Choosing a colour, listen to your inner voice and ask the opinion of your friends and relatives. Colours impact the mood and high spirits help you stay in good health. Psychologists have their own interpretations for the influence of colours on the mood and condition of people. You may use the following information when choosing a particular colour for the ceilings in your rooms.

White – goes well with any other colour. It symbolises purity, new departures and freshness. Negative qualities: coldness (snow), severity. Should be avoided in living and children’s rooms.

Blue. A cold colour, calms and pacifies, is symbolically connected with contemplation, mystery and patience, resembles the sea and the sky. Positive qualities: devotion and stability; negative qualities: melancholy. Can be used in bedrooms and resting rooms.

Red. Energises and stimulates, visually reduces the size of the room, but enlarges the objects in it, is associated with warmth, energy, anger, shame and hate. Should be avoided in the children’s room, dining room and kitchen.

Green. Symbolises growth and harmony, refreshes and relaxes. Positive influence: optimism, freedom and balance. Should be avoided in living rooms, studies and playrooms.

Yellow. A warm colour, is associated with clarity and intellect, stimulates brain activity and is good for metabolism.

Purple. Stimulates life force, is associated with spirituality and grandness. Positive qualities: passion and purposefulness; negative qualities: gloominess.

Pink. Is associated with clarity of though, happiness and romance. Should be used in bedrooms.

Orange. The colour of vigor and strength, fosters communication and also rebellion. Should be avoided in small rooms.

Brown. Symbolises stability, weight and age. Should be used in studies and bedrooms.