C.comfortable. It is the first adjective that comes to mind when thinking about a bedroom. Restful is the second. The bedroom is often seen as a refuge from the outside world, not only a place to sleep peacefully but also a place to relax and feel welcomed, a real comfort zone. To realize the right atmosphere, you also need the right colors to help calm the mind.
Bedroom and colors, as you choose
Choosing the right bedroom color isn’t easy because it has to take into account two essential factors: the combination with the rest of the house, so that it is in harmony with the decor of the other rooms, and the relaxing palette. Excluding wallpapers with strong colors and prints (which are now back in vogue), the solid colors can be used alone or in combination, up to three.
The choice of a neutral shade with others that relax mind and eyes is fundamental. The great classics? Blue and green. Alternatively, you can play on the monochromatic, choosing many shades of the same nuance, or combining a classic nuance with brighter touches of color given by the accessories.
But what are the shades that combine rest? In addition to the aforementioned blue and green, we must not forget the beige, pink, white and, surprisingly, purple.
How colors affect the brain
Why exactly these shades? Colors are simple vibrations, i.e. beams of light that, hitting objects, absorb vibrations based on their chemical and physical composition, reflecting new wavelengths.
Based on physical law of Resonance, some shades restore an organism tissue to an optimal state allowing it to function at its best. This is the principle on which chromotherapy is based: simply by observing them they stimulate sensations, joy, well-being, energy.
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For a bedroom, as such, nuances are therefore preferred which, by vibrating, create sensations of true well-being, tranquility and calm. Hence, therefore, the choice of some particular colors instead of others. In particular, cool colors are perfect for lowering excess energy at the end of the daythe hot ones, such as yellow, orange, red, vice versa give charge and energy.
From blue to purple, the colors for peaceful nights
On these principles, the most suitable colors for the bedroom are mainly six:
1.The blue is the most classic color and more suitable for this room in the house. Not only because it is a cold color but because, especially in the dark variants, it is very soft and has a real calming effect on the body. It has been observed that in front of the blue, the blood pressure drops, the heart rate slows down and the anxiety goes away. He therefore literally gives calm, as well as being enveloping. Moreover fights insomniatherefore also suitable for children’s rooms.
2. Follows the green. It is a calm and restful color and, just like the nature it calls, helps lower anxiety levels like when you find yourself in a forest and your mind begins to calm down. Not only that, green also regenerates, recharges the batteries.
3. The White is among the most traditional choices, in many cultures it symbolizes clarity and freshness, it helps to put order in one’s thoughts and emotions. This is why it is very suitable when expecting a baby. However, it has a drawback: the shade must be bright and never opaque, so the room should be repainted often.
4. Surprisingly the Violet. Often in fact underestimated, actually in the philosophy of Feng Shui is associated with strength, peace and finding the right balance. Without decorating the whole room in purple, which could be very bold, adding touches here and there helps a lot.
5. All beige, dove gray included they give great relaxation to the room, as well as create a truly classic environment. These nuances are very refined but above all create that atmosphere of warm intimacy that is sought in the bedroom.
6. Put aside the classic “baby pink”, among the anti-stress colors the whole range of pinks is in the front row. This color in fact, always according to Feng Shui, is bringer of peace and tranquility. In short, chosen in the right nuance, it is suitable in every room of the house as well as in the bedroom because it creates the right harmony. In particular in the antique and powder shades.
How to combine colors in the bedroom
But how to combine them? Taste aside, some combinations immediately recreate the right environment like the antique pink with beige, suitable not only for children’s bedrooms but also for a bedroom with a delicate and vaguely romantic flavor. Even the blue it can be combined if you don’t want to use it alone and, apart from white, the other recommended combination is gray which emphasizes the sense of well-being.
If you want to give an extra twist to neutrals, you can choose the combination beige and petrol greenone gives a lot of light and the other recalls the depths of the sea, extremely relaxing, or the sand with Tiffany green. Or one more neutral and nude shades with coral or burgundy.
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