reflection

COLORS

Colors mean many different things to different people and cultures. We all have our own favourite colors. People like different colors like they like different foodsThis is because can affect our moods so we surround ourselves in the colors that have a positive impact on our mood. Color also represents feelings, people, countries, cultures, and color symbolism. Red can boost your energy, yellow often makes people feel happier, and blue is proven to bring down blood pressure and slow your heart rate which is why it is often associated with being relaxing. If you combine the happiness of yellow and the relaxing feel of blue you get green, a very pleasing color for many people. Mental health units are known to use pastel tones on their walls so that patients feel calm, happy, and relaxed. Walls that are beige with a pink tint combined with mint green floors are a popular combination as it is said to create a soothing, harmonious and calm area. At the other end of the spectrum, literally, schools tend to user bright colors that appeal to children.

How some colours affect us mentally and physically

Blue: Calming and sedate, cooling

Green:  Soothing, relaxing mentally as well as physically, helps alleviate depression, nervousness and anxiety, offers a sense of renewal, self-control and harmony

Yellow:  Mentally stimulating, stimulates the nervous system, activates memory, encourages communication

Purple: Uplifting, calming to mind and nerves, offers a sense of spirituality,  encourages creativity

Orange: Stimulates activity, stimulates appetite, encourages socialization

Red: Increases enthusiasm, stimulates energy, encourages action and confidence, a sense of protection from fears and anxiety

Brown: Feeling of wholesomeness, stability, connection with the earth, offers a sense orderliness

White: encourages us to clear clutter or obstacles, evokes purification of thoughts or actions, enables fresh beginnings

Gray: unsettling, expectant

Black: feeling inconspicuous, a restful emptiness, mysterious evoking a sense of potential and possibility