Color Psychology: Science or Pseudoscience?

Take this dresser made by New York-based interior designer Kurrent. Don’t bother psychoanalyzing the colors and style, instead, simply ask yourself if it looks “cool.” If it does, it’s a winner.

In short, color psychology shouldn’t resemble horoscopes; vague cookie-cutter jumbles of words that many times border on the absurd. Color’s connection to the psyche shouldn’t become psychobabble, because it isn’t. Anyone in the home décor industry knows this, as do most “civilians.” Most folks wouldn’t paint their bedroom walls bright pink – not out of hatred for femininity, softness, or creativity, but because it “doesn’t look good.” Read full article