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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COLOR
Posted by slang on 27 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Color Therapy
Experts have made such interesting studies on the emotional/psychological effects colors can have on us which can affect our well being. This is not only the external forces of well being by doing physical exercises, good food, good lifestyles and others, INTERNALLY, we need to be calm, settled, have the ability to do self-expression without the pent up of our emotions/stress. Interestingly, when we choose or not to choose colors we do so to match our personality or use colors for certain effects like to calm/motivate us.. Below are two tables on Preference and Non-Preferences of Color which supposedly help you to understand better pertaining to your health whether in terms of self expression or your hopes/dreams. Knowing your personality better will definitely enhance your well being when dealing with yourself and others.
| COLOR | YOUR PREFERENCES | YOUR NON-PREFERENCES |
| White | White points at innocence, purity, virginity, cleanliness, freshness, simplicity, nothingness, oneness and completion, truth. In certain cultures white is the color of death and mourning. | Is foremost or solely interested in ‘realistic’ and tangible things, not in illusions or things that are beyond seeing or understanding. Knows and accepts the own imperfection and does not wish to achieve perfection. |
| Yellow | The color of the sun, life-force, vividity, vitality and energy. The color of cheerfulness, curiosity, alternation, flexibility, progress, amusement, contact through traveling and communication, learning and practical knowledge.A feeling for writing and speaking. | There can be emotional disappointment and bitterness about contacts. Tendency to rationalize feelings, or to avoid the depth of life by often changing relationships, many superficial relationships and/or constant changing activities. |
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Can point at suppressed sexual feelings or other difficulties with sensual enjoyment of life. The attitude can also be over-sensual, indulgent, or too materialistic. |
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Red |
Red is associated with passionate love, sex, great energy, impulse, action and stimulation, assertivity and aggression, courage, strength and power, adventure, danger, warnings, revolt and revolution. Temperamental and ambitious people with a need for personal freedom. |
Being over-active, too impulsive, hot-tempered, aggressive and egocentric, or having difficulties with people with such characteristics. It can also symbolize deeply hidden fears and rejection of your own assertivity |
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Magenta |
Much energy and activity focused on achieving power and self-realization. Strong but controlled passions and emotions. Daring, ready to fight, willing to give everything for a goal. Can drive things too far and have fixed ideas. |
Feeling overwhelmed by people with strong convictions or heavy emotions like jealousy. Difficulties with exposing your deep emotions. |
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Pink |
Regarded as a feminine color.Pink symbolizes softness, sweetness, innocence, youthfulness and tenderness. Soft and kind people. |
Difficulties with having or showing your soft, tender, female side. |
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Green |
Green brings peace, rest, hope, comfort and nurturing, calmness and harmony. Interest in nature, plants, fellowmen, children and animals, health and healing, natural and plain life.Longing for a safe home and family-life. A dislike of conflicts. |
More interested in independence and self-development than in a warm family-life. Keeping a certain distance in (sexual) relationships. |
| Turquoise | Just like the wide turquoise sea you don’t want to feel restricted and you don’t immediately bring to the surface what goes on in you; emotions can remain hidden. A color for non-triviality, renewal, innovation and inventions, progressive technics, alternative ways of living together, humanity. |
Looking for solidity and security in society, especially in marriage.Afraid to think originally or to walk new paths |
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Blue |
A spacy color, cool and soothing, dreamy and magical. Peace and rest. Caution. For people who keep a certain distance, but give calm and practical help; they are faithful and loyal, have a sense for order, logic and rational thinking.Flying in day-dreaming, ideals or nostalgia when felt misunderstood.Dark blue is more severe and can be melancholic.Blue is also the color of truth - and of death. |
Very disciplined, strong career workers with an aversion of commentary or restriction. They have pointed out a clear direction for their lives and want to follow that laser like . |
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Purple / violet |
Colors for meditation, contemplation, mysticism, spirituality and religion power. A longing to ascend and dissolve polarities (purple consists of the active red and passive blue), to improve the world. Reservation, mystery and dignity.Soft, sensitive people with often paranormal abilities. Possible willingness to sacrifice him/herself. Melancholy and depressions, mourning. |
Very serious attitude towards life; it is difficult to give dreams, fantasies, vague fears or memories a place in it. Rejection of everything regarded as unnatural or unrealistic |
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Brown |
