Feeling blue? The colors you choose for your living room and bedroom might have something to do with it.
, the Paris-based interior designer responsible for its look, set social feeds alight in 2014 when she bathed the space from floor to ceiling in pale pink—a color known for its calming energy. This year, when the eatery welcomed a new installation from British Nigerian artist“Yinka’s artwork was a real inspiration and enticed me to work differently,” Mahdavi tells.
Mahdavi, one of a number at the forefront of this movement, says she’s always looking for the perfect dialogue between color and space. “I often speak of my colors as an alphabet, a grammar,” she says. “They are my secondary mother tongue with which I seek to celebrate joy; I want the places that I invent to carry energy.”
But practitioners of color psychology will tell you that choosing a mood for your rooms is not as simple as “blue is calming, red induces anger.” Each color contains three distinct components to consider: hue, value and saturation. Hue represents its dominant visible wavelength , while value refers to the relative lightness or darkness . Saturation dictates the level of intensity .
Each can shift how we perceive that color, both visually and mentally. A shade with less saturation and higher value can be calming: A light, dusty blue or green, for example, is ideal for a bedroom. If the goal is to be energized by your living space, Augustin recommends colors with higher saturation and less value, such as sapphire blue and emerald green.Color psychology extends beyond those three components as cultural implications and the power of memory come into play.
A word of warning, however: Augustin says there’s one color worth avoiding altogether. “Generally, I think of white spaces as an opportunity missed. And if the space is not only white but also relatively stark in terms of other elements present, you’re creating an environment that is really understimulating,” she says. “It can actually be quite a stressful place for people to spend time in.”
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