Decorating with Roy G. Biv
My name is Layla, and I'm a designaholic. I work from home as a design consultant and write a home decor blog called The Lettered Cottage.
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Do you remember learning about "Roy G. Biv" when you were a kid?
Roy G. Biv = Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
I don't know how old I was when someone taught me the Roy G. Biv trick, but for some reason it really made an impression on me and I never forgot it!
Depending on how you use them throughout your home, these seven spectacular colors of the rainbow each possess the power to make you feel a different way.
Reds vibrancy is life-affirming. Orange strengthens your concentration. Yellow represents sunbeams, warmth, motion, cheerfulness and friendliness. Green is the color of growth, adventure and change. Blue is calming, soothing and creates feelings of peace and trust. Indigo symbolizes inner strength and a positive outlook. Violet is excellent for physical and mental healing and is associated with spiritual awareness.
So draw inspiration from the transformative powers of color and decorate with the ones that best suit your hopes and desires!
Roy G. Biv = Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
I don't know how old I was when someone taught me the Roy G. Biv trick, but for some reason it really made an impression on me and I never forgot it!
Depending on how you use them throughout your home, these seven spectacular colors of the rainbow each possess the power to make you feel a different way.
Reds vibrancy is life-affirming. Orange strengthens your concentration. Yellow represents sunbeams, warmth, motion, cheerfulness and friendliness. Green is the color of growth, adventure and change. Blue is calming, soothing and creates feelings of peace and trust. Indigo symbolizes inner strength and a positive outlook. Violet is excellent for physical and mental healing and is associated with spiritual awareness.
So draw inspiration from the transformative powers of color and decorate with the ones that best suit your hopes and desires!
Red is commonly referred to as the “Feng Shui power color”.
Orange is the Feng Shui color of organization.
Yellow is the Feng Shui color of communication and health, cheerfulness and friendliness.
Green is the Feng Shui color of harmony, balance, healing and health.
Feng Shui color experts say blue creates feelings of peace and trust.
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| In Feng Shui, indigo is said to create a sense of deep calm and serenity. |
Violet, or purple, is the Feng Shui color of royalty.
Ideabook updated on Dec. 25, 2009.
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Great post!
We were taught that yellow is a very unsettling color psycholigically and that if you had too much company who came and stayed longer than we could enjoy them, to paint our guest room yellow and they wouldn' stay as long. Also it was best to use yellow only as accent pieces in your home. Is there truth to this? I avoid yellow in decorating because of this This was not a class on decorating. The example used about paint was to show the effects solor could create. The professor also said the oranges, yellows and reds were not a good idea to choose for kitchens if you had a weight problem because those colors stimulate the appetitie. As an example he pointed out that those colors were used in fast food restuarants and food advertisements. Because of this class, I painted my bedroom blue and it truly is a peaceful, soothing, and calming color. I took this class years ago, but my bedroom has always been some shade of blue since.
I have to resist painting all my bedrooms blue so that my guests will have a calming room in which to rest. I have a five bedroom house, so it might get too monotonous if all of them were a shade of blue.
What do you think of the comments on color made by my professor?
I, too, have heard that yellow is the hardest color for the human eye to take in for extended periods of time. So I guess it would be best used in small doses, or in rooms that you don't spend a lot of time in.
I'm not sure if using red, orange or yellow in a kitchen would stimulate my appetite more than another color would- but I do know that those colors are supposed to create a heightened sense of energy, so maybe there is some truth to it. (?)
And as for blue, I'm with ya! I also find it hard to resist using blue in every room. :-)
Layla
The knit mural is done beautifully. I looked at it and was trying to figure out how they draped the knitting. It wasn't until reading the comment of another that I realized it was a mural and not an actual knit. It makes the room almost have a doll house like feel (not small, just the larger than life comparison).
And I learned something. I had not realized that orange is the color of organization.
Red is supposed to be avoided in children's rooms--too stimulating.
And a designer told me to NEVER use green in a dining room or kitchen because it's color of bile. Whatever!
All your photos are amazing--nicely done!