Notes on Colour: Pink
With the release of the new Barbie film; the colour pink is everywhere and it has inspired me to take a deeper look at the colour!
Psychology of Pink
The colour pink is nurturing and caring. The softer tones can be physically soothing and the stronger bolder tones physically stimulating and empowering.
Pink can however come across as weak and helpless, and men can feel emasculated if surrounded by too much of the colour!
The Colour Pink
Pink is generally seen as a feminine colour; often the colour of choice for little girls and their clothes and toys. However, the various tones of pink evoke a very different response in us. Painting a room in a vibrant hot ‘Barbie’ pink will create a very different mood and emotional response to painting the same room in a very soft plaster pink of a ballet shoe. As with any colour choices, the first thing to determine is how do you want the space to feel? Energised and uplifting or calm and peaceful? There are so many different tones of pink including blush pinks, dusty pinks, baby pinks, bubblegum pinks, muddy pinks, magenta etc, that if you want to add some pink to your interior there is a perfect pink out there for you!
Featured Pink
The pink used in the en-suite featured above is ‘Sulking Room Pink’ by Farrow and Ball. It is a wonderful earthy colour that changes dramatically throughout the day with the changing light. It is a great choice for a bathroom as it makes the space feel warm and soothing.
Farrow & Ball Sulking Room Pink
For further reading on colour, please take a look at my blog post featuring the colour blue;