I hate to be the bearer of bad news. So lucky for me, today I get to be the bearer of good news!!! When it comes to decorating & design, you are SUPER normal if color makes you nuts. In fact, you have tons of company!

Whether you stress out from picking wall paint colors, or whether you start reaching for the Advil (or pinot) after trying to map out a total room color plan with furnishings, fabrics, floors, walls, and more. Sistah, if you’re color stressed…you are NOR-MAL.

Here’s how I know.

I’m offering a really popular online design workshop. We don’t charge for them, so we usually have a minimum of 3,000 people sign up – Design Lovers from across the US, Canada and sometimes the UK!  It’s a great time. And during the workshop to connect even more with my attendees, (my peeps!), I run a few surveys that show real-time results for everyone in the design workshop.

So here are the shocking and consistent findings EVERY SINGLE time I ask about color confusion and design stress:

On average, 27-37% of Design Lovers respond that they find picking out wall color really stressful. That’s roughly a third!

But there’s more. Another group – 50% on average – self-identify that they find the entire design process stressful, specifically including color selection. 50%!

So here’s where it gets scary.

To completely measure color confusion, take the 50%-group of total design overwhelmers who also identify color selection as challenging, and now add them to the group of design lovers that say only picking out color makes them stressed.

That means that 77%-87% of design lovers struggle with color!

The bad news is that you may be color-stressed….but the good news is you’ve got company! You and 77-87% of the other design lovers like you! Totally normal!