Saturday, May 18, 2013

Room Color Affects Sleep Quality


Colors have a very strong influence on one's mood. To induce a sense of calm to the eye faster closed, you should paint your room with muted colors.

Blue turned out to be the best color for bedtime. Blue room occupants can sleep 8 hours at night and wake up feeling happy and positive. Other colors can be used as an alternative is green and yellow.


Bedroom color sky this tends to make the residents got the best breaks. Based on the survey, the blue color associated with a feeling of calm, smooth, and slow the heart rate and reduce blood pressure.

Those who chose the color yellow and green can also break in enough time, they can sleep 7 hours 40 minutes every night.

For room decoration, you should avoid the color purple because it induced brain for creative work. As a result, this color cut hours of sleep to less than 6 hours. Gray and brown color also should be avoided because it is too bleak and depressing.

The study was conducted on color Travelodge on 2,000 homes across the UK to see the effect of the color room with occupants sleep quality. Researchers found the rooms cool colored like yellow, blue, green and improve the quality of sleep occupants.

"In the retina we are called ganglion cells. Cells are very sensitive to blue. These receptors provide information on the area within 24 hours of the brain that controls our lives and affect our actions and feelings," said Chris Idzikowski, sleep expert from the Edinburgh Sleep Centre. Sense of calm blue color is also up to the brain and cause it to relax.

Purple color can indeed give the impression of luxury in the bedroom. However, this color reduces time off voters.

"Purple is strongly correlated with the artistic community. These colors stimulate creativity and other unconscious mind. Dreaming in purple room look more real and sometimes creepy. Consequently, purple room occupants feel tired in the morning," said Suzy Chiazzari, color therapist and consultant interior design.

Decorating room also affects the quality and quantity of sleep per night. The interaction between light and other features in the room is very important.

Research also found that sexual activity affects the color room mate. Couples who sleep in the room can caramel color 3 times a week sexual activity. While in the red room, couples sexual activity only once a week.

Meanwhile, a British citizen who chose gray as the color of the rooms tend to spend time shopping online in bed. In addition, they are also motivated to exercise in bed.

"Color affects mood room and your life in the neighborhood. Choosing the right decorations will help to calm and induce sleep," said Frances Whitley, designer rinterior Travelodge in-house. The combination of colors, patterns, shadows, and other features in the room affect a person's lifestyle and rest.

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