color psychology
WARM VS. COOL COLORS COOL COLORS - Relaxing
- Move away from eye
- Healing, rejuvenating
- Releasing
- Can decrease productivity
- Make heavy objects appear lighter
- Produce centripetal action where energy flows inward therefore cool colors enhance your ability to concentrate
- Green, blue-green, and blue make the temperature feel cooler
- Cool colors make rooms seem larger
- Preference for cool colors usually means you are an introvert
WARM COLORS - Energizing
- Move towards eye
- Joy, happiness, enthusiasm
- Difficult for concentration sometimes
- Make light objects appear heavier
- Produce centrifugal action where energy flows outward therefore warm colors make people cheerful and active
- Bright, warm colors like yellow and orange improve IQ
- Warm colors make rooms seem smaller
- Red, orange, yellow-ochre, pure yellow, yellow-orange make the temperature feel warmer
- Preference for warm colors usually means you are an extrovert
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