RV Furniture Guide

Before picking the color them of your motorhome and your RV furniture you might want to know first the how color can affect your emotional states.

Dr. Max Luscher, a Swiss professor of psychology and the inventor of the Luscher Color Test, originated the thought with his explanation of how color affected the earliest human beings - light and dark, day and night. Day brings bright, warm colors, safety with action, and an increase in metabolic rate. Night brings cool, dark hues, with rest, danger, inaction and slowing down.

We are genetically predisposed to follow these states from out early ancestors

Further research in the late 1950s showed that both psychological and physical activity seem to increase as the wavelength of the light increases. So the brighter the light, the more active humans are.

There was an experiment later done with prisoners. Random prisoners were either assigned to red, or yellow, or blue, or green cells. Prisoners in the blue and green cells showed to be less prone to aggressive behaviour.

It also has been shown thru medical studies that blood pressure, pulse, and respiration rates tend to increase most under yellow light, moderately under orange, and less under red. They decrease most under black, moderately under blue, and minimally under green.

With this in mind, you want to be careful when picking the colors of your RV furniture. Below is a guide outlining what colors bring what moods they bring about.

RED
Associated with:
VITALITY, ENERGY, COURAGE

Physical effects:
Stimulates brain activity, increases heart rate, respiration and blood pressure, gives energy and self-confidence.

ORANGE
Associated with:
HAPPINESS, INDEPENDENCE, CONFIDENCE

Physical effects:
Energizes, stimulates the appetite and digestive system, removes inhibitions, and fosters sociability.

YELLOW
Associated with:
AWARENESS, WISDOM, CLARITY

Physical effects:
Energizes, relieves depression, improves memory, increases awareness, perception and understanding. Also stimulates the appetite.

GREEN
Associated with:
BALANCE, LOVE, PEACE

Physical effects:
Soothing, relaxing mentally as well as physically, helps alleviate depression, nervousness and anxiety, offers a sense of renewal, self-control and harmony.

BLUE
Associated with:
KNOWLEDGE, RELAXATION, HEALTH

Physical effects:
Calming, lowers blood pressure and decreases respiration. Ideal for sleep and over-active children. Enhances communication and decision-making

INDIGO
Associated with:
INTUITION, IMAGINATION, UNDERSTANDING

Physical effects:
Strengthens intuition and imagination, increases dream activity. Helps connect us to our unconscious mind.

VIOLET
Associated with:
CREATIVITY, WISDOM, INSPIRATION

Physical effects:
Suppresses appetite, provides a peaceful environment, relieves tension, and is good for migraines. Promotes inner strength, wisdom, kindness, artistic talent and creativity.

Just remember, when picking the color theme for your RV furniture, know what you want to feel during your stay there.