Advice: what colour should I paint my small studio?

marky · Post by **marky** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:30 pm

Paint it tartan!

D K · Post by **D K** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:37 pm

white or light colours will make the room feel bigger, dark colours will make the space feel smaller.

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:40 pm

What I've done in my home studio is put up wood panelling everywhere, it gives a logcabin vibe that I find awesome and very cozy, and you never have to paint again in your lifetime. (I hate hate hate painting)

forge · Post by **forge** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:43 pm

Green. Apparently it has a deep psychological calming impact because it represents an abundance of food and water to the instincts.

And apparently there were hotel rooms painted green but identical to others painted yellow - the green ones get requested the most

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:42 pm

forge wrote:Green. Apparently it has a deep psychological calming impact because it represents an abundance of food and water to the instincts.

And apparently there were hotel rooms painted green but identical to others painted yellow - the green ones get requested the most

green is a good choice, I've been told by some freaky colour specialist doctor blah blah that is a colour that relaxes our eyes as well, but for my old studio I choosed blue, not too dark, I like it more.
But then all the studio got soundproofed and bye bye blue.

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:19 pm

Yeah, green and yellow are among my choices so far, relaxing sounds nice...as far as I don't fall asleep

.

I also have even read a bit about feng shui in my colour investigation.

Go figure.

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:46 am

Green is supposed to be a creative color.

Anytime i have some spare green i get really creative and it all disappears shortly thereafter.........can i get drum roll on that one

djsynchro · Post by **djsynchro** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:00 am

Think pink

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:09 am

Black or completely white

trust me

detroitechno · Post by **detroitechno** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:10 am

I just finished painting and building my new studio...

hard wood floors, with BLOOD RED painted walls...

very intense feel, but I urge to get myself into that space everyday... the blood red just gives you energy!

p.s. a friend of mine said the color will eventually make me go mentally crazy, but maybe that's a good thing

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:24 pm

The last studio I built I painted a sandstone with a darker walnut trim. I wanted to go for a more earthy neutral feel so as not to distract me. It was very comfortable for me and got compliments from others. To each their own though. I went to a highschool that was all color coded for different emotional stimuli. I think that was mostly BS and I did not enjoy a pink cafeteria. There were still foodfights so I don't think it worked.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:04 pm

post pics of the room from different angles.

My old room had the 2 smaller walls (opposite) in an almost white blue, the other 2 were a normal blue and the ceiling was very dark blue. It was very big, so it helped balance the measures out.

For a small room I'd go with a solid clear color that will help it seem bigger.

leonard · Post by **leonard** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:01 am

djadonis206 wrote:Black or completely white

why not both.
and have mirrors which line up on opposite sides (one on black, one on white).
I'm sure there's some symbolic meaning there.

bathyscaaf · Post by **bathyscaaf** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:13 am

My place looks like the bridge of the original Star Trek Enterprise mixed with Chinese flavoring -- that same blue in semi-gloss with gloss black on all the trim and window borders. I dig it. Red is supposed to stimulate creativity, though (blue supposedly calms you). There's no concrete science behind this, though.

Whatever you do, don't do orange and yellow. Supposed to make you hungry. A friend did this to her bedroom, and it seemed to have a definite effect in a fairly short time. It's no coincidence that fast-food joints used to all be a combo of orange, yellow, and red (red to agitate you so you'd leave quicly after inhaling the food).

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:23 am

neutral colors are the best...

i recently designed and decorated a whole building as part of my studio project.

here's some tips that will ensure you don't screw up..

a) keep most common walls same color.
b) if you want a funky or standout color, use it on one wall or one wall and a small section of another wall. the main wall would be called a feature wall
c) keep ceiling lighter than walls
d) keep skirting boards and door frames lighter than walls if door will be dark,
e) keep skirting boards and door frames darker than walls if door will be dark

you will generally need 3 or 4 colors to paint a room well in a contemporary styling and most large paint stores would have color sheets which have matches tones to suit each other.

as for the shitty brown someone suggested, i used exactly that as my feature wall and it worked well.

heres a couple of pix showing the range of colors i used on my studio..

Advice: what colour should I paint my small studio?

colors and psychology