How to choose wallpaper for the hallway in feng shui
In the hallway and corridors, the Yin and Yang forces must be in balance. This can be achieved by choosing moderate colors for wallpaper, upholstery or wall painting. If the rooms are too light or too dark, the tones should be changed.
It must be remembered that harmony is achieved by the presence in the premises of all five elements (Water, Earth, Metal, Wood, Fire). For example, if you have chosen a bluish wallpaper for the walls of the hallway, the element of Water is already represented in it. Yellow linoleum or brown floor tiles will bring the element of the Earth into the room, the white ceiling - the element of Metal. To add a Wood element, you can place an artificial plant or a chair with green upholstery in the hallway, or you can skip it all and just hang a wooden hanger in it. There are many combinations to create balance. To create it, you only need your desire and a little imagination.
But each room has its own dominant colors. In the hallway, this is the color of the wallpaper and floor (linoleum, parquet, carpet or carpeting), as well as the color of the furniture, if the furniture is matched in the same style. Each direction has its own element, and each element, according to the principle of five elements, has favorable, neutral and unfavorable colors for it. Since your hallway is located in a certain area of the house adjacent to one of the directions, then you should choose for its main colors the colors favorable for its element.
How to do it? First, define the element of your hallway. To do this, find out in which zone of the house it is located, and then refer to the table and find its element. For example, your hallway is located in the northwest part of the house. Feng Shui Northwest is the direction associated with the element Metal.
Then determine the colors that are favorable for the hallway element. Colors of the Metal element, that is, the element to which the entrance hall located in the north-western part of the house belongs, - white, gray, silver and all colors of metals.
| Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal | Water | |
| Direction | east (Big Tree), southeast (Small Tree) | south | southwest (Big Land), northeast (Small Land), center | west (Big Metal), northwest (Small Metal) | north |
| Colour | green | red, burgundy, purple, pink | yellow, orange, brown | white, gray, gold, silver, copper | blue, black |
| Form, architectural details | rectangle, vertical shape, cylindrical columns | triangle, pyramid, triangular ornaments | square, everything low and flat | circle, oval, ball | undulating and horizontal shapes |
| Material | wood, cork, bamboo, willow, rattan, cotton, flax, paper, plywood, chipboard | plastic, rubber, brocade, fabrics with lurex, leather and leatherette, wool, down, feathers | clay, ceramics, brick, stone, terracotta, porcelain, cement | steel, silver, gold, copper | glass, water |
| Furniture | wooden and wicker, high and rectangular | soft on padding polyester and foam rubber, plastic, leather and leatherette | low, square | steel shelves and beds | water beds |
| Works of art | oil paintings, landscapes, wooden sculptures, straws, driftwood, decorative boards and boxes, reed mats, plants, bamboo flutes, etc. | paintings of people and animals, down products, peacock feathers, electric lamps, candles | porcelain and clay figurines, decorative dishes, gzhel, ceramic and clay jugs, paintings depicting deserts and steppes, crystals, ceramic bells | metal (gold, silver, copper) and steel figurines, weapons, watches, coins, photographs, candlesticks, casting, metal bells, "wind chime" | paintings depicting waterfalls, rivers, seas and lakes, fish, video and audio equipment, fountains, aquariums, mirrors |
| Character | growth, creativity | action, intelligence | stability, hardness, reliability | abundance, wealth, financial success | wisdom, knowledge |
It is known that the elements, according to the principle of five elements, generate and destroy each other.
The Earth element in the generation cycle precedes the Metal element (Earth gives rise to Metal), so the colors of the Earth element are also favorable for the northwest hallway. They are orange, brown and yellow. But the colors associated with the element Fire, that is, red, burgundy, purple, pink and other derivatives of red, should be as small as possible in this hallway (in the cycle of destruction, Fire destroys Metal).
Using the same scheme, you yourself can determine which basic colors to choose for your hallway. This is the color of the room element and the color of the element preceding its element in the spawn loop.
Corridors are usually located in the center of houses and apartments, so they belong to the element Earth. Yellow, orange and brown (the colors of the Earth element), as well as red (the color of the Fire element, which gives rise to the Earth element) and all its derivatives are the predominant colors of the interior of the corridors.
