The amazing power of colours!

Colours have an ability to affect our mood. There is a close relationship between colours and happiness. It affects our moods(subconsciously) - blue is calming - red can make us tense.

Colour Therapy should not be something you just go to a therapist to 'have done to you'. Colour is everywhere and should be utilized as part of our everyday life.

There are a few ways in which you could use the beneficial effects of colours to help you:

1.)Take a “colour bath.”
This relaxing method allows you to bathe your body in the energy wavelength of the chosen colour. Organic products are available that color the bath water and don’t stain your skin.

2.)Use creative visualization to picture colourful scenes for your desired effect.
For example, if you would like to feel calm, picture lush greenery.

3.)Use coloured lightbulbs.

4.)Wear clothings of that particular colour/colours.
What you choose to wear affects your own body/mind/emotions while sending a message to those who see you.

Notes on different colours

Blue
Blue represents peace, tranquility, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, cold, technology, and depression.

Blue can "slow the pulse rate, lower body temperature, and reduce appetite." Blue is considered a business colour because it reflects reliability.

Black
Black represents power, sexuality, sophistication, formality, elegance, wealth, mystery, fear, evil, anonymity, unhappiness, depth, style, evil, sadness, remorse, anger, underground, good technical color, mourning and death.

Green
Green represents nature, environment, health, good luck, renewal, youth, vigor, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune.

"Its cool quality soothes, calms, and has great healing powers." It is often worn in operating rooms by surgeons.

Orange
Orange is a combination of yellow and red. Orange is considered a warm colour like red, but to a lesser extent; orange expresses energy.

Red
Red is the warmest and most energic colour in the spectrum.

We associate red with love, valentines, danger, desire, speed, strength, violence, anger, emergency exit signs, stop signs and blood.

Red can evoke a fight-or-flight response, raise blood pressure and make the heart beat faster.

White
White is what we see when all colours come together in perfect balance.
It represents reverence, purity, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, precision, innocence, youth, birth, winter, snow, good, sterility, and marriage.

Yellow
Yellow represents joy, happiness, optimism, idealism, imagination, hope, sunshine, summer, gold, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, betrayal, jealousy, covetousness, deceit, illness, hazard, spirtuality and inspiration.

Purple
Purple represents royalty, spirituality, nobility, ceremony, mystery, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, mourning. Purple is considered an exotic color.