BEHOLD!!! The purple wall ...
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LoudMusic, very nice wall. Great idea as well as photography.👍
I've got a question. That purple color, is it pretty relaxing? I would think that that shade of purple or a dark borwn would add a very relaxing and comfortable feel to a room. Dimly lit of course. You're smart, what do you think? I've been wanting to paint my room, and a relaxed feel is what I'm aiming for.
I've got a question. That purple color, is it pretty relaxing? I would think that that shade of purple or a dark borwn would add a very relaxing and comfortable feel to a room. Dimly lit of course. You're smart, what do you think? I've been wanting to paint my room, and a relaxed feel is what I'm aiming for.
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I work for an advertising agency and of course there are a lot of artists there. Many of them have quoted information they recieved from their college days when they took courses completely on color.
If you're looking for calming colors to sooth your emotions stick to neutrals like tans and browns, light greens and light blues. Things like bright red usually flair up your energetic emotions like anger and general discomfort (I still want a red wall
).The colors represented in these pictures aren't really very close to my walls. At least, not on any monitor I've ever viewed them on. The purple is rather gray and the green is like those bitter green apples. I greatly enjoy my purple wall. It is one thing in my life I am honestly proud of. It is very pretty and definitely easy on the eyes. Before I put pictures on it it was mostly bare, with a small book case (in the picture) which had little on it. Even then the wall was pleasent to just gaze at. It calms my relentless headaches and eases my sore muscles just looking at it.
Now, I know that sounds crazy. "A color of paint effects you physically? You're daft." It's more than just the paint. The color is nice, yes, but I put my energy into the wall. I wanted it to be nice so I researched a little and found something I really liked. My sister helped me narrow it down to something 'real world' that would look good for more than the initial "WOW! Purple wall!" effect. After I bought the paint I asked my best friend if he would be interested in helping me paint the wall. We had fun slapping on two coats and, country fella that he is, had enough interesting comments about my choice of color. Then when I finally got around to adding my personal photography the wall really became something I enjoyed. At this point it's nearly full. It tells stories of the past seven years of my life - from senior in high school until just a month ago.
I'm planning on buying a house in the next few months and one thing I am dieing to work on are the walls. I want to fill the house with my photography, and do each room differently. The house I have in mind already has colorful walls, nothing like purple or red, but very nicely done. I'll have to change my framing / mounting habbits for those rooms, but others I can let loose on. I'll definitely keep an updated gallery going on my website (which hasn't been updated yet ...) so those who are interested can check it out.
Thanks for your interest - again I'll say how much I enjoy hearing peoples' comments on my project (:
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Originally posted by LoudMusic
If you're looking for calming colors to sooth your emotions stick to neutrals like tans and browns, light greens and light blues. Things like bright red usually flair up your energetic emotions like anger and general discomfort (I still want a red wall
Can you maybe give me a link to a place where there is an index or something like that that'd tell me how each color affects someone? Maybe even you could tell me. I'm very interested in this.
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I searched Google for 'color emotion' and came up with some good stuff.
Now ... that says purple is "impotence" ... last I checked I am not impotent. Just thought you should know (:
So I was wrong about colors except for red. Red gets you fired up.
My room -
Purple: Leadership, Mastery, Power
Green: Satisfaction, Bountiful / Hoarding, Greed
Yellow (the wall you haven't seen): Alterness, Awareness / Pain, Fear. I've always called this wall yellow, though now that I look at it it seems orange. I don't like this person's definitions for orange.
I would say to stay away from orange and brown. They're bad for you. Lots of light colors and lots of windows, when possible. I hope this helps (:
Now ... that says purple is "impotence" ... last I checked I am not impotent. Just thought you should know (:
So I was wrong about colors except for red. Red gets you fired up.
My room -
Purple: Leadership, Mastery, Power
Green: Satisfaction, Bountiful / Hoarding, Greed
Yellow (the wall you haven't seen): Alterness, Awareness / Pain, Fear. I've always called this wall yellow, though now that I look at it it seems orange. I don't like this person's definitions for orange.
I would say to stay away from orange and brown. They're bad for you. Lots of light colors and lots of windows, when possible. I hope this helps (:
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It does. Thanks Loud, I didn't even think to check out Google. I'll do some more digging, maybe I'll post up some pictures of my bedroom when it's complete. I'm working with the bathroom right now. I just got some new shower curtains and floor mats for it today. They're little yellow duckies. Heh.
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I'd say that my girl and I, both lovers of purple, aren't quite what it says about us.
How about ColorGenics? Check out the Mood Analysis thing.
How about ColorGenics? Check out the Mood Analysis thing.
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Speaking of Colorgenics, I posted this thread back before they went super commercial.
And I'm going to bed ... in my non-colorful room.
And I'm going to bed ... in my non-colorful room.
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http://www.colorgenics.com/index.cf...e=Cory&email=acidswurlz@punkass.com&privacy=0
Sounds like me, the only thing wrong with it is the fact that i actually have a wonderful girlfriend of whom i love dearly and have no problems with whatsoever.
Sounds like me, the only thing wrong with it is the fact that i actually have a wonderful girlfriend of whom i love dearly and have no problems with whatsoever.
........ Just kidding 
Well its pretty accurate, but not totally.. oh well its cool just to see what the colors have to say.....
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Famine
I have a purple room and a blue room.
Done.
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Matrixhasu77I have a purple room and a blue room.
Done.
I have a small-ish purple room which will become my computer/PS2 room, into which will be placed an indigo carpet. I have a larger lilac room which already has a purple carpet, but it sucks, so I'll be decorating it soon.
LoudMusic
You'd like it. The ceiling is still white, but all the wood is now stained, rather than painted. Excellent. It's actually the room I posted a while ago, but it's nearly finished now.
