Want a few ways to give your happiness a boost? Create a cozy, warm and comfortable atmosphere in your living room by painting the walls with one of these cheerful shades.
Uplifting Yellows
Earthy Greens
Soft Peach
Tranquil Blues
Warm Oranges and Corals
Is it hard to relax and unwind in your own home? It might be time to surround yourself with happy colors. The shade of your walls can have a major impact on your mood.
As Valspar Color Expert Sue Kim puts it, “Nature and memories trigger our emotion into happiness, so finding a color that reflects your moment of happiness is the best way to connect with a color.” She recommends creating a collage of wall paint photos and magazine clippings, and then looking at your collage and noticing which colors bring you back to a moment of happiness.
With so many color options, it can be overwhelming to choose the right one for your living room. To help you out, we’ve selected 5 cheerful colors that can transform your living room into the perfect relaxing retreat.
Uplifting Yellows
“How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun,” said world-famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. While the real reason for his obsession with yellow is still debated, there’s no doubt that yellow can uplift certain moods. It helps revitalize the mind.
Yellow is perceived as a high-energy color. It can fill your living room with optimism, warmth, and happiness. But, it’s important to strike a balance when painting walls with yellow. Too much yellow (especially in a small room) can be overstimulating. Pair it up with neutral tones like white, cream, and beige.
Earthy Greens
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Green walls can elevate your mood when you’re struggling with negative emotions like sadness. Green is often associated with nature and is known for being a balanced color. It promotes feelings of peace, love, joy, and independence. It’s also said to emanate a sense of serenity, strength, and hope.
Earthy tones of green create a non-threatening aura in enclosed spaces, which helps maintain slower heart rates. If you feel like life is frantic and you’re trying to slow down, adding earthy green to your living space can help.
Soft Peach
Peach is the color of spring, known for being cheery and inviting. If you want to bring a warm and sunny vibe to your living room and spring-like happiness all year round, get inspired by the design pictured above. It will bring the right amount of warmth without overwhelming the décor.
Tranquil Blues
Blue is one of the most soothing colors you can paint your walls with. It is used in therapeutic settings for relaxation and meditation because it enables people to unwind, find peace, and comfort. Dark blue shades are bold and dramatic, but they are on the warmer side of the blue spectrum. That’s why blue walls will give you a calm, cozy, and welcoming feel, which ultimately results in a happy space. If you are struggling with poor sleep, ditch dark blues for light shades, as they are more serene.
Warm Oranges and Corals
Warm orange on walls might seem like a bold color choice to some people. But, the hue is well-known for creating a happy and homey environment. Orange is a color that radiates warmth, which gives a sense of positivity and zeal to a living room. It also adds coziness to a space.
If you think orange is too bright, explore its shade range. Orange isn’t just a bold tangerine shade; it also has soft, peachy hues. You can also tone down the vibrancy of bold orange shades by pairing them with neutral shades like off-white, soft gray, beige, or cream.
If you need some design ideas for bedroom ideas, you can check our article: 9 Cozy Bedroom Decor Ideas You’ll Absolutely Love
References
- How do colors in my home change my mood? Color psychology explained, Mental Health America
- Colour Psychology: Shades For A Happier Home, LivingDesign.com
