colours

How do colors affect our moods?

Color, without our realizing it, can have a profound effect on us. Ancient Egyptians as well as the Native American Indians used color and colored light to heal. Below are some emotional associations that humans tend to have with certain colors. These are important to keep in mind in order to create the mood you are seeking.

Blue represents peace, harmony, unity, trust, truth, tranquility, calm, stability, 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 color because it reflects reliability.

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

Green represents nature, good luck, fertility, jealousy, renewal, youth, environment, health, vigor, spring, generosity, inexperience, envy, misfortune. Its soothes, calms, and has great healing powers.

Orange is a combination of yellow and red. Orange is considered a warm color like red, but to a lesser extent; orange expresses energy. It has luminous qualities and has been used for attention-getting purposes, such as on caution signs. It symbolizes balance, warmth, enthusiasm, vibrancy, flamboyancy, and is demanding of attention.

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

Red is the color that we pay the most attention to. It is the warmest and most energetic color in the spectrum. We associate red with strength, violence, anger, emergency, love, valentines, danger, desire, speed, exit signs, stop signs and blood. It raise blood pressure and make the heart beat faster.

White represents reverence, purity, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, precision, innocence, youth, birth, winter, snow, good, sterility, and marriage.

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

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