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Colours in Feng Shui are very important as it can affect how comfortable we are in different environments and can affect our moods. Here is a
list of colours just as an example of using colour in your home.
 Red: This is a stimulating and dominant colour, it reduces
the size of rooms and increases the size of objects. It is useful as an accent colour.
Not suitable for: Dining rooms, children's bedrooms, kitchens or workshops.
It is associated with warmth, prosperity and stimulation, but also anger, shame and hatred.
 Yellow: Yellow is associated with enlightenment and
intellect, it stimulated the brain and aids digestion. Its positive qualities are optimism, reason and decisiveness, while its negative qualities are craftiness, exaggeration and rigidity.
Suitable for: Hallways and kitchens
Not suitable for: Meditation rooms or bathrooms.
 Green: Green symbolizes growth, fertility and harmony; it is restful and refreshing. Its positive qualities are optimism,
freedom and balance and its negatives envy and deceit.
Suitable for: Therapy rooms, conservatories and bath rooms.
Not suitable for: Family rooms, play rooms or studies.
 Blue: This is soothing and peaceful and is linked with spirituality, contemplation, mystery and patience. Its
positive qualities are trust, faithfulness and stability, while is negatives are suspicion and melancholia.
Suitable for: Meditation rooms, bedrooms and therapy rooms.
Not suitable for: Family rooms, dining rooms and studies.
 Purple: Purple encourages vitality and is dignified and spiritual. Its positive qualities are excitement, passion and
motivation while its negatives are mournfulness and force.
Suitable for: Bedrooms and meditation rooms
Not suitable for: Bathrooms or kitchens.
 Pink: Pink is linked with purity of thought and it has the positive qualities of happiness and romance with no negatives.
Suitable for: Bedrooms.
Not suitable for: Kitchens or bathrooms.
 Orange: A powerful and cheerful colour, orange encourages communication. Its positive qualities are happiness,
concentration and intellect and its negative is rebelliousness.
Suitable for: Living or dining rooms and hallways.
Not suitable for: Small rooms or bedrooms.
 Brown: Brown suggests stability and weight. Its positives are safety and elegance, while its negatives are dinginess, depression and aging.
Suitable for: Studies.
Not suitable for: Bedrooms.
 White: This colour symbolizes new beginnings, purity and innocence. Its positive qualities are cleanliness and freshness whilst its negatives are cold, lifelessness and starkness.
Suitable for: Bathrooms and kitchens
Not suitable for: Children's rooms and dining rooms.
 Black: Black is mysterious and independent. Its positive qualities are intrigue, strength and allure, while its negatives
are death, darkness and evil. Often used in teenagers rooms and in bedrooms.
Not suitable for: Young children's rooms, therapy rooms, studies or living rooms.
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