Color definitely can make a difference.  I've done some research, but am certainly NOT any kind of expert in this area!  The basics off the top of my head are:
 
- Red provides energy, but too much really causes stress and conflict (i.e., "seeing red"),
- Green is relaxing, but too much will put you to sleep (which is why so many senior homes are this color),
- Yellow is good for concentration and creativity, but too much will make you hungry (which is why so many fast food places have yellow in their restaurants)
- Blue is also calming (there's actually a color called "Cardiac Blue" that's used in ICU's), but too much is depressing (i.e., "feeling blue" or "singing the blues")

White will make a room look bigger, grey is less fatiguing for the eyes (which is why the underside of the bill on most ball caps is colored grey) and black will make a room look very small.

I would suggest painting the room white or off-white then adding color with wall coverings, rugs, gobos, dividers or edge work.  With all those options, except edge work, you can change things up as you get used to the room (or if you need to set a certain mood - it might be hard to play Cure songs in a bright and cheerful room or Burl Ives songs in a dark and gloomy area!).

I was going to paint my studio black after seeing Lenny Kravitz Miami studio.
Lenny's studio (below)
 
     
I didn't have the guts to go that dark so I went grey. It gave the room a modern contemporary feel.

See, that's what I said - all black and a touch of red. Lenny's got taste. :P

I think that we all react differently to colors. I spent most my early years in my grand-parents home, which had lots of red and lots of black. Same in my room there. 

It was a very quiet place, different from my parents' house, and to me, those colors are forever associated w/ a much desirable solitude, reading, drawing, painting and listening to music. Just quiet and peaceful isolation.

So the rooms I've used for my home studio all had plenty of red and black in them. In fact, that's one of the first thing we did when we arrived here - my wife re-painted a few walls red, including the one in front of me in the studio.

Blue and yellow make me feel sick. I just don't feel good in rooms w/ those colors. But I understand that there are different standards.

I red this whole fred.

I still don't know.

What is color?

Green is the Colour, says Pink Floyd.

Would you like to know something More?

Alright, you silly boys.

Go to the paint store.  Your Sherwin Williams or Frasier Paints or Pittsburg Paint or whatever paint store you have in your area.  Notice I did not say anything involving the word "Depot".  There is nothing wrong with BUYING the paint at a big box store (in fact, the quality of paints at both the major big box stores is very very good), but a specialty shop will be very good at drawing out mood and inspiration from you.  In addition to just color palettes and swatches, They will have groupings of tones and shades and color families... Find one that feels right, and there will be a whole lot more in the same vein right next to it.  For as much time as you (hopefully) will spend in your studio, it's good to go talk to someone who can help.  

Although I do agree with Rain.  Red and blackness and I'd throw in some gray for good measure.  But that's for MY music.  Yours is probably completely different. If it's not, there is probably something wrong with you. 

Actually, the official choice is tangerine tango. After seeing a swatch of this you will probably wish you had waited to finish the studio.

Painting a studio tangerine in Nov. of 2012?!?! … well break-out my leg warmers and Member’s Only Jacket.  The 2013 Pantone color of the year will most likely come from this grouping of colors:
http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx?pg=21005&ca=4

julibee




Although I do agree with Rain.  Red and blackness and I'd throw in some gray for good measure.  But that's for MY music.  

I've finally listened that track of yours, following the link in your signature (yeah, I do that sometimes) and I can see or hear why you'd say that. 


That song could easily end up on my playlist - it matches the mood. Nice work, really. :)

So are you guys making fun of Bapu's studio then?

julibee


Alright, you silly boys.

Red and blackness and I'd throw in some gray for good measure.   

Is this your studio Julibee?