How Color Affects Appetite

  According to shape.com, allwomenstalk.com, and colormatters.com, color does affect appetite and emotions.

• Blue is appetite suppressing because it is not usually found in nature. Most foods would have to be molded or spoiled in some manner to be blue. Blue is also a calming color.

• Red and yellow stimulate appetite. This is why so many restaurant signs and logos are red or yellow. Red makes us think of ripe, delicious foods like fruits and meat. Red can, however, increase energy. Yellow symbolizes happiness.

• Orange also helps to boost energy, and may also stimulate appetite.

• Green helps to stabilize appetite, and reminds us of healthy vegetables.

• Purple is calming and can help you fall asleep.

  So, it looks like I need to paint my kitchen blue and green, my treadmill room orange, and my bedroom a lovely shade of purple.