Color Therapy
Color surrounds us, we live and breath color often on a subconscious level. How many of us take color for granted? We often are so busy in our everyday lives to stop and realize the kaleidoscope of color that surrounds us. Imagine a world without color; how would this effect our feelings and emotions, our creative expression and our perception of the world we live in?
Colors in our environment affect us on a daily basis, they can act as unconscious triggers that influence how we think, feel and react to the world around us. We are able to see around 7,000,000 colors, some combinations can create a clash of the senses where as other color combinations create an atmosphere of harmony and balance. The ‘right’ choice of colors can create a haven for relaxation or an environment that can increase productivity, stimulate the mind and raise energy levels.
Examples of the effects of color on the central nervous system include the color white which represents purity, innocence, cleanliness, sense of space, neutrality, and mourning in some cultures/societies.
The color black represents authority, power, strength, evil, intelligence, thinning / slimming, death or mourning.
Gray is neutral, timeless, and practical, while red stands for love, romance, gentle, warmth, comfort, energy, excitement, intensity, life, and blood.
Orange makes you feel happy, energetic, excitement, enthusiasm, warmth, wealth prosperity, sophistication, change, and stimulated, while yellow stirs emotions of happiness, laughter, cheery, warmth, optimism, hunger, intensity, frustration, can also stir up anger and be very attention-grabbing.
The color green is natural, cool, growth, money, health, envy, tranquility, harmony, calmness, and fertility, while blue instills a sense of calmness, serenity, cold, uncaring, wisdom, loyalty, truth, focused attention, and may be un-appetizing.
The color purple stands for royalty, wealth, sophistication, wisdom, exotic, spiritual, prosperity, respect, mystery and anything brown in color gives the impression of reliability, stability, friendship, sadness, warmth, comfort, security, natural, organic, and mourning in some cultures/societies.
Alecia Beth Moore might like to know her color and moniker, Pink, represents romance, love, gentle, calming, and also includes a bit of agitation thrown-in for flavor.
Color affects us all on a very deep level, we often use color to describe how we feel. Instinctively we know what a particular color symbolizes to us or how it makes us feel. Think of phrases such as ‘feeling blue’, ‘in the pink’ or ‘red with rage’.
Color therapy works on the principle that we all are in need of light and color to keep well balanced and in good health. Natural daylight contains all the colors of the spectrum that our energy centers need in order to stay well physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. It is essential that we spend a minimum of half an hour a day in natural daylight whatever the weather, as we absorb light and the colored rays through our eyes and skin.
How do we know which colors we are in need of?
Color surrounds us everywhere, some colors literally jump out at us, instantly and instinctively we breathe in as we experience that ‘must have’ feeling. These are the colors that we need to surround ourselves with on that particular day. We can place colored objects in our working space or decorate our living space with flowers of our chosen color. We can wear scarves, clothes or pieces of semi precious jewelry in our chosen color.