When we want to break the ice we used to often ask someone “what’s your favorite color?” It is so simple, yet so telling. At some point, we’ve all experienced the ways in which #color can affect us.
Color therapists believe that colors can enter our bodies either through our eyes or skin. Each shade we can see has its wavelength and unique frequency. Each unique frequency has a different effect on people and is used for different purposes. Warm tint are typically used for stimulating effects, while cool shades are used for calming and soothing effects. The body comes into existence from cast, and is stimulated by tones and colors, responsible for the correct working of various systems that function in the body. The effects of certain colors on people may range from person to person. White is often seen as a color of clarity, purity, and renewal. It can create balance in the body and bring harmony to emotions.
Balance Body and Mind
“ Hues of colors were also associated with gods. With a strong focus on worshiping the sun, they believed that shining the rays of light through crystals could penetrate the body and act as a treatment for ailments..” .
More simply, light is #energy, and the phenomenon of color is a product of the interaction of energy and matter. The wavelength, frequency and quantity of energy of every colorful ray are fixed for each color; that is, a specific wavelength, a certain frequency and a particular amount of energy in that wave have been denominated as a distinct color.
The practice of color therapy can be traced to Indian ayurvedic medicine, which claims that the application of certain colors can correct imbalances in our body's chakras.. In India, this practice not only concentrates on the balance of color, but also focuses on elements such as tastes (sweet, salty, sour, pungent, astringent), connection with nature, and connection with your body mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Instead of using the colors externally to heal, Ayurveda believes in internal energy centers called chakras, where each chakra is associated with a color.
Color Rituals and Symbolism
Color rituals and symbolism have played a significant role in human #culture for centuries, with different colors holding various meanings and significance in different societies. These #rituals and symbolism are deeply ingrained in our everyday lives, from the colors we wear to the colors we use to decorate our homes and the food we eat. In many cultures, colors hold a #spiritual or religious significance, with specific colors representing deities or beliefs. For example, in Hinduism, the color red is associated with passion and love as well as the goddess Durga. Similarly, in Christianity, the color purple is often associated with royalty and represents "the penitence of Lent".
Colors also hold strong symbolism in ceremonies and traditions, such as white being worn at weddings to symbolize purity and new beginnings. In addition to cultural symbolism, colors are also used in psychological rituals, such as using calming blue tones in meditation or bright reds for motivation and energy. Whether it is through cultural traditions or personal beliefs, color rituals and symbolism have a profound impact on our lives, shaping our emotions, beliefs, and actions.
The Seven Chakras found in Ayurvedic Medicine
Orange: Second chakra, sacral, enjoyment
Red: First chakra, root, physical stability
Blue: Fifth chakra, throat, authentic self-expression
Yellow: Third chakra, solar plexus, power and confidence
Green: Fourth chakra, heart, emotional belonging
Indigo: Sixth chakra, third eye, mental clarity
Purple/White: Seventh chakra, crown, spiritual union
Color Psychology
“Color and hues are a spiritual empowerment and a way of life”
While color psychology is the study of how different hues can influence human behavior and perception; #colortherapy and healing (also known as #chromotherapy or light therapy) is different. It is based upon the unproven assumption that certain colors can impact people's "energy" and impact health outcomes.
It is considered a type of alternative medicine treatment. Techniques designed to incorporate colortherapy in everyday life include color visualization, color breathing, and creating color-infused spaces through the use of color filters or light therapy devices. Color therapy can also be harnessed through art and design, with many people using the power of color to manifest positive energy, creativity, and #healing.
It has been reported to help with a variety of conditions, including:
Stress
Depression
Aggression
High blood pressure
Sleep disorders
Anxiety
Certain cancers
Skin infections
Color can impact people energy and their healing process
The body comes into existence from hues, and is stimulated by shades and colors, responsible for the correct working of various systems that function in the body.
The Four Colors and Four Elements
White + Black: Dry
Black: Earth, darkness
Red: Air
White: Fire, lightness, lymphatic system
Yellow: Water, life force
Black + Yellow: Cold
Yellow + Red: Humid
Red + White: Warm
The Elements of Personification
Personification is a type of synesthesia in which sequences, such as numbers, colors, days of the week, months, and letters are associated with personalities.
Hues and shades changes involve several criteria: hues, lightness (the amount of black in a color, red with black can appear brown), saturation (the intensity of the color, for example pale pink is less saturated than pink, Fuchsia (color)), and hue can be affected to varying degrees. In addition, in music, color synesthetes, unlike grapheme, often report that colors change, or move in their field of vision.
Personifying color concept consists of automatically associating each colour with human characteristics such as gender, personality, physical appearance, feelings and also friendly, romantic or family relationships. The associations are formed during childhood and are stable, tending to show no variation over the synesthete’s lifetime.
Our bodies have been designed to be self-renewing and self-healing. However, the body has to be maintained. If any organ is overtaxed, our bodies run out of replenishing material and cannot cope with the overload. When we’re at the point where imbalance has occurred, it is then that we may use colour therapy as a tool to help rebalance and restore ourselves.
The aura is the energy field or “life force” that surrounds, encompasses and permeates all living things. Though very few are able to see the aura in all its glorious detail and vibrant colours, anyone can see or sense the area of the aura lying closest to the physical body. The human aura is similar to a force field protecting and vitalizing every cell and organ of the body. This glowing energy has been called an electric blueprint. The aura’s spiralling vibration field can be seen, felt and interpreted.