Romantic Color Guide

by Jennifer Good

Red
passion, romance, finding a new love, keep love, sexuality

Red is an aggressive color that, although may increase sexuality, if used too much it can arise negative and depressive feelings. If you're going for a calmer, romantic mood but would still like a bit of "fire" in your relationship, use red as accents in your decorating (see natural uses below) or in your clothing (for ex. a red teddy or boxers).

Natural ways to implement red: roses, carnations, apples, strawberries, rubies or other gemstones, candles, plants with a bit of red in them, red wine.

If you're creating a room with the idea of appealing to your mate's senses, keep in mind that yellow-based reds appeal to males and blue-based reds appeal to females. A list of yellow and blue based reds are below.

Purple
passion, imagination, creativity.

Purple is the hardest color for the eye to discriminate so you may not want to have large areas of it. Because of it's association with romance and passion, it makes a wonderful color for your bedding and to accent pieces like pillows, flowers, candles, etc. It is also a very mystic color, making purple and pink toned candles a great addition.

Natural sources of purple are orchids, irises, grapes and plums.

Romantic purples are:
Medium Light Burgundy Purple
Light Red Purple
Light Grape Purple
Medium Purple

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