Colour psychology and use of colour in decoration

I am genuinely fascinated by colour - why we choose certain colours, what that says about us and how colour can influence our emotions.

Here's some stuff about colours and what is most suitable for different rooms when decorating.

Red

Associations: passion, love, danger, excitement, energy, warmth, adventure, optimism

Rooms most suited to: bedrooms due to the passion and warmth, dining rooms as it stimulates the appetite and promotes sociable and lively feelings.

Orange

Associations: Creativity, vitality and playfulness

Rooms most suited to: dining rooms as it stimulates the appetite, bedrooms - particularly if you struggle to get out of bed in the orning, study/office if you need to be creative and generate ideas

Yellow

Associations: sunshine, happiness and energy

Rooms most suited to: kitchens, dining rooms or conservatories/sunny rooms

Purple
Associations: royalty, creativity, fertility and joy

Rooms most suited to: bedrooms, living rooms

Pink
Associations: love and tenderness

Rooms most suited to: bedrooms - soft pastel pinks are especially peaceful and restful.

Green
Associations: nature, energy, calming, health, freshness, balance.

Rooms most suited to: bedrooms, living rooms, studies/offices

Blue
Associations: water, calm, coolness, keeps hunger at bay, authority, protection, power

Rooms most suited to: bedrooms, bathrooms, studies/offices

Brown
Associations: security, earth and nature, stability and practicality

Rooms most suited to: living rooms, hallways, utility areas

Black
Associations: elegance, style, rebellion.

Rooms most suited to: if used, it should be combined with something else

If you're interested in colour then there is some really interesting stuff on this site:

http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html

Heuga Virtual Room Tool

We have finally got our new Virtual Room Tool up and running on Heuga.com. We have spent ages working with a company to create this online tool where you can try out different floors in a room scene. It is really great and means you can get an idea of how a style looks before buying it.

We know people like to get creative with more than one colour or texture so we've included a combine option so you can add another style and see how the two look together.

If you fancy a play, here's the link: http://www.heuga.com/InterfRoomVisualiser/uk

Here's some I created earlier...

My Square Vision!

This is me in my office sporting a lovely Heuga T-shirt!

I've decided it would be smart to write about the fun stuff that we get up to at Heuga.com because it is quite a fun place to be and we want to share our Square Vision with the world! Actually, I just came up with the term Square Vision this morning but I quite like it!

Heuga Home Flooring is all about being creative with your floor. Some people seem to be a bit nervous about straying from the conventional wall to wall carpet, but Heuga carpet tiles offer you a huge range of design options for flooring for your home. Some people just don't like the name 'carpet tiles' so we tried calling it 'modular flooring' to get over this problem but then people get all confused about what it is we are talking about.

Embrace the Tile

There's no need to be scared - it is time to be brave and embrace the endless possibilities of modular flooring, carpet tiles, carpet squares - whatever you want to call it !

Here's a couple of my favourite pictures to ease you into the world of creative flooring!

Modern Floor Combination in the Dining Room

This is my favourite Heuga photo. Part of my job includes organising photography with a fab bunch of great people (will cover them later) so forgive me for feeling passionate about the results. Anyway this shot shows WoodWork around the edge of a rug of DayDream. This demonstrates how simple it is to make a floor more interesting and create a focus point for the room.

WoodWork is a great product as it looks like wood but is soft like carpet. Now that we have all experienced the faults of laminate - cold, hard, dust covered stuff - our WoodWork product ticks the boxes of stylish design with homey comfort.

DayDream is my favourite Heuga product (the light coloured product in the centre of the picture above). This comes in 3 similar light beige type colours, Cotton is my favourite as shown here. This has a lovely chunky texture design and looks like wool.

Luxurious Bedroom Floor Design

This picture shows an elaborate posh bedroom scheme with a fabulous luxurious floor.

The main product is Luxury Living in colour ice cream - a really stylish and stunning product combining three different textures in the same colour to create this subtle striped design.

In designer speak - the red carpet around the bed enhances the image of grandeur and adds a really stylish focus for the room. This red carpet is PuzzlePieces in colour Amaryllis.

PuzzlePieces comes in 20 colours and is a really great product to combine with others. If you love the colour red or orange or green, but you're a little nervous about having a floor entirely in that one colour then this is the perfect solution as you can add a border or a rug effect or a little focal point wherever you like to add your own personal touch to your design scheme.