Colors You Might Want To Avoid In Your Nursery

As beautiful as the world may be thanks to all the different colors that are on the planet, decorating a nursery using certain colors is simply not advisable. Some colors won't look right; others will actually cause your child to be cranky. Even more, some colors will simply cause an eyebrow raise from family and friends. Also, some strong colors splashed over a large surface are very difficult to work with and choosing complementing crib bedding and accessories will be a real torture. If you are planning on painting your nursery a new color, try to avoid these hues.

• Orange - In small doses, orange isn't that bad a color. If you paint your nursery in a bright orange hue, you will soon find out that it's a very aggressive color. Painting your baby's room orange will quickly overpower any soothing qualities that your room might have had. Some parents have even reported that large amount of the color orange makes their child cry more often than other tints.


• Black - Though it can add a very modern streak to a room, painting your nursery walls black is not advisable. This is for a large number of reasons. First off, black is not a soothing color for moms or children. In fact, if you are a mother who is more likely to have postpartum depression, choosing black as your wall color can be dangerous. Moreover, it's not a typical nursery color to see, which means that if you do decide to paint your nursery walls black, you can also expect a lot of raised eyebrows. Black walls also give people the impression that the room is much smaller than it actually is. Overall, too much black (or for many people, any at all) can be a very poor choice.


• Yellow - Many moms have said that the bright yellow color causes babies to cry more frequently than other colors. However, there hasn't been enough research on the subject to find a real correlation. It's best to treat this as an "approach with caution" color, and to stick to pastels in this tint.


• Blood Red - Reds can be a very bright, happy color for any room. However, a bloody hue might be too dark to actually be a good choice in a nursery. If you live in a traditional town, getting a nursery in a blood red color theme will get a lot of awkward comments unless you are a real maverick with colors. It might also be a little too loud to get your child to sleep peacefully. Much like black, dark reds will make a room appear much more cramped than it actually happens to be.

Of course, the above mentioned colors are perfect to use on d矇cor elements and nursery accents in order to break the single-color monotony or to spice up the more traditional and somewhat over used color choices. A black and gray mural will add elegance to a white nursery wall and a toy set of orange jungle animals will deliver whimsy and warmth to otherwise boring nursery. Your nursery color choice depends on your personal taste but welcoming, soothing and uplifting color combination is a winning color combination.