Which color has a calming effect?
Blue is known to have calming effects and is considered an intellectual color. Blue has the converse reaction that red does, as it affects us strictly mentally. According to Angela Wright, a recognized expert on the unconscious effects of color, brighter blues will stimulate the atmosphere in your home, aiding you in clear thinking, while softer blues have a calming effect on the atmosphere and can help you concentrate. A soft blue would be a nice choice for a sitting room or library, considering its calming qualities.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
90 Comments
goosenbuster
Pink is used in prisons to keep prisoners calm and pale green is used in hospitals to keep patients and families calm. I've worked many years in both settings and have never seen a blue wall. Baby blue and pale pink are used in nurseries. I disagree with this answer.
Louis Michael Durocher,
Another un- research question...it is very well known in psychology that pink as a very calming effect...I really don't know where you people get your info???
Laurie Lonnevik
Pink is used in jail cafeterias.
Kath Thomson
Actually, several pale colours, green, yellow, peach, also have a calming effect, not just blue. The problem with blue is that it is also a cold colour which is why it is not used in cooler climes.
Marylou King
Poor questions as per the comments. Pink in jails, green in the forest, lavender in spas. It's not an easy answer.
Thomas Love
They use pink in many prisons to calm the hard core offenders. Some schools use light pink for the same reason.
Robin Brown
goosenbuster, yes I was in corrections and we used pepto bismal pink
Kathy W
It's supposed to be green, that's why most of our theatre clothing is green..( so I was told)...
Amy Miller
And red is my favorite color from early childhood.
bdkerr
You are mistaken. Pink is a calming color for prisons, but for a certain time, then it has the reverse affect. I challenge your research.
marylh
I based my answer on the research of pink in jails. Wrong!!
Joanne Serin
We put up a cartoon design on my son's wall when he was about 3. Because he was hyper, a psychologist suggested removing it and painting the walls light blue. It helped.
joycekingsmith
dmarkc, that's scary. Not calming.
Kat
Pink is used in jails for calming, not blue. I disagree with this answer. If they were to go with three colours (blue, pink and green) and then say "all are correct", it would work.
Chrissie
Louis Michael Durocher,, And neither the question nor the explanation sources is credited. Not good.
Chrissie
Susannah Landis, No, you were absolutely right, as several other commentators have pointed out. Pink is used to calm people in police cells, prisons, mental hospitals, schools - and me.
Willard Freeman
Greg Hirst, whatever that means.
Jill Morison
I thought there was a shade of pink particularly calming to the deranged .
Todd Van Dell
I thought green was pretty calming too.