Refreshing

A refreshing color scheme always includes the clear, energetic color blue-green. An auspicious, youthful color, blue-green (also known as teal or aqua) has the calming. relaxing effect of blue but still contains a warm touch of yellow. Refreshing colors imply physical fitness, health and mental clarity. As the name implies, aqua always suggests cool water, and in fact blue-green is the color of swimming pools. This is an expansive, happy color scheme, ideal for bathrooms, bedrooms, and patios. Blue-green is considered to be one of the most healing colors. Particularly in combination with its complementary red-orange hue, teal suggests an Aegean island,like Santorini.
A refreshing color scheme is contemporary, effervescent, cooling, rejuvenating, and energizing. It is frequently seen in design for sportswear (especially swimwear), cosmetic products for the bath and glassware, The work of artists David Hockney Helen Frankenthaler and Richard Diebenkorn are identified with a refreshing palette.