When designing our home interiors we come across many different colours with varies hues from light to dark. Blue is no different with options ranging from pale blue to indigo. This colour is cited to be amongst the favourite of many interior designers. The colour blue conveys a sense of calmness, serenity, stability, conservatism, authority, wisdom, honesty and loyalty. There are some shades of blue that has an opposite affect and often viewed as being cold, bringing about feelings of sadness and aloofness.
Let’s explore the difference between a room that have been covered in a pale blue tone vs one sporting a darker indigo blue.
Pale Blue - Amongst all the colours available on the spectrum, the pale blue colour makes you think about the sky or the calming ocean. Although this can be seen as a cool colour, it doesn’t send chills down your spine. In the Tibetan Buddhism culture this colour conveys a sense of wisdom.
Pale Blue can make a room feel very welcoming and peaceful. This is perfect for creating a calming environment to help relieve stress. Sitting in a room like this makes one drift into unreal territory making one forget about their daily life troubles.
This colour is great for children’s room, nursery or living room. The key for this to work is try not to add overly contrasting colours otherwise this would break the calming affect that the pale blue brings to the interior.
Try using hues of green, brown, white or pastel colours. For some luxury, you could try using walnut coloured furniture to sharpen up the room.
Indigo Blue - Has become a trend setting colour in many interior design as of late. The deep blue hue generates a moody winter feel to any style that incorporates these colours. If you add contrasting white colours with this colour then it helps to give you a look that is crisp and fresh in feel.
Indigo Blue unlike pale blue, gives the room an elegant feel in serious tone. The colour itself invokes things associate in a serious way like tradition, solidity and strength. It’s definitely a colour that has a masculine outlook to it. Think of it this way, the police force around the world have this colour in their dress code.
Whilst bright vivid colours didn’t work as well with pale blue colours, it actually works quite well with indigo blue. Some colours you could try are lime green, bright pink and hot sunny yellows.
One thing that indigo blue has going for it, is that it is extremely versatile and works well in many different style of decor. It could turn a boring interior into a room with more depth and interest.
