Feng Shui colors and their rules can be quite confusing at first. However, it's worth taking the time to at least take a look inside. Because with the right color combinations you can create wonderful harmony in your home. The nuances are related to the five elements fire, water, earth, wood and metal. Each of these elements represents one or more specific shades and shades. The different colors can bring both good and bad luck, but this does not depend on the shade itself, but on the color combinations. Since a wide variety of combinations are possible, you also have the opportunity to easily find your favorite variant.
You can and should choose the colors depending on the energy you need. Since each area in the home corresponds to a specific element, you can enhance the energy of that element with the respective color combinations. To do this, use wall paints, decorations such as murals, curtains and other things.
Fire element
The element of fire is particularly beneficial in the southern area, but also in the northeast and southwest areas. It ensures career success and recognition in the office. The element also nurtures inner warmth and intimacy. Shades that belong to this element are red, orange, shades of purple, pink and a strong yellow.
Earth element and its colors
This calming element helps you maintain all relationships, providing balance and calm. It maintains health and supports inner balance. The Feng Shui colors from this element are best used in the northeast and southwest areas, as well as in the center of your house or room. The right colors are light yellow, beige and skin color and earth and sand tones.
Metal
Colors from the metal element are white and gray, respectively, metallic colors. They bring cunning, precision and efficiency and contribute to a clear and bright way of life. This shields distractions and creates a certain level of calm. The metal element predominates in the western and northwestern areas, but is also suitable for the north.
Water
As you might have guessed, blue is one of the colors of the element water. There is also the color black. Suitable for the north, east and southeast, the element brings wealth, calm, comfort, purity and freshness.
Holz
Wood dominates in the eastern and southeastern areas. As we know from plants, this element brings with it health, vitality and growth. Another beneficial property of the Wood element is its positive influence in achieving wealth and success. Use green and brown in the eastern and southeastern areas. The south also benefits from the wood element. The brown color can also be represented directly by wooden elements.
Color mixtures
Color mixtures from two different elements can be just as harmonious. We would now like to present some positive ideas to you:
The salmon color is a combination of water and fire. You can get the color by mixing yellow and orange or red and orange together. Shades from this palette look extremely harmonious and add richness and stimulate conversation. Salmon is also great for drawing attention to a specific accent in the room.
Turquoise stimulates development and growth. The nuance is formed from blue from the water element and green from the wood element – contemplation and life.
Lavender has a calming effect and thus reduces excessive activity, i.e. stressful situations. The shade is a mix of blue and purple and creates a spiritual atmosphere and calm.
You may not want to design your rooms in just one shade, but rather add more spice through color combinations. If you value the power of Feng Shui, you should know which combinations are advantageous and which are not so favorable. Here are some tips:
Vermilion and gold bring exceptional luck. You can also combine the elegant color gold with a dark shade of purple. If you are not a fan of the golden color but are more into silver, then use it, for example, as an accent to the dark purple. Because this color combination also brings happiness into your house.
Another color combination that is very harmonious and promotes balance is black and white. This is mainly because the combination reflects yin and yang.
If you want to combine three colors, you can play with nuances for this purpose. The following variants are favorable:
– Combine one shade of green with two shades of blue
– One shade of red and two shades of brown
– Two shades of red and one shade from the yellow color palette
– Two shades of yellow and any shade of white
– A blue color combined with two white nuances
However, avoid color combinations like these:
– Red and two shades of blue
– Two shades of red combined with a shade of white
– One shade of green and two shades of white
– Two shades of green and yellow
– Blue and two shades of yellow
The colors can also be chosen according to the season.Because the wall colorcannot be changed at any time, you can play with the decorations such as carpets, throw pillows, curtains and blankets for this purpose. The colors for each season also depend on the individual elements and look like this:
Spring: Coral
Summer: raspberry
Autumn: tomato
Winter: wine red
Spring: Vanilla
Summer: lemon
Autumn: maize yellow
Winter: ice yellow
When it comes to metal, the decision is quite simple. Both the white and gray tones can be used at any time of the year.
Spring: violet blue
Sommer: Aquamarin
Fall: petrol blue
Winter: Dark blue
Spring: May green
Summer: turquoise
Autumn: Olive
Winter: fir green
It is not without reason that the theories from the Far East are very popular and often taken into account in interior design. If you design your rooms according to the rules of Feng Shui colors, you can be sure to achieve a perfect harmony that you will immediately feel. As already mentioned, you can't just apply this theory in your home. You can also reap many benefits in the office and give your career a new lease of life. Just give it a try! It certainly won't do any harm.
