Your home is your sanctuary. The place where you are allowed to be you without compunction.  When decorating your home, you may want it to reflect your personality, or create a particular atmosphere or feeling in each room. Colour can be a great way to do that, and what better place to put it than somewhere where people are sure to look – your windows. Whether you have full-length curtains, or ones that stop a little below your windows, curtains are a great place to add that piece of colour.

Before we get into the psychology of colours, let’s do a bit of colour theory. Primary colours (red, yellow, blue), go well with their secondary colours (orange, green, purple). Colours that sit next to one another on the colour wheel also go well together. 

Now, without further ado… 

Love and Creativity 

The colour of romance and passion, red curtains would be great in a bedroom. But did you know, it’s also the colour of energy and strength? If you have a home gym, red could be the perfect accent colour. 

Pink is also linked with romance, but is a softer expression of it. It also represents femininity – but this doesn’t necessarily mean a completely girlie room. Darker shades, or ones that lean towards purply-pink are bold, strong statements. 

As pink has red undertones, red and pink go well together. Pair with neutral wall tones so they stand out and the room doesn’t feel cluttered.    

Optimism and Warmth 

Instantly associated with the sun, yellow in all shades is linked with warmth, a sense of fun, and happy positivity. You might have a window in your hall that you want to frame in yellow to give you that boost before heading out for the day. With being bright and joyful, you might have thought about painting a child’s room yellow, but thought it might be too stimulating. A yellow curtain, or one with yellow in the pattern could be a good way to get that splash of youthful yellow in the room. 

Orange is a colour that some people find difficult or intimidating to place in their home – it’s bold, bright, and not a colour your eye easily glosses over. A room of orange for many is something they’d never consider, but for creating an enthusiastic atmosphere, an orange curtain could be just the thing. If you would prefer orange curtains in a room you don’t use every day, the dining room (if you’re lucky enough to have one) is a good place for them. It’s an entertainment space, where an upbeat feeling is appreciated by all. Orange also represents freedom, so some orange black out curtains in a campervan or similar adventuring vehicle is a great way to bring some of your personality into that space.  

If orange is still intimidating, or you’re not convinced you can pull it off, you could choose a darker, earthier tone such as toasted orange. An orange accent in a patterned curtain is an excellent way to introduce a hint of it into your room. 

Nature and Confidence

Think grassy meadows, clear skies, beautiful beaches, and the sense of calm, peace, and harmony they evoke. Green and blue are perfect for a room you want to feel calm (the lounge perhaps), and to help bring a bit of the outside indoors. A heavier fabric would lend itself to a room of complete relaxation, while a lighter fabric that moves with a breeze would be good for a conservatory – a place of transition from inside to outside. 

The other side of blue and green is prosperity, confidence, loyalty, power and trust. Do you have a home office you want to decorate? Green and blue are perfect. If your curtains are going to be visible on video calls, they’re usually not shocking to the eyes making them easy to ignore, while they do their job of projecting professionalism and confidence. 

Indulgence and Opulence

Purple is first and foremost, a colour of wealth. Often found on royalty, and in places of justice (where it used to find its highest authority with kings), purple exudes luxury, and expense. Used in a royal blue room, and you’ve got a powerful statement that combines confidence and expense. Used with pink walls you’ll have a softer expression of wealth. In a white room purple curtains will bring a hint of old world luxury into a chic space. 

Whatever colour curtain you decide, the finish will be more polished with curtains that fit properly. Here, the Sewing House can give you that extra level of precision with made to measure curtains. Your curtains can also be made with blackout material to line it, so there’s no need to worry a lighter colour won’t block out the sun. Order your curtains today to set the tone in your home!