Is Your Home Décor Affecting Your Mood?

Find out which colors bring out the best in your mood.

Choosing the Right Shade - Have you been feeling a little blue lately? Perhaps your home décor is to blame! Certain hues can trigger emotional responses depending on the dullness or brightness of the room color. It can contribute to your creativity, alter your mood or affect your well-being. But before you start working on that room makeover, let’s take a deeper look at which colors can possibly bring out the best or worst in your mood. By Dontaira Terrell (Photo: Image Source/Corbis)

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Choosing the Right Shade - Have you been feeling a little blue lately? Perhaps your home décor is to blame! Certain hues can trigger emotional responses depending on the dullness or brightness of the room color. It can contribute to your creativity, alter your mood or affect your well-being. But before you start working on that room makeover, let’s take a deeper look at which colors can possibly bring out the best or worst in your mood. By Dontaira Terrell (Photo: Image Source/Corbis)

Red Hot - The power of this crimson color is known to ignite passion, heighten energy levels and increase your sense of spunk. But that’s not all! It’s also suggested the color red escalates body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure. Since it’s directly correlated with stimulating appetite and conversation, perhaps the dining area or family room would serve as a good fit for this shade.  (Photo: David Papazian/Beateworks/Corbis)

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Red Hot - The power of this crimson color is known to ignite passion, heighten energy levels and increase your sense of spunk. But that’s not all! It’s also suggested the color red escalates body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure. Since it’s directly correlated with stimulating appetite and conversation, perhaps the dining area or family room would serve as a good fit for this shade.  (Photo: David Papazian/Beateworks/Corbis)

Mellow Yellow - If used in proper moderation, the color yellow makes one feel alive, happy, energetic and cheerful. On the other hand, too much yellow can bring about feelings of frustration, anxiety and fatigue. Your kitchen or bathroom might be the happy medium for this luminous shade. (Photo: Spaces Images/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Mellow Yellow - If used in proper moderation, the color yellow makes one feel alive, happy, energetic and cheerful. On the other hand, too much yellow can bring about feelings of frustration, anxiety and fatigue. Your kitchen or bathroom might be the happy medium for this luminous shade. (Photo: Spaces Images/Blend Images/Corbis)

Out of the Blue - One of the most popular bedroom colors, blue is known to calm, soothe and relax our inner being. The color blue improves productivity and our abilities to focus and work effectively. However, to avoid feeling blue, stay away from deeper hues, as they can prompt feelings of sadness, uncertainty and depression. (Photo: Richard Powers/Arcaid)

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Out of the Blue - One of the most popular bedroom colors, blue is known to calm, soothe and relax our inner being. The color blue improves productivity and our abilities to focus and work effectively. However, to avoid feeling blue, stay away from deeper hues, as they can prompt feelings of sadness, uncertainty and depression. (Photo: Richard Powers/Arcaid)

Green With Envy - Green contributes to many mood-altering emotions such as healing, tranquility, good luck and even jealousy. It is also known to have a calming effect and relieve stress, making it perfect for a home office. It also brings about feelings of being at one with nature, ideal for an outdoor patio. (Photo: Richard Powers/Arcaid)

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Green With Envy - Green contributes to many mood-altering emotions such as healing, tranquility, good luck and even jealousy. It is also known to have a calming effect and relieve stress, making it perfect for a home office. It also brings about feelings of being at one with nature, ideal for an outdoor patio. (Photo: Richard Powers/Arcaid)

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Tickled Pink - Full of romance and calmness, the color pink is often related to love. One shade in particular, known as “drunk tank pink,” is used by various sports teams for the opponent’s locker room in order to keep the players impassive and less vigorous before the game. (Photo: Abode/Beateworks/Corbis)

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Tickled Pink - Full of romance and calmness, the color pink is often related to love. One shade in particular, known as “drunk tank pink,” is used by various sports teams for the opponent’s locker room in order to keep the players impassive and less vigorous before the game. (Photo: Abode/Beateworks/Corbis)

Brown and Beautiful - Shades of brown give off the aura of strength, reliability, warmth, comfort and security. It is also characterized by feelings of sadness and isolation. So, if you’re thinking of doing a bedroom makeover, a bronze color may work best as an accent shade rather than as the focal point of your space. (Photo: Photocuisine/Corbis)

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Brown and Beautiful - Shades of brown give off the aura of strength, reliability, warmth, comfort and security. It is also characterized by feelings of sadness and isolation. So, if you’re thinking of doing a bedroom makeover, a bronze color may work best as an accent shade rather than as the focal point of your space. (Photo: Photocuisine/Corbis)

Blackout - Not for the shy or timid, the color black is full of intensity, symbolizing authoritative power. It also embodies a timeless, elegant flair full of sexiness and seduction. However, too much black can trigger depression, severe mood swings and promote feelings of isolation. (Photo: Eugeni Pons/Arcaid)

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Blackout - Not for the shy or timid, the color black is full of intensity, symbolizing authoritative power. It also embodies a timeless, elegant flair full of sexiness and seduction. However, too much black can trigger depression, severe mood swings and promote feelings of isolation. (Photo: Eugeni Pons/Arcaid)

Whitewash - The color white often represents a sense of purity, innocence and sereneness. On the flip side, due to the highlighting effects and the illusion of creating an open space, it can seem empty, uninviting and warrant unfriendly thoughts.  (Photo: Adrianna Williams/Corbis)

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Whitewash - The color white often represents a sense of purity, innocence and sereneness. On the flip side, due to the highlighting effects and the illusion of creating an open space, it can seem empty, uninviting and warrant unfriendly thoughts.  (Photo: Adrianna Williams/Corbis)

Purple Reign - A color long associated with royalty and wealth, purple elicits the creative part of the brain. It also represents a strong link to wisdom and spirituality, making it ideal for a relaxing bathroom retreat. (Photo: Look Photography/Beateworks/Corbis)

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Purple Reign - A color long associated with royalty and wealth, purple elicits the creative part of the brain. It also represents a strong link to wisdom and spirituality, making it ideal for a relaxing bathroom retreat. (Photo: Look Photography/Beateworks/Corbis)