An earthly color for practical people with a preference for natural, tribal and primitive things, solidity and simplicity. Brown can be warm and cosy but also depressing. Family-life persons, stable people, loyal friends. |
Aversion against normal, boring, trivial life. Not feeling connected with his roots (home-land, family, etc). Unstability in health and attitude. |
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Grey |
Very neutral and indifferent, non-expressive. It can be deliberate, but also lifeless, fixed, depressed and apathic.Reserved, cool people; unwilling to expose themselves or to have obligations.Grey can be refined and tactful. |
Prefers to be straight to the point, no time for political and tactical attitudes. Demands clarity, a knowing where one stands. |
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Black |
Symbolizes seriousness, darkness, depression, death, mourning, mystery, secrecy, occultism, a standing apart from or revolting against triviality, provocation, underground, underworld, things that have to remain hidden, nothingness as the great source of all creation, the need to keep your energy with you. Black is a color for extremes, everything and nothing. People who foremost trust themselves. |
This often points at fear for the unknown, or fear for the abuse of power. Desires to become free from all kinds of dependency, blockages, hindrances; to throw off shackles. . |
COLORED LIGHT THERAPY
Posted by slang on 27 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Color Therapy
Sometimes when we feel moody and unable to calm ourselves down, we should try using colored lights. Colored light has long been used to affect our frame of mind. Basically, what we need is just colored bulb which is relatively convenient to buy and is a cheap method for mood alteration. Before we choose a color there is always the need to determine what we wish to achieve from it. Why is this so?This is because colors can give different feelings to different people. Tabulate below is the general guide of what colors can offer. However, you can experiment with them by adding colored light to your room for a few days and experience its impact on yourself. Append below a table of general guide to colors and the moods they promote:-
| COLOR | EFFECTS & OTHERS |
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Blue possess a claming/relaxation effect on us.Suitable to be used in
:· Bathroom to relax in a bath tub bath or shower. · Bedroom lamps to promote calmness and sleep. As it is calming/relaxation color, it’s good for children who suffer from nightmares. |
| GREEN | · This color is quite similar to the effects of blue light.
· Said to be able to decrease appetite. If on a diet a green light in the kitchen or dining room might help. · Green is also a color of fertility, and if this is what you’re trying to achieve in the bedroom, a green light may help.
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| RED | This color awakens the spirit. It is energizing and bold.The color red is said to increase appetite, so you may want to keep it out of the dining room unless you’re having a dinner party. In the bedroom, red light helps sexual activity, and could lead to active nights! It’s not a good color for relaxation or sleep, so you may want to keep two lamps in the bedroom: one for blue light and one for red.
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| Similar to the Red color but is more gentle.Orange light helps the imagination and is good for creativity. It is also a refreshing color and its attributes make it an idea color for work situations. |
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| YELLOW- | This color is uplifting and warm.Yellow light brightens any room and generally makes people feel happier. It’s good for social gatherings because people tend to talk more in yellow light. If your home feels cold or impersonal, yellow light can help.
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| PINK | Pink is a soft and gentle color.Pink promotes feelings of safety and peaceful happiness. In a child’s room, pink works well as a night light because of its softness. In the adults’ room, pink promotes intimacy and romance.
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| PURPLE | Spirituality and mysteryPurple sets the mood for serious spiritual exploration. It is the color associated with psychic abilities and helps awaken that aspect. Purple is rich and powerful. It invokes feelings of pride and ability.
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| A great combination for meditation or more relaxed spiritual moments. It marries the royalty of purple with the calmness of blue for a feeling of reassurance and peacefulness.
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| A calm atmosphere, but not as sleepy as blue alone. This combination is good for more quite get-togethers or intimate conversation
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| RED & ORANGE | Calms down the affects of red, but not too much. This combination is spirited and lively. Don’t use this is you want peace and quite. Instead, save it for a time when you need to be energized.
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| ORANGE & YELLOW | Creates more of a warm feeling than yellow alone. |
| PINK & ORANGE | Creates a very warm, safe feeling if the shade of orange is soft. If the orange is too bold, the combination doesn’t work well.
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| PURPLE & RED | Not a combination I recommend. The bright red and deep purple can be harsh on the eyes and lead to a headache.
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