Spoiler alert: It’s not necessarily your favorite color combos that make you feel good!

Spacecrafting Photography / Interior Design: Bria Hammel

You know color has the power to improve a room.

But did you know certain colors also help you feel good?

A bedroom with light green painted walls, and striped curtains.

Credit:Spacecrafting Photography / Interior Design: Bria Hammel

Here, color expertLori Weitznerspotlights a few feel-good palettes, starting with blues.

Blues feel comfortable, familiar, and protective, she says.

Weitzner calls this palette Waterside, and it spans fromlight misty hues to inky sapphire and indigo.

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“The lack of visual distraction makes it easier to go inward and focus, Weitzner says.

So a Whisper palette is ideal inspaces for rest and relaxation.

It is visual peace of mind, she says.

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Its calm and tranquil but in a tactile way, Weitzner says.

Performance fabrics up the calm by taking the fear factor out of white tones.

Theyre colors that draw out creativity, she says.

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Metallics are illuminating and reflect natural light, which can inspire us to act and follow through.”

Matte finishes are less flashy but just as effective.

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