Color psychology and the meaning of colors

Your home is the threshold between your inner reality and your outer reality. It can be used both to understand who you are now and to direct where you want to go in the future.

Along with feng shui and other environmental metaphysics , color psychology can be used as a powerful tool to create your own reality. Color has a remarkable impact on your psychological and physical well-being. Once you begin to understand the effects of color, you can in turn use color to your advantage — both as a metaphorical and literal instigator of positive change in your life.

Experiencing color is both objective and subjective.

The meaning and psychology of color are rooted deeply within and transcend cultural references. Color always carries visual, symbolic, synaesthetic, emotional, and physiological effects with it. In addition, color preferences can relate to your state of mind, glandular imbalances, and primal memories.

Using color in your home is not a cut-and-dried approach. Below I’ve offered some common psychological effects of color. Look them over and see what resonates with you. You can also review the different areas of the feng shui bagua and see what colors correspond to each life situation.

Follow your intuition and use your best judgment. Use colors that you love and that energize and inspire you. If you are told that purple represents abundance but you hate purple, then do not use it. Use a color that represents abundance to you.

Your intention is everything.

If you are very out of balance and feel like you cannot get in touch with your intuition, then use the color recommended for your intended goal. Sometimes people can be so out of balance that they cannot decipher what is for their highest good. The true test is whether or not it feels good. I