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calming color

calming color

3.4
A color like blue or green that helps you feel calm
  • noun
translation icon : color calmante
  • Many interior designers use green as a calming color to promote relaxation in living spaces.

Examples

  • I think some college football team painted the visitor's locker room pink, under the notion that pink is a calming color, the impact of which might give the home team an on-field advantage.

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  • Studies show that light colors, especially blue, are considered calming colors in stress-reduction therapies.

  • The soft blue walls in the nursery create a calming color that helps the baby sleep.

Antonyms

violent
32 5.8

Very bright in color or very loud in sound

stimulating
1 3.9

To make someone feel more awake and interested

How Calming

neutral-colored
  • US
1 4.1
calming color
3.4
muted
10 4.2
pastel
4 4.1

Surface Forms

calming color singular
calming colors plural

Morphology

calming + color

The meaning 'a color that creates a relaxed, peaceful feeling' is directly and compositionally derived from 'calming' (causing calm) plus 'color' (hue). This adjective + noun pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

The phrase calming color comes from the image of a soft calming color like blue or green that makes us think of the sky, sea or trees. Because those sights feel quiet and safe, a calming color is used to make a space feel 'relaxed' or 'peaceful'.