Color is a very powerful yet often overlooked part of our lives. It creates the backdrop of our existence. In an environment, the various colors all work together to form a mood. This mood can alter the way people think and act in a space. In the bedroom, where you let down your emotional and cognitive defenses each night, color is particularly important, because it will influence your mind, and actually have an effect, over the long term, on the kind of person you are.
The bedroom is a place where several very particular activities take place. At night you get undressed, climb into bed, turn off your mind, and go to sleep. Then you dream, and your unconscious mind gets to have its way with reality for a while. Then in the morning, the bedroom is where you wake up.
As far as sleep and dreaming, the colors in your bedroom are going to be the last things you see when you close your eyes. You had better believe that they will have an influence on what goes on in your mind, while you sleep. Then when you wake up, that is the first moment of consciousness that you have, and it can set the tone for the entire day.
It is important to note that different colors have different meanings. While the meaning of a certain tone may vary from person to person based on their personal experiences, there are colors which have a generally universal meaning, and which cause the same sort of reaction in most people.
For instance, in general red is a very passionate and inflammatory color. It symbolizes blood, war, and conflict, but also love, romance and passion. In the bedroom the color red is most often used to create energy. This can be romantic energy, or it can simply be the kind of energy that will help wake you up and invigorate you in the morning. The flip side of this is that these tones may also make it harder to fall asleep
at night.
at night.
Blue and green are considered soothing colors, and are a favorite choice for many bedrooms. Blue tends to elicit thoughts of the ocean, or a cloudless sky, both things which have a quiet air to them. Green is the color of life and nature, and it will make the space seem relaxed, yet lively, like being in the folds of a deep enchanted forest.
Earth tones tend to make a space feel cozier. Throughout history most building materials have been earthen in color and even further back or ancestors lived in caves. Browns, grays, soft oranges, and adobe colors all make us feel like we are inside, somewhere safe and warm. Earth tones are also the color of family, and so using these in a bedroom will simply make the space feel more comfortable and homey.
Of course the most important reference for how colors affect a person is how the tones actually make you feel. Everyone is different. You have to understand how you react to these different shades. This is especially important in a bedroom, where you are going to be one of the very few people affected. The colors choices you make in this space are very personal, and should be based largely on your own taste and reactions.
This article provided on behalf of PebbleZ.com’s line of decorative stone candle holders and natural gemstone and onyx home décor accessories. The actual article was written by Joey pebble, a style philosopher and stone artist.
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