The bedroom is one of the most important rooms in your house. It’s where you start and end your day: and, the first and last thing you see is your bedroom walls. While it may not seem important, the color of the walls you stare at as your drift into sleep can change the way you sleep. Not all colors are created equal when it comes to helping you sleep, and some colors can even hurt your chances of getting a restful slumber.
When it comes to calming colors, blue is the best for sleep. Studies showed that people with blue bedroom walls get 7 hours and 52 minutes of sleep a night on average, and 60% of the people in the study found that they woke up happy. Gotta love that! Pastel shades of yellow, green, silver, and orange are also good colors for sleep. There are other ways to prep your bedroom for sleep. Flat paints are also good for sleep, compared to a glossy finish, and complementary colors are the best when choosing accent colors.
Research says that the color purple may inhibit sleep. While it stimulates creativity, purple also causes more nightmares and only gives an average of 6 hours of sleep. Grey, brown, and red are also poor choices for a bedroom, although there is nothing wrong with these colors for other rooms in the house. For those of you who love purple use it in your bedroom in a pastel shade, such as Sherwin Williams (SW) Silver Peony SW 6547 instead of SW Clematis SW 6831.
