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Feng Shui Accent Color Helpers
By Annie B. Bond
I know that pink is recommended by feng shui practioners to promote love, but there is no way that I’d paint a room pink, even so. I can, however, see using a pink pillow here and there as a decorative accent. This way I’d benefit both from feng shui color alchemy as well as maintain my own personal style. Eureka! With accent colors we can enhance our careers, health, love life and more in our homes and offices without raised eyebrows. And speaking of color alchemy, there are some colors you’ll want to avoid completely:
Try to combine both yin and yang accent colors for any one desired attribute:
Career, Good Fortune
Yin: Black. Money, income
Yang: Orange. Strengthen concentration, purpose, organizing
Yang: Yellow. Auspicious
Yang: Red. Confidence, luck
Health
Yin: Green. Nurturing, healing, normalizing
Yin: Blue. Heals, relaxes
Yang: Yellow. Warmth, cheerfulness, sun
Meditation, Sanctuary
Yin: Purple. Spiritual, awareness
Yin: Blue: Calm, soothing, relaxing
Yang: Mauve. World consciousness
Yang: Gold. God consciousness
Love
Yin: Pink. Love
Yin: Silver. Romantic
Yang: Red. Joy, physical
Grounding
Yang: Tan. Neatness, order, color of earth
Yang: Black. Protection
Yang: Brown. Hard work
Being True
Yin: Silver. Trustworthy
Yin: Navy blue. Wisdom
Yang: White. Purity and goodness
Harmony and Balance
Yin: Green. Refreshing, nurturing
Yin: Blue. Peace and trust
Yang: Brown. Grounding
Colors You Might Want to Avoid
Gray (Yin): Dead, dull, indefinite
Yellow (Yang): Too much can make a person anxious
Maroon (Yang): Represents indecisiveness
Lavender (Yang): Vulnerable to manipulation
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Thanks Shirl for your comment about my kitchen. I realize that I needed to weight the other side of the kitchen to pull it all together, so I painted the wall below the chair rail the same blackberry color of the cabinets. It's just what the doctor ordered.
Feng Shui is as ancient as time and its understanding of energy flow is right on! Always! For those skeptics, have a specialist evaluate your space and make adjustments, you will quickly "KNOW" your life has been altered by these "tweakings".
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Tracy A.,
I think mint green with Navy blue accents might be really nice and have a very light and calming affect when you walk in the room like, approaching a stream shaded by willows. Good luck!
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To June Levin - your kitchen sounds gorgeous! Leave it alone! Feng Shui is a hot idea now but it will fade as other trends do.
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Feng Shui is somebody's interpretation, not The Truth! And the article is the author's interpretation of an interpretation. Use it when it works, and when suggested colors make you feel good, using your own intuitiveness.
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Tracy A.~ I'm painting my bedroom in mint green, with black & white accents... it looks elegant & very healing & refreshing for my hubby & I. Which we need very much!!
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good stuff!
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My husband and I are very much aware of the energy in our home and the colors we select. And it appears that we have done a great job in each room. My question is this. I have transformed my kitchen cabinets from builder-grade grey washed color to a blackberry deep maroon with polished brass handles. Looks great. I was disappointed to see that maroon, which I guess our color resembles, represents indecisiveness. Our granite counter tops are pink,beige and black, complimenting the cabinets. Does this sound like a good color mix?
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OK...so what's the difference between lavender and mauve? There are so many shades out there!
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flat painted off-pink walls,
claret drapes,beige carpet in all rooms.what am I doing.in my life Despondent/'Health/Aims' not what it should be.
colors I love are lilac purple sapphire blue seagreen. and my special amethyst cushions in lounge which is 1st room from outside. need guidance
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