I love color. The more color in the home, the merrier your sacred space. When in doubt, replace those bare colored walls and rooms with a few splashes of color.

Colors play an important role in the design and feel of your home. Whether you incorporate color into a room with an area rug, fun piece of furniture or patterned carpet, each color signifies a different meaning and brings in a specific feeling.

So before you go adding the rainbow to your home, have a little look at some common colors and what they mean.

Red: Commonly associated with energy, war, strength, determination, passion and love. Red helps bring images and text to the foreground and emphasizes emotional intensity.

Orange: As a mixture of red and yellow, orange represents joy, enthusiasm, creativity, success and stimulation. Orange increases oxygen to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity.

Yellow: Commonly associated with happiness, intellect and energy, yellow arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. Use yellow to evoke cheerful, pleasant feelings.

Green: This color represents nature, growth, harmony, freshness, fertility and safety. Green comes across as the most restful color on the color wheel. Use green to evoke safety and health.

Blue: Commonly associated with the sky and sea, blue represents trust, loyalty, depth, and confidence. Blue evokes a calming effect associated with tranquility and cleanliness.