Color Transforms

Walls begin white. Color transforms them.

Somehow white gives off the impression of incompleteness, newness, and blandness. In order to develop an environment that instills a specific mood in the people in the room, people generally turn to color. The color of walls, floors, ceilings, cupboards, moulding, and window frames is essential in creating an atmosphere within a room.

The ability to completely alter a space without having to change its physical structure brings so much freedom to its inhabitants. Feelings of claustrophobia can be cured by lighter shades on the ceilings and walls. Illusions of warmth come from walls with orange and red tones.

Moving into my house where the wall color changes every few months and no cupboard or shelve remains white, I have really learned how color can transform moods. Now I sit in the green room, where I feel bright, wily, wacky, yet calm because the color is solid and secure. I look at pictures and remember when this room was bright red with blue trim. It made for a much smaller feeling room instilling strange emotions from seeing the familiar color combination of red and blue.

The power to actually alter the feelings, moods, opinions, and levels of calm with the simple act of applying paint to a wall is fairly amazing. Most people are very aware of the ways in which colored rooms affect their ability to enjoy their time spend inside those walls. This awareness affords many their first basic understanding of color psychology and color theory.

Color transforms the space. The space transforms the people. The people transform the color.