Updated: July 30, 2024 I HOME DECORATING
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Color has a significant effect on our everyday lives whether we realize it or not. Do you notice how we remember brands and associate them with their color? For example, colors in the logos of food and drinks are mostly red, while financial and healthcare institutions are mostly green or blue. It’s because colors are carefully chosen to make us feel a certain emotion and invoke a call to action.
In our homes, color is a very important factor too. I personally like my room in shades of gray and brown! According to the book Interior Color by Design by Ragan and Poore (1994), color can affect a person’s emotions, energy level, and sense of orderliness. It can also affect how one thinks and can make a space masculine or feminine, formal or informal.
Working from home is now a global phenomenon that we’ve either gladly embraced or been forced to accept. With loads of household chores, taking care of the kids, or just plain rushing to meet deadlines, the work-from-home situation is super challenging. However, you have the option to relieve some anxiety and not let it take over your life. One way is to correctly choose the paint colors for your home office.
In this section, you’ll learn 7 calming and relaxing colors for your home office. Let’s start!
1. Blue
According to Dr. Jane Montague, Head of Psychology in the School of Human Science from the University of Derby, “Color is known to have an effect on the ways in which our nervous system might be stimulated”. Blue, for example, stimulates a part of the brain that decreases blood flow, lowering our heart rate and blood pressure, and generally making us feel more relaxed.” Thus, blue is a popular color that is associated with calmness. It also makes us think of the sky and waves in the sea. You may choose a lighter or a darker shade of blue paint. Nowadays, blue is usually mixed with other colors such as gray and green.
Although light blue paint is a nice color for the home office, darker grayish blue tones also work. One great option is Sherwin-Williams® rich darker blue tone Naval (SW 6244).
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2. Green
Being a combination of yellow and blue, green reminds us of the calming elements of nature (thanks to its blue component), which is why it’s good for concentration.
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3. Pink
Pink is also one of the calming colors. Aside from evoking feelings of femininity and subtle passion, it’s associated with warmth, affection, and sensitivity.
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4. White | Off White
You can never make a mistake by choosing white as it embodies a clean and tranquil space. The purity and simplicity of a white wall can help your mind become less cluttered as well.
A white space in your home office can also be used to put up your favorite wall décors such as memorabilia, personal photos, or beautiful artistic Nordic paintings like the ones below from nhunghanaa.
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5. Brown and beige
There’s a certain comfort associated with these colors because when we see brown and beige like in the home office below from Line Blirup Bidstrup, they immediately remind us of stability and the color of the soil and earth. Brown doesn’t evoke strong emotions; instead, it gives a sense of psychological safety. Since brown isn’t a strong color, people can better assess situations from an objective and humble (down-to-earth “grounded”) point of view. So, if you use brown in your home office, you may think better and analyze situations easier. If you prefer a lighter shade, try beige, which is the pale and creamy version of brown. It also brings in the cleaner vibe of white, which is awesome for a home office background.
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6. Gray to black
Gray is versatile, can be either warm or cool, and works really well with modern and traditional interiors.
This beautiful DIY office by Heidi Ferguson, creator of honeybearlane.com, uses the paint color Cheating Heart by Benjamin Moore®, a very dark gray color that almost resembles black, which is both timeless and elegant.
This cool office from themccombshome uses Kendall Charcoal by Benjamin Moore® which is a versatile shade of gray to create a nice balance between the white and gray aspects of the room.
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7. Peach
Peach is from the spectrum of orange, which can make a person feel active. However, the right balance of peach and neutral tones can actually make you feel relaxed and give you the right mindset for working, like this adorable home office from Helpless Home.
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Which color did you like best? What paint colors are you going to use for your home office?
Published: October 12, 2021
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