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Colour psychology applied in the home of TV’s Doc Martin

For many of us, there’s no better way to spend time with the television than watching Doc Martin.  Martin and Louisa and James Henry live in a murky world of tired, grayed out colours,...

Seating to stimulate conversation

We can sit in all sorts of angles to each other, from nose-to-noise to ear-to-ear.  Fiorillo and associates determined that “Experiments in which participants were asked to talk to each other while sitting at...

Colour chart, choosing colours for your home paint

Colours around us

We’ve chosen three books which might appeal to you, to show you how colour has an impact on us. Published research makes it clear that the colours on the surfaces around us have a...

Woman against a red backdrop

Seem More Attractive

When men see women against a red background they think they’re more attractive than they do when the same women are seen in front of another colour—and red has the same effect on women’s...

Support Pleasant Interactions with Other People

Amiable exchanges with other people make our lives better in so many ways, and surface colours can boost them along. Warm colours in a place where you’re planning to spend time with others, whether that’s...

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