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This article, suitable for a blog entry, explains how color can affect the atmosphere in each room of your home. It gives examples of the best colors to choose for welcoming halls, sociable dining rooms, relaxing bedrooms and bathrooms, and mentally stimulating home offices. Colors to avoid or use sparingly are mentioned and advice on testing color schemes is given.

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Colors can have a profound effect upon our psyche. They can cheer us up or make us feel sad. They can raise our energy levels or make us feel calmer. When decorating your home, it is important to consider carefully how you can best use color to enhance the atmosphere of each room.

Decorate your hall in a light, welcoming color, such as yellow. As most halls benefit from less natural light than other rooms, dark colors will make an already light-deprived hall seem very oppressive and unwelcoming.

If you wish your living room to be a place of rest, decorate it in a relaxing, calming color such as lilac or soft pink. If, however, you do a lot of entertaining in your living room, you could enliven the atmosphere by painting the walls yellow or orange.

Orange or blue are good choices for the kitchen or dining room. Both colors enhance digestion, but blue also paradoxically reduces hunger pangs, so that you are less tempted to over-eat. Orange adds vitality to a room and would enhance a dining room where dinner parties are often held.

Bright blue is a great color for a home office, as it stimulates the thought processes. It wakes up your brain and helps you to concentrate...

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