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Appetite For Colour-Accent Your Kitchen And Dining Areas With Crave-Worthy Colour.

Colours that stimulate the appetite also happen to be in season! Naturally warm and comforting, red, orange, yellow, green and brown are all great choices for your kitchen or dining room during the holiday season and beyond. We’ll provide a variety of low-commitment, low-cost ways to add appetite-pleasing colour to your home.

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Each of these enticing hues has a slightly different effect over mood, but used alone or together they will definitely have your family and friends craving your next culinary creation. Learn what each colour does, and then put them to use in your kitchen or dining areas using our inspiration palettes and accent ideas as your guides.

Red: Red increases blood pressure and respiration, while also stimulating appetite. Interestingly, it also makes people lose track of time, making it a great colour to use when you want to linger a little longer around the dinner table. Red is an intense colour, so it should be used sparingly or in muted tones.

Orange: Orange is a warm, welcoming colour that makes people feel comfortable. This bright, cheery hue improves appetite and reminds us of fruits like tangerine and melon.

Yellow: Yellow is a happy and energetic colour. It can also be a conversation stimulator and appetite enticer. If you plan to use yellow as a dominant colour, it’s best to use rich, buttery shades, rather than bright, intense hues to help prevent eye fatigue.

Green: Green is a calming, relaxing colour, especially because of its connection to nature. Lighter greens like sage and olive match well with many other colours and can actually act as neutral shades in a room. Because of its soothing effect, green is good for aiding digestion.

Brown: Brown is reassuring, dependable and soothing. Dark browns can lend an elegance and sophistication to a room, while lighter, spicy browns are warm and comforting.

Tip: You’ll notice that all of these colours have one thing in common—they’re found naturally in many of the fruits and veggies we eat. Because blue is rarely found as a natural colour, it’s often used as an appetite suppressant. Some even recommend using a solid blue plate to help curb your appetite while dieting.

Tip: Read Empowering Colours for more background on the meaning and influence of colours over mood. Plus, get more easy ideas for accenting your home with stimulating colour.

Inspiration Palettes
Use these collections of imagery and colour as inspiration for adding tasty tones to your eating areas. Modern Neutrals

Mix crisp white with modern neutrals like browns and greens. Then add in small bursts of yellow as a cheerful accent.
Energize your dining areas

Energize your dining areas with vibrant, funky colors like red and orange, complemented by soft yellows, calming coral and stabilizing dark brown.
Clean, classic and traditional

Clean, classic and traditional come to life with a combination of soft greens and browns. Warm mauve and melon act as welcoming accents.

Accent Ideas
Quick tips for adding natural hues to your dining area that are perfect for holiday entertaining.

Nourishing Napkins: Add fabric or good-quality paper napkins to your table using one colour or a combination of the appetite-pleasing colours to your table setting. Welcome your guests to the table with a personalized touch by decoratively folding your napkins.

Cheery Chairs: Give a set of wooden chairs a new dimension by painting them solid apple red, buttery yellow or dusky orange. For a rich, café-inspired look, paint chairs a combination of dark mocha and light latte brown on the rungs. Go natural and neutral with a celery green or add a more dramatic pop with an avocado-inspired colour. For an elegant look without a permanent change, create simple chair covers that bring in delicious seasonal hues. Read, Holiday Chair Covers to add colourful flair to your table.

Enhanced Ceiling: Instead of stark white, consider painting the ceiling of your dining area a deeper colour for a more intimate, cosy feel. Lighting for dining is usually dim, which only enhances the look of a darker colour. Just be sure to check how your colour will look in daylight as well before starting your painting project.

Whatever your personal style happens to be, incorporating delicious, natural colours into your home is a simple way to refresh your time around the table and in the kitchen.

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