Researchers have determined that certain colour families like red, purple, yellow and orange can have a positive impact on your energy level, mood, creativity and problem-solving skills. Learn the meanings symbolized by these vibrant colours along with simple ways to incorporate them into areas of your home where energy, activity and vitality are the focus.

Intensify Your Workouts

Red is a hot and intense colour that is associated with power, strength, courage and high energy. With the ability to boost metabolism and raise respiration rates, red accents in your exercise room can help kick your workouts into high gear.

Use some of these ideas to add shades of red (including pink) to your exercise room:

• Add equipment like pink hand weights and exercise balls and red yoga mats and blocks.
• Stack burgundy towels in a corner or on a shelf. Place a few red or hot pink sports bottles next to them.
• Use push pins to mount posters, banners or pennants of your family’s favourite teams that use crimson colours.
• Use accent rugs with rich shades of red.
• Paint the wall that faces you when you’re on the treadmill, stationary bike or weight bench a deep or strong shade of red.
• Mount artwork on the walls with red or pink frames, or use artwork with these colours incorporated.

Enliven Your Eating Areas

A tasteful mix of yellow and orange is the perfect colour combination for a cheerful kitchen or dining room that exudes happy, positive vibes. Yellow and orange are warm colours associated with fresh fruits and vegetables, health, joy, energy and the enthusiasm and promise of a bright, sunny day.

Use these decidedly perky colours to accent your eating areas:

A kitchen brimming with vitality can help encourage healthy eating habits and foster an optimistic outlook in everything you do.