Colour
Colour is simply the light of different wavelengths/frequencies.The colour changes our mood for example blue is calming ,red can make us tense, seeing a fruit on road ripe to eat.We use and experience colour in our lives everyday without knowing and appreciating it. colour is also used for healing purposes.
The Light Energy
The amount of energy in a given light wave is proportionally related to its frequency, thus a high frequency light wave has a higher energy than that of a low frequency light wave.The Effects Of Colour’s in Home
Colour | Effects of colour | Suggested Areas of use |
| Calming for body and mind, Heightens our awareness and helps us to give of our very best. | Places of worship,entry areas to clinics and hospitals Festival areas,Pale violet in bedrooms.
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Sedative The colour of divine knowledge and the higher mnd. | Not suitable for areas for entertainment ,can be use for quiet places bedrooms, treatment rooms,library or study room can be used as for some of them it is useful for studying . | |
Calming,relaxing and healing Not as sedating as indigo.Colour of communication. | common for any rooms other that physical activity or play. | |
Balancing harmonising and encourages tolerance and understanding. | Using it with shades of other colours can be used commonly, as well to avoid the balance and harmony becoming more like total inactivity and indecision. | |
Stimulates mental activity,confidence, studying purpose to stay alert | Activity rooms, entrance halls, avoid in bedrooms as it can interfere with sleep and tends to keep our minds switched on | |
warming and energizing, stimulate creativity, fun and sociability | Any active area and creative areas, not ideal for bedrooms or areas of possible stress.
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Energizing,exciting the emotions,stimulates appetite | Any activity area but it needs careful choice of tone and depth and space in which it is to be used as it can make a space look smaller and can be claustrophobic or oppresive. Often used in restaurants. | |
It is the combination of red and violet,thus it combines our earthly self and spiritual self, balancing spirit | lecture spaces, chapels halls etc. Not ideal for play rooms or activity rooms. | |
Cool and calming and good for the nervous system and immune system | Any room except it is not ideal for activity areas. | |
Pink | It helps to dissolve anger and encourages unconditional love. Soothes and nurtures. | Ideal for a baby's or child's bedroom. |
Used with other colours enchances the energy of that second colour , reflection and inner searching. | Not ideal as a single colour but can be used with combination of other colours in any place. | |
White | Its purity and illuminates our thoughts,giving us clarity. | Can be used in any room but, needs to be broken up with the other colours,ornaments,pictures,etc.
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