Colour Me Happy; DIFFERENT COLOURS CAN HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR MOODS AND BEHAVIOUR IN RATHER SURPRISING WAYS, REPORTS TANITH CAREY

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Byline: TANITH CAREY

Sexy billionaire Christian Grey may have his red room of pain in the saucy bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey.

But it turns out that purple is actually the sexiest colour you can paint your bedroom.

A new survey has found that people with a purple colour scheme in their boudoir have the most sex - clocking up 3.49 intimate encounters each week. And despite the title of the E L James blockbuster, those with grey bedrooms notch up a paltry 1.8 weekly romps, according to Littlewoods.com.

But it's not just our sex lives that are influenced by colour. So are our moods, our appetites and how well our brain works. Here's how different hues affect your body.

BLUE

If you want to lose weight, try painting your kitchen blue. One study found that diners who eat in a blue room, compared to one painted …