Windows

Going With Bright Blue for Your Louisville Windows and Doors

Published on
August 9, 2013
Before and After of picture window and casement windows with custom painted trim

Blue is a good color for windows and doors. It's a color that is easy to find, and it matches well with other blues that you may want to use on your house as well. It is also a color that makes your house stand out from the white and tan houses in your neighborhood, but not so much that your home becomes the neighborhood eyesore.Aside from painting your home blue because it is an easy color to find, there are also psychological and emotional reasons that you should use blue, specifically bright blue on your windows and doors.The Meaning of Regular BlueRegular blue is used most often by those that are reserved, quiet, and sincere. It is a peaceful color that is used by people that don’t like confrontation, but still need to do things their own way.For those that use it on their homes, they create a feeling of relaxation in their guests. Their guests can release their stress and feel calmer when they come for a visit. Stress release and calmness is an excellent thing in a house guests for anyone that likes to entertain, but especially for those that seek to avoid confrontation.Going with the Bright BlueBright blue (not neon blue) brings on the same feelings of calmness and order as regular blue. In fact, there is little difference in the two blue in regards to the feelings and emotions that they create. So anyone that wishes to make their home a welcoming and stress-free environment by painting can go with either color.Bright blue on your windows and doors is also a great contrast to a pale blue on your home. Because pale blue creates feelings of creativity and freedom it is a good balance to the calmness and order of bright blue.Keep it to the Windows and DoorsBright blue is never something that you should use for the entire house. It should be used on either the house as the main color, or on the windows and doors as a trim color.Too much bright blue goes beyond the calmness and stress-free feeling and heads into making people that you are too conservative and rigid. It also brings up feelings that you may not be trustworthy, so they can’t relax around you.So always choose a different color of blue to use on your house and you Louisville windows and doors.Source: http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/