The human mind gets affected easily by the environment it perceives. Have you ever been in a room with dark colors and felt stressed? Or felt tranquility in a room with neutral shades? Or felt sudden joy in a room with combination colors?
It is the psychological effect of the colors in these rooms that affects your brain and you feel the joy or anxious or stressed. Each color has a different psychological effect on your mind. Not just the color but the amount also affects the brain.
Colors can mainly be divided into two types - Warm colors ( red, yellow and orange) and Cool colors ( Blue, green and purple). While warm colors evoke the feelings of activity, passion and anger, cooler colors are known to evoke feelings like calm, harmony, peace and sadness.
It is important to know the emotive effects of the colors while choosing them for your house.

Red 
Red is a very strong color. Psychology states red is associated with passion, excitement, energy, ambition and action. Using a lot of red can evoke anger in a person. But the right hue of red can have its own benefits as well.
Red is also known to increase appetite making it a perfect choice for kitchens. Red as said before is connected with ambition and energy as well. Thus, an ideal choice for home offices and creative spaces.
Red is the best for accent walls. It stimulates conversation and makes an excellent choice for accent walls in the living spaces where there are guests come up often.

Yellow
Yellow is a color that associates itself with sunshine, optimism and energy. No matter what the hue is, the color is bright and catches our eye immediately.
But too much of this fresh color can be harmful too. 
Hence yellow is the ideal color for accent walls, accessories in the interiors. Yellow along with grey creates a cheerful environment in the children bedrooms. It feels welcoming when used in the hallways.
The lighter hues of yellow is associated with joy and freshness and can be used in the kitchens, dining area and the bathrooms.

Orange
Orange is connected to feelings like enthusiasm, creativity, fascination, happiness and encouragement. In earlier times, orange was associated with healing and increasing energy levels making it an ideal choice for exercise rooms but darker shades of orange can also mean deceit and distress.
Orange just like red stimulates appetite hence making it suitable for kitchens. Apricot orange can be a relaxing shade and often used in meditation rooms.

Blue
Blue is one among the cool colors. It is linked with loyalty, wisdom and luxury.
The darker shades of blue like the navy and royal blue are associated with confidence, loyalty, trust and peace making them an ideal choice for accent walls in the living area.
Deep blues can add a sense of luxury when used in the bedrooms.
Lighter blues that can make you feel calm, tranquil and relax are often used in the bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms as the color comes like a breeze of fresh air.

Purple
Purple according to psychology represents depth, creativity, fantasy and nobility. 
The lighter hues of the color give a more feminine feel to the space. Shades like lavender can be used in the bedrooms that give a neutral look to the space.
Darker shades are known for their regal charm and luxury, making them ideal for dressing rooms.
When used in the hallways, the color gives a sense of luxury to the guests.

Green
Green is an extremely positive color. It is widely associated with nature. 
It goes well with all the rooms of the house as it restores balance, promotes growth and restoration.
In fact even if the whole room is designed with contrasts of green it will add drama, richness and balance to the space.
Green’s association with nature and outdoors makes it a perfect choice for the kitchen. It also stimulates peace and relaxes a stressed person making it ideal for the study area and home office.

Pink
Pink is often misjudged as a girl’s color. It is not just feminine but also represents nurture and love. It can change from sweet to sappy quickly. 
To make it look less feminine pink can be used with simple and clean lines to give the space a sophisticated look. 
Pink creates a feel good atmosphere in the space where it is used. Hence, often used in bedrooms and living rooms.
Pink when used with greys can add glamour and comfort to the room making it a popular choice for the dining area.

Brown
Brown is usually linked to earth. It also represents comfort, relaxation and coziness.
Because of its super luxe quality, brown when used in the living spaces adds a sense of luxury to the space.
The color’s association with nature makes it often being used in kitchens to give the space a more sophisticated look.
Brown also associated with support and stability is time and again used in bedrooms.

Black
Black represents sleek and sophistication. It can make any space look sophisticated only when used in the right amount. Excess of black makes the room dark making the user depressed and cramped.
Black is associated with power and mystery. When used as an accent color  for the fabrics and accessories black adds drama to the room.
This color really goes well with modern and industrial settings.

Grey
Grey is usually calm and compassable. The softer the hues of grey the more relaxing the space is.
The stronger hues of this color can stress the user.