Colors Can Be Both Effective And Affective

Margaret, the aesthetic layout and font of this post is awesome you artist! Of course the content is first rate as always.

With all the modifications to AR over the past couple months I have been an absentee here and I have missed you, I will be back to my regular schedule of posting and visiting soon. Best wishes for a fine Sunday my friend.

You totally missed the fact that some people are color blind.  I, for one, am red-green color blind.  Christmas with all those "red" things on the big "green" thing is totally lost on me.  Burgandy, maroon, purple, and similar paint schemes look muddy, ugly, and flat.  In my world anything red-green turns to brown-grey.  Not a particularly interesting thing.  I'm ok with other colors, blue/yellow are two of my favorites.  The incidence of color blindness is pretty high in the population with red-green being most common, followed by blue-yellow, then total color blindness (versus partial color blindness).

BTW, the orange was too much for me.  I couldn't wait to switch to blue here on AR.

Another excellent topic, Margaret. Home sellers sometimes get mixed messages on paint colors that should be used or should be changed.

Margaret- well thought out.  Color is such a personal thingbut I do want my phone number to be seen even if it's in orange. 

Margaret, you're so right.  Colors  do mean different things to different people and CAN make a difference on home sales.  However,  people need to remember that wall colors are the easiest thing to change and really should be able to look past the colors.   Unfortunately, so many can't.  

Colors are so very important. As Juli said, most buyers are visual people, and so in selling, neutral is best. Colors can be used in accessories as a "pop" but generally speaking, bold colors make the buyers think.... work to be done. Yes, paint is easy but it is still "work."  Thanks for you blog.

Margaret, I like a little color in homes just not a rainbow with a different bold color in every room. That is when I strongly suggest painting.

Margaret - I had to come and see after your comment on my affect /effect post. Not to critique - which of course I knew it wouldn't need - but to see what you had to say. 

I do agree with you on colors - We can find all sorts of information telling us how colors affect us, but I have to believe that we aren't all alike! A color that causes one person to feel cheerful might make someone else sad. 

Meanwhile, I simply love color. When I visit the linens department in a store I stand and drool over the towels because of all the colors. How to choose? Fortunately, my bathrooms are neutral, so I can use towels and bath mats to change the color scheme any time I want. 

Oh Wow! I can not believe this wasn't featured. Suggested! I love the way you view things!

As a quilter and fiber artist I love color.  I haven't met one I don't like.  However, I recently did a study in orange.  It's a color that is challenging to use but in the end I love it and won Judge's Choice this year for a quilt I made using orange, purple and green - it was a challenge because the artist that brought the challenge wanted us to use orange as the primary color and I enjoyed it so much that I made 3 quilts using that color scheme.  However, strong colors can be a challenge for some and don't appeal to others, but just a splash in decorating is all it takes to give life to an otherwise dull space and evoke energy and emotion.