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Secrets: Back-to-School Organization

Back-to-school is often a chaotic, stressful time of year! The homework and studying routine can be difficult given the lingering warm weather and sunny days. Sunset Studio can make your child’s transition fun and easy. Inviting, organized, and energetic work spaces encourage the transition.

Colors can play many roles in organization. They allow us to better visualize and locate the various “zones”, such as storage areas and work spaces. Clean lines within zones create harmonious spaces, and an easily maintained clutter-free and organized environment. Colors can have a profound effect on mood and emotions; they can motivate, increase concentration or imagination, and can calm or energize the body and soul. Sunset Studio artists will work with you to select a color palette that is beneficial to your child’s specific needs.

Custom work spaces by Sunset Studio reflect your personal styles and interests, meet your child’s study needs, and are uniquely yours! We will work with existing architectural elements and decor, and customize a design solution that works for you.

Color Associations

Blue: tranquility, peace, calmness, harmony, stability, sky, water, reliability

Red: danger, love, energy, desire, speed, strength

Yellow: sunshine, hope, joy, friendship, imagination, happiness

Green: nature, luck, youth, new beginnings, calmness, peace, envy/jealousy

Brown: earthiness, wholesomeness, dependability

Purple: royalty, nobility, wisdom, exotic

Orange: energy, warmth, vibrancy, enthusiasm

White (all colors): purity, innocence, youth, goodness, simplicity

Black (negation of color): mystery, evil, power, sadness, mourning, sophistication, seriousness

Shades of…
Blue: sky, cornflower, baby, denim, navy, cerulean, cobalt, powder, french, midnight, sapphire, ultramarine, teal, royal, indigo, periwinkle, steel, azure

Red: burgundy, magenta, fuchsia, rose, ruby, terra-cotta, rust, cardinal, maroon, scarlet, persimmon, fire engine, chestnut, coral, crimson, mauve, candy apple, sangria

Yellow: amber, tangerine, gold, mustard, khaki, goldenrod, lemon, sunflower, pear, school bus, saffron, sunshine, buff, corn, maize, cream, flax

Green: kelly, foliage, teal, sage, mountain, leaf, moss, sea, lime, tea, asparagus, camouflage, jade, olive, spring, shamrock, forest, pine, army, celadon, fern, emerald, hunter, chartreuse

Brown: sand, wood, chestnut, nutmeg, cinnamon, russet, tawny, chocolate, tan, mahogany, terra-cotta, umber, cocoa, coffee, copper, ecru, ginger, hazel, khaki, ochre, oak

Purple: violet, lilac, amethyst, mauve, wisteria, grape, eggplant, orchid, heliotrope, lavender, thistle

Orange: carrot, apricot, peach, terra-cotta, pumpkin, rust, salmon, tangerine, burnt, mahogany, coral, persimmon, vermilion

White: pearl, cream, ivory, ecru, navajo, snow, magnolia, lace, seashell