Amazing COLOUR

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COLOUR EFFECT ON PEOPLE

General guides to colour self help

White

• In its natural form it is daylight. 
• Helps the mind to be open, clear and receptive. 
• Not good if feeling isolated or cut off as it encourages depression and body chills.

Reds

• Dark and severe reds tend to have the ability to over-stimulate and agitate. 
• Helps with blood pressure, cold hands and feet and hypertension.

Oranges

• Brighter oranges are very social and gregarious. 
• Deeper oranges like terracottas are very warming. 
• Helps with muscular tension and liver disorders.

Golds

• Falls between yellows and oranges. 
• Less irritating to the nervous system than yellow. 
• Very beneficial for pain in the joints and arthritis.

Yellows

• Bright sharp yellows are very tiring and can trigger migraines and travel sickness. 
• Helps tissue renewal and constipation. 
• Soft yellows used with bright blues are good for mental stimulation and growth in children.

Bright Greens

• Those greens often referred to as Kelly Green are found to energise the central nervous system. 
• Used with clear blues and pure white this type of green encourages physical activity.

Dark Greens

• Assists blood circulation and helps concentration. 
• Think of the ‘green room’ used by an actor prior to a performance.

Pale Greens

• Very soothing with anti-stress qualities. 
• Promotes an even and steady heart rhythm and harmony.

Turquoises

• Between blue and green, helps if there is emotional anxiety or hyperactivity. 
• Useful to balance blood sugar and insulin levels.

Pale Blues

• Cooling and helps encourage rest. 
• Helps self-reliance. 
• Balance for over-activity.

Dark Bright Blues

• Immune boosting. 
• Certain types of headaches and bilious stomach-ache can be corrected with this colour.

Indigos

• It is this deep blue-violet that has been used in medicine bottles over the years. 
• Useful where fear is stopping activity. 
• Sedative.

Mauves

• Mix of violet and red. 
• Nurturing, promotes intuition, meditative and insightful. 
• Positive effect on the pineal gland.

Magentas

• Described as blue/pink. 
• Helps with lack of co-ordination, recent shock and excess stress. 
• Darkest hues of this colour are formal and austere and may feel unwelcoming.

Greys

• Blending of two neutrals. 
• As a mid tone colour it has been used to denote cool rational thinking. 
• Helps heavy metal toxicity. 
• Too much of this colour is demotivating.

Browns

• Earthy blend of orange, ochre yellow and black. 
• Denotes dependability. 
• Can make individuals feel secure and stable. 
• Darkest form of orange.

Black

• Black equates to lack of light – night – and is used to rest mind and body. 
• Self-sufficient and hard – it is used during periods of extreme change and trauma. 
• It can be protective and has been used traditionally to signify death and mourning.

Information collated by Carolyn Atkinson, Resene Colour Consultant, 2004.