STUDY: The Best and Worst Bedroom Colors for Sleep

There are all kinds of things that can have an effect on your sleep; from the temperature and light levels in your room, to how comfortable you find your pillow or mattress. Those are the more obvious ones. But you might not have thought about a few; like how much screen time you had before bed, or this unusual factor – what colour your bedroom walls are.

A study from Sleepjunkie was dedicated to trying to figure out which wall colors lead to the best quality sleep. The survey asked 1,064 U.S. adults about their room setup, wall color, and how well they typically slept, with some interesting results.

According to their findings, the best wall colour for your sleep is purple. That was closely followed by blue, and then white. At the other end of the scale, just over half of those with a green room said they typically slept well, and barely more with beige walls agreed.

When people rated their Sleep Quality by their bedroom wall colour, these were the rankings for good sleep:

• Purple* 84%
• Blue 76%
• White 68%
• Yellow 67%
• Gray 64%
• Brown 63%
• Beige 62%
• Green 58%

*Purple had the smallest sample size, with only 25 people responding that had purple bedroom walls, while White was the most popular colour.

Before you rush to your local hardware store for a tin of lavender paint, it’s worth also factoring in sample size. Purple was the least popular color to be chosen in the survey, accounting for only 25 respondents, and beige amongst the most popular, which could have had an impact on the findings.

The survey also looked into the room configurations that were associated with restful sleep, including where to put your bed in relation to a window, door, TV and so on. Check out the full results of the survey here. And if you’re struggling with bad sleep, some have found using a sunrise lamp to help you wind down and wake up more naturally, or even swapping your duvet for a weighted blanket, can help.

Source: https://bit.ly/3HRfoIy