What colors can bring?

>> Friday, February 8, 2008

I found it useful to extend yesterday's post about colors. Today I will also tell something about the meanings of colors, but from a little bit wider approach.

#Red is a color of life. It symbolizes and radiates heat. Therefore red warms, excites, encourages You and gives energy. It is also a color of love, passion, strength, anger and even war. Ancient Romans would dress their gods in red.

#Orange is the second color in the spectrum. It is associated with the sun, joy, creativity, success, energy. This color brings home warmth and cosiness, stimulates both emotions and mind, makes people more sociable. Therefore it is useful both for Your living room and Your office. The only problem - orange strengthens the appetite, so the eating time can become the eating times. Orange is also a color of courage. However, those who are very sensitive, should avoid it.

#Yellow is the third in the spectrum. It is also related to energy, sun and brings luck, joy and creativity. It is a color of freedom and intelligence. Yellow lamps or windows affects nerve system and the whole body. The immunity is strengthened. On the other hand, yellow is color of envy and fraud.

#Green gives stability, endurance and calm. It has something to do with money, growing, Spring, freshness, youth, devotion, harmony and healing, but also with envy too. This color helps to chill out and analyze new information. Because of it's restful features Ancient Egyptians would dye floor in temples in green.

#Blue associates with the sky, sea, religion, faith, stability, melancholy, trust, devotion, freedom, energy of the spirit, safeness. It was believed the witches dislike blue, so this color would be used as protection from them. Egypt Pharaohs dressed in blue to defence from the evil. Walls dyed in blue, relax You. I think it is because of both emotional and subconscious reasons.

#Violet. It reflect noble object of the spirit, so it is always associated with religion. This color eases nerves. Also it 's curative antiseptic features are unique. Pink and violet means dignity, spirituality and self-esteem.



#Pink is a color of aristocracy, strength, nobility, luxury and sprituality for thousands of years. Pink room can liven an imagination and inspire for art and creation.

#Brown means ground. Therefore it is often related the things which are down-to-earth. It joins us with earth and brings material thoughts. This color is associated with conservativity and stability.

#Grey. It frequently serves as a basement for other colors. This neutral, harmonious color means satisfaction.

#White absorbs all rays and because of that is relaxing and refrigerant. Angels are often dressed in white. They ARE white, I'd add. Ancient Persians believed all gods are white.

#Guess which color You can't see on this background? Yes, the black. And it often means mystery. It is related with sophistication and elegance, but also with dark powers and death. For young people black frequently helps to express their rebellion.

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