Facts and beliefs about color:
White is the color of mourning in China. Blue is the color of mourning in Syria.If you paint an infant's room yellow, the child will fuss and cry more. But toddlers 18 months and up like yellow, and so do young children.
Dark blue in business attire, for example, commands attention and respect. Yet a house painted blue, with blue interior colors, usually does not sell well.
Between 11 and 13 tranquilizing hormones are secreted by the body when blue is in the line of vision.
If you're on a diet, try surrounding yourself with blue when you eat - such as blue plates, blue napkins, blue clothes. All this blue will reflect on the food and, since blue is not considered an appetizing color (think of blue spaghetti or blue potatoes), you have introduced a dieting aid.
Brown makes living environments pleasant. Brown here includes tan, cream, bone and almost white. It makes us feel close to nature and in communion with our surroundings. As a background, it supports most other colors well.
Studies have shown people tend to be more creative in a gray environment.
If you own a yacht or an airplane you should not use orchid as an interior color because it enhances nausea. You might consider avoiding wearing garments of that color when on a cruise or airplane ride as the same effect can be produced - on you or your neighbor.
Your response to color is inherited as well as learned. Boys are innately attracted to yellow-based colors, while girls are born liking blue-based colors. These preferences can and do change with growth and maturity.