Art can be many things to many people and create different feelings in different rooms. Whether you own your house or rent an apartment, art can be the statement piece on a single wall that makes your place feel like home.
It doesn’t even need to be wall art. It could be a simple piece of coloured A4 paper printed at home with a favourite quote you have, a motivational poster or even just one word to define your year.
Whatever you print and frame to put on display will be seen every time you are in the room so the colour is going to have an impact on how effective your statement piece works for you. Not only the print but the colours you decorate your interiors with the accent touches, and your furnishings.
Discover the Differences Colours Can Have 0n Your Emotions
Greens for simplicity
Green is the colour of choice to invoke a sense of calm. It is the colour pigment of chlorophyll that give plants their lush green foliage. Studies have found that it can reduce both mental and physical fatigue. Not only that, but it is the easiest colour for the eye to see.
Blues for stability
Classic Blue was the Pantone colour of the year for 2020. Blues are associated with calmness and serenity. Moreover, the colour blue has been found to increase metabolism so it is the perfect colour choice for a diet journal or the background colour for a motivational poster.
Yellows for energy
Yellows are a vibrant energetic colour and it is the perceived colour of the sun. It is also a shade you see a lot in flowers, such as buttercups and daffodils, and in the Autumn, leaves turn yellow before they brown and fall.
Despite being a fun warm and fuzzy colour, too much of it can be anxiety-inducing. All our lives we have been conditioned to associate yellow with caution. It is the colour on hazard warning labels, and if you drive frequently, you will be sick of the sight of yellow road signs. Yellow background with black text is what makes the signs stand out to be more noticeable, even from a distance.
One of the good things with yellow is it pairs well with almost any other colour, making it a good choice as an accent colour.
Purples for creativity
Purple was Pantone’s colour of the year in 2018 chosen for its ability to inspire creativity. It is also recognised as a solid choice for calming the mind and is widely used in yoga retreats and with mindfulness practices, giving it a spiritual connection too.
Browns for strength
Browns are in for 2021. Brave Ground is the Dulux colour of the year for 2021 and it is chosen for the New Year as it is a warm brown that’s indicative of the strength we draw from the solid grounding beneath our feet. Not only that but browns are also complementary to almost every colour on the spectrum. Use yellow accents to add energy to a room, or tone it down with greens and blues, or add a touch of lilac to inspire creativity.
In summary:
Greens, blues, and browns are the earthy tones that can be used to create calm in your home interiors, with yellows, and other brighter colours brought in as accent tones. The same colour philosophy can be applied to your home décor or scaled down with just your wall art. Wood picture frames, as an example, are likely to pair well with an earthly brown wall background.
Depending on the colours in the art you are framing and the colour of the frame itself, mount colours can also add another depth to your picture frames by incorporating one or two complementary colours into your final framed photo, print, or poster.