, if your grandmother’s dining room was painted the lightest of light violets and you had lots of fun with your family eating in that room when you were growing up, you should consider using the same colour in your own dining room or family room, etc.
• We’re most comfortable in a space where the darkest colours in it are under our feet and the lightest ones are overhead.Vertical walls should be intermediate colours that fall somewhere between the shades used on floors and ceilings.
• Colours that are lighter make surfaces seem a little further away than they actually are (so once you paint a ceiling a lighter colour than it was before, that ceiling seems higher) while darker ones bring walls in closer.Since few of us live in spaces with rooms that are extra large, lighter colours usually prevail for the walls in our homes.
• Things that are lighter colours seem to weigh less than darker coloured objects, so placing darker objects closer to the floor and lighter ones above them makes an arrangement seem more stable.
• Worldwide, people’s favourite colour is most likely to be some shade of blue and their least favourite colour is a yellowish yellow-green—if you plan to put your house on the market soon, choose accordingly, no matter what you personally prefer.Blue is also linked to dependability, competence, and trustworthiness, again good things to keep in mind if you’re trying to make just the right impression of potential purchasers.