Green - nature's friend!

Green – nature's friend!

A fifth colour on the colour wheel is green. Known as a space - enhancing colour, this hue helps to create a mood of serenity and peace. Its freshness makes it a perfect complement to yellow and blue. Green is so pervasive in nature, it inevitably makes a good background for almost any other colour. If you want to create some striking contrast, try using green with red, orange and purples as you would find in nature ie red tulips, orange marigolds or purple pansies to name a few!

Green is also another harmonious and restful colour linked to growth and youthfulness. On the darker side, green is seen as lush and mysterious, making a much bolder statement. Blue-greens on the other hand are associated with the sea, calm, spacious and cool, while deep blue added to green is more serious and pensive.

A soft green (no yellow tinge) or a soft muted blue green make very good colours for offices as they are restful for the eye, relates to nature and is calming . Of course you can break the rules and contrast green with a more upbeat colour, as suggested above, if you want to change and create a much more charged atmosphere. Light greens are also good colours for bedrooms and living rooms.

Drawbacks: Too much green can cause complacency and inactivity. Inject a contrasting colour to counteract these feelings.