Colour Palette

In this I will research some colour palette examples and decide my own colour palette. In my project I want to make my cafe warm and comfortable for costumers and also outstanding with colouring and decorations. There is some key points to choose correct colour palette for project. Balancing colours is the most important key for creating colour palette. Using a mix of light and dark shades to create depth and interest. Too much of one can overwhelm the space (piktochart). 

Here some coffee shop colour palette examples;

All these colour palettes are really good examples for cozy, warm and comfortable cafe design. However I want more eye catching and attractive design for costumers which my target audience is Gen Z and I will design in postmodern style.  So I looked for  brighter colours to add my colour palette. I will keep on my mind balancing the colours so I will use also these warm colours and add one or two brighter colour to encolour to cafe.

Also colours has a physiological impact on our eating and drinking habits. For example, red is hungriest colour. Studies have shown that the colour red attracts our attention and increases our energy. Numerous studies have shown that red subconsciously encourages people to eat more and consume food faster, especially when paired with cheery yellow (wasserstrom, 2022). Because of that it mostly used in restaurant and fast food chains. 

On the other hand, blue's hunger provocation level is low. As the opposite of red, blue is an appetite suppressant. However, blue inspires thirst. Also blue colour has an impact of relieving and comforting people and calms the soul. This impacts help to people sit and relax and spend more time in that place. Blue inspires intellectual neural activity. Like gazing at the ocean, blue stimulates mental clarity, encourages reflection (wasserstrom, 2022). Blue mostly use in bars and seafood restaurants.

Green is represents nature and earth and green's hunger provocation level is medium. Considered a mid-range appetite booster, people associate green with organic materials that help to sustain life on earth. Nowadays most people look for healthier and vegetarian or vegan food for their health and green is attracts them that because green is represent mostly safe and healthy food in food industry. Also green is calming colour and promotes mental wellness and serenity. Adding plants into a restaurant or café communicates to your guests that your business supports their health and wellbeing (wasserstrom, 2022).  My cafe will sell plant-based food so I will add greens colour also with decorations and furniture to represent healthy food. 

As a result, I want to use blue and green with warm colour to give some energy in my cafe design. I did some colour palette to see how they will fit each other. I will try these in software with available furniture and decorations and see how can I apply in my design. Also I will try these colours in my concept sketches. 

And this is my final colour palette for this project. 

REFERENCES

Piktochart Team, 2024   The Best 15 Coffee Shop Color Palette Combinations ' Tips For Creating Coffee Shop Color Palettes '   piktochart.com  Available at: The Best 15 Coffee Shop Color Palette Combinations  (Accessed: 13 May 2025)

Wasserstrom, 2022   Color Psychology  for Restaurant Design   wasserstrom.com   Available at: https://www.wasserstrom.com/blog/2022/12/07/color-psychology-for-restaurant-design/?srsltid=AfmBOoqg-Yg_FbEuthdUoyEKawVv2s9KXCkXHJSONXEY36QmrVJNHs4O    

(Accessed: 13 May 2025)

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