RED
Red can be used when you need courage, strength and endurance. In cultural terms, it stands for both love and destruction. It is a great colour to surround yourself with when you need strength. I always wear red on Mondays to get some extra energy after the weekend. However, I don't recommend painting you walls bright red, instead you can opt for a toned down version and use more colorful red tones on details in your home. Given the intensity of red and the fact that it gives us energy, it's a colour that can be difficult to be around for a long time. I therefore recommend using red in rooms where you will be staying for a short period of time and where you could use some extra energy. For example, in hallways, waiting rooms and corridors. Red is not as suitable for bedrooms or offices.
ORANGE
Orange is the creative force that drives everything we want to achieve. It brings desire, passion and joy and sparks creativity. I recommend all shades of orange, from lighter "peachy" tones to stronger orange colours in rooms where you want to bring out your creative spirit. Orange is an active colour that also encourages us to be more social, and works well in spaces where you have social activities, such as the living room, dining room and the kitchen. I really like to mix together warm colours like yellow, orange and red in different shades.
YELLOW
Yellow stands for optimism, joy and self-esteem. Yellow helps you gain the confidence to turn your orange ideas into reality. It's a great colour for learning new things, so it's perfect in study rooms and children's rooms. Yellow can also work well in an office if you're working on something where you need to take in a lot of new information in a short space of time.
GREEN
Green has strong associations to nature and is the colour we find easiest to relax around. It's also the colour our eyes can see the most shades of. Green tones calm the nervous system and make us want to slow down and take a break. It's therefore an appropriate colour in spaces that you use to unwind, such as bedrooms and living rooms. Green is a quite grateful colour because it goes with almost any other colour. Think about how colourful flowers and the greenery of nature go so well together. Goethe, who was one of the first to study colours, believed that time moved more slowly in green and painted his entire library in this colour.
BLUE
Blue conveys confidence, seriousness and stability. It provides focus while also making us feel safe and relaxed. Research shows that we concentrate 20 percent better in blue environments. That's why it's great for offices and the workspace at home. Blue instils attitude and self-confidence, an awareness of yourself and what you want to express. To keep it from appearing too serious, it can be nice to mix it up with green or pink.
INDIGO (DARK BLUE)
Indigo helps you gain insights and become more aware of who you are, what you are capable of and what you long for. Use this colour when you want to gain deeper insights about yourself or a project. I have painted part of my office corner where I sit and reflect in dark blue. However, be careful with dark blue walls – they can also make you fall asleep and is therefore a great choice for bedrooms.
TURQUOISE
Turquoise is the colour of change. It gets all that stagnant energy moving, creates new possibilities and gives a sense of openness. Turquoise can therefore help us enter into the search for something new.
PINK
Pink is the colour of love. Love for ourselves, for a partner or for everything beautiful around us. Pink also helps us to open up and be more social together, so it's a suitable choice for social spaces such as living rooms and dining rooms. Pink goes very nicely together with blue and green.
BLACK
Black stands for stillness. I like black in small amounts, but it can be difficult to use in an entire room. It makes the energy stagnate.
WHITE
The white energy doesn't give off anything special, and maybe that's why many Swedes have appreciated it for so many years. With a lot of white you can get a feeling of space, but if you want more personality in a room I recommend one of the other colours.
BEIGE
Beige is actually a lighter version of orange and works in the same way as orange, but to a lesser extent.
GREY
Grey is a mix between white and black and creates balance. It generates movement in the stillness, and stillness in the movement. Grey is a good choice of colour when you want to keep it neutral, but doesn't add as much as the other colours and can therefore become a bit bland and boring after a while.