Colour gives a room character and its own mood. Of importance but is also whether the colour is muted or pure, says Axel Venn, a professor of colour design and trend scouting at the College of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim. He even claims, in fully furnished in white areas little’ll laugh. In the interview, the expert for colour psychology explains the background.
How do colour on the human psyche , is different. Orange and yellow tones, for example, attributed to an invigorating effect, a bright blue stands rather for breadth and earth tones create comfort. But also their own personal experiences and many other factors influence how we perceive colour . Professor Axel Venn is one of the leading German scholars in the field of colour psychology and colour design. In the interview, he calls for more courage to paint:
They say pure, brilliant white in the living room should be banned. Why?
“There is a simple reason for this: White means to exercise a waiver, which leaves out 9,999,999 other ways And that’s no reason I understand white as paper, because then you can read the writing better So this is one… meets function, the white here. Otherwise White misanthropic. ”
Many people depend almost entirely a white space. How can that look good?
“If you use it, the white must be hinted at – as so-called offwhites or with sorbet shades Then there are tones that have a characteristic: wanted or leash way, clouds (editor’s note .: covered, non-pure whites..). .. – or fog like I do: In music, the breaks are important, so if I use white as an accent, which is also white means to me to take a break from it all – of sentiment, of feelings, of sensations ”
What colour and shades make a house homey?
“These are just warm tones. Homeland has a lot to do with the heart. Colour for often have terracotta-like, yes woody tones or shades of green, which stand for the tree and the forest. The forest stands in many regions, such as in Bavaria or Austria, for the home. attacks the green Heimatliche on, creating comfort. This is the Herzige, the in-itself-press. reds and orange tones are wonderful when they are a bit cloudy. ”
One of the trendy colour at this year’s International Furniture Fair in Cologne was blue – especially for walls and sofas. What do blue tones in the living room?
“Blue says something by a certain distancing., But blue is, I think, an important tone of longing and future orientation. ‘Into the Blue drive’, it means yes. Future, also intellect and aesthetics are becoming increasingly more associated with blue . The trend is a wonderful counter-movement to this warming, but sometimes kitschy comfort for me.
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