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Feng Shui decorating colors

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(added few years ago!)

Feng Shui decorating colors White refreshes a canvas, and black symbolizes a clean slate upon which we can create a picture with the colors below, as well as the many shades and hues which evolve from them.

Red: Red is stimulating and dominant. It reduces the size of rooms and increases the size of objects. Red is useful as an accent color. It is not suitable for dining rooms, children's bedrooms, kitchens or workshops.

The colour is associated with warmth, prosperity and stimulation, but also anger, shame and hatred.  Yellow: Yellow is associated with enlightenment and intellect. It stimulates the brain and aids digestion.

Yellow's positive qualities are optimism, reason and decisiveness, while its negatives are craftiness, exaggeration and rigidity. . Suitable for hallways and kitchens, but not for meditation rooms or bathrooms.

Green: Green symbolizes growth, fertility and harmony. It is restful and refreshing. Green's positive associations are optimism, freedom and balance. Its negatives are envy and deceit.Good in therapy rooms, conservatories and bathrooms, but not in family rooms, playrooms or studies.

Blue: Blue is peaceful and soothing and is linked with spirituality, contemplation, mystery and patience. Blue's positive associations are trust, faithfulness and stability. Negatives are suspicion and melancholia. Blue can be used in meditation rooms, bedrooms, therapy rooms, and as a means of enlarging space, but not in family rooms, dining rooms and studies.

Purple: Purple encourages vitality, purple is impressive, dignified and spiritual. Positive associations are excitement, passion and motivation. Negatives are mournfulness and force. Use in bedrooms and meditation rooms, but not bathrooms or kitchens.

Pink: Pink is linked with purity of thought and has the positive associations of happiness and romance with no negatives. Suitable for bedrooms , but not kitchens or bathrooms.

Orange: Orange is a powerful and cheerful color, orange encourages communication. Its positive qualities are happiness, concentration and intellect, and its negative is rebelliousness. Use in living or dining rooms and hallways, but not in small rooms or bedrooms.

Brown: Brown suggests stability and weight. Its positives are safety and elegance, while its negatives are dinginess, depression and aging. Good for studies, but not for bedrooms.

White: White symbolizes new beginnings, purity and innocence. White's positive qualities are cleanliness and freshness, its negatives: cold, lifelessness and starkness. Use for bathrooms and kitchens, not suitable for children's rooms and dining rooms.

Black: Black is mysterious and independent. Black's positive qualities are intrigue, strength and allure, while its negatives are death, darkness and evil. Often used in teenagers' rooms and bedrooms, it should not be used in young children's rooms, therapy rooms, studies or living rooms.

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