Show your colours: Understanding how walls shape a room's atmosphere

Colours on walls can help you create optical divisions within a room. You'll need to match it to the furniture though. Photos: Christin Klose/dpa

Colours have a direct impact on our well-being. If you paint all the walls of your home in white, you shouldn't be too surprised if you end up with a cool, somewhat sterile atmosphere. Needless to say, colourful walls have more of a lively and vibrant effect.

Does that mean we should banish white and switch to colour in every room?