Feng Shui: colors to improve the energy of every room in the house

Thinking of painting the house? Before choosing a color, it is important to know its meaning and energetic influences. According to Feng Shuicolors must be felt and experienced by the residents or occupants of a property or space, as each of us reacts differently to a certain color.

The effect of colors is symbolic, therapeutic and full of energy and sensations.. Therefore, a good exercise for choosing the color of a room is to make a list of your favorite colors.

Search for meanings, test colors on website apps or browse catalogs and fans at paint stores.

Observe the sensations that each color awakens in you and in the other people who live there.

As the walls are guardians of the environment, they are marked by the events and experiences of their occupants.

So, nothing better than renewing your home’s energy through a new painting!

Feng Shui and colors: how to choose

To make your decision about Feng Shui and Colors, you must know what bagua is, in order to apply it to the floor plan of your house. Click here to better understand what the bagua is.

The colors can be used according to the guas of the baguá (represented in the image below) and/or with the rooms of the house representing the intentions of each place. Check below the meanings and energy effects of some colors and get inspired.

Yellow in Feng Shui

Yellow represents power and wealth, as it resembles gold. Color of concentration and communication, it is closely associated with tolerance and wisdom from previous experiences.

It is the color that represents the earth element and its stability. It accelerates energy, so it’s a good choice to stimulate joy and spontaneity. Conveys a sense of liveliness.

Where to wear yellow according to Feng Shui?

Good color to use in the center’s gua – physical and mental health – and in offices or study rooms for maximum concentration in specific periods, such as exams and project development.

Blue in Feng Shui

In its deepest essence, blue conveys tranquility, harmony and peace.

O dark blue symbolizes the depths of sea water, wisdom, the power of intuition and the unconscious. O light blue symbolizes peace and angelic spirituality. And the blue-green it is very positive, associated with nature and the wood element, it represents youth and development.

In Feng Shui, colors of darker shades of blue can be used in the guas of wisdom, prosperity and work.

Where to wear blue according to Feng Shui?

Green in Feng Shui

In all its shades, green is the color of the family gua.

It represents the wood element that expands and takes the seeds of its fruits and flowers from one place to another, making projects flourish, fulfilling dreams, achieving goals, being inspired, initiating stages.

And thus create and recreate so that the house and other areas of life become more harmonious and balanced.

Where to wear green according to Feng Shui?

Light green is great for rooms – mostly children’s. A good color to renew energies and mark a new cycle such as, for example, a new home.

Purple in Feng Shui

The mixture of red and blue suggests balance between love and wisdom, passion and reason, mind and spirit. Purple is the color connected to the energies of compassion and good deeds.

It is also the color of great ideals and lucky people. It inspires dignity, authority and respect.

Purple has a very strong spiritual connotation and represents the depth of meditation and the silence of prayer.

Where to use purple according to Feng Shui?

Very auspicious color for the gua of prosperity and for the gua of spirituality.

Red in Feng Shui

Strength, vigor, energy, passion, action, heat, summer! Red brings vitality and raises the self-esteem of people and environments.

From the most vibrant tones to the darkest or burnt ones, red is a powerful color. It also suggests divine and psychic protection, representing light, fire and power.

Red is the color of the gua of success and fame, ruled by the element of fire. Other environments may contain red color in details.

Where to wear red according to Feng Shui?

In bedrooms it is not good, as it is a very energetic color and can cause insomnia and irritability. The ideal is to know the bagua of the house to apply the red in the right places. If you don’t know, use red just in the details.

Rose in Feng Shui

Pink is the color of love, happiness, romance and represents pure intentions.

Pink is a mixture of red and white, representing the union of earth and sky, material and spiritual.

The color is also considered a variation of red, containing a mild form of yang (masculine) energy and expressing joy and youthfulness.

Where to wear pink according to Feng Shui?

In environments, pink is a good color for entrance hallways, dorms and study rooms. It is indicated for the gua of relationships.

Gray in Feng Shui

The balance of opposites: black and white mix to create this color that can be a symbol of balance and conflict resolution. Gray is a good color for a friend’s gua.

On the one hand, gray can look simple, sad, sober or too neutral. And on the other hand, it can be a modern, harmonious, chic and striking color.

The tones can vary between graphite, metallic, silver, opaque, ice and clear.

Where to wear gray according to Feng Shui?

Black in Feng Shui

Black is the color of the water element and represents wisdom, intellectual depth, awakening insights and strong spiritual connection.

In environments – both in perspective and layout – black is a color that indicates a sense of depth. Black can be very elegant and sophisticated.

However, if used in excess it can be a color that makes people gloomy, depressed and pessimistic.

Therefore, be careful with the use of black in environments. The ideal is to combine it with neutral colors or with the classic and beautiful white in furniture, in details or to highlight strong colors.

Where to wear black according to Feng Shui?

Black can be used in libraries, study rooms, art studios and in the work guide.

White in Feng Shui

White represents the element metal and air. It is very good for the creativity gua. Good color for the kitchen, laundry area, toilet and bathroom.

The color of peace, purity, purification, spirituality, cleanliness. But it’s good to be careful, as predominantly white environments can accelerate chi (vital energy) and cause a lot of anxiety.

Where to wear white according to Feng Shui?

white is good for doors, windows and frames. Small spaces become more spacious with white on your walls and ceilings. It is worth using this color to highlight objects and colorful frames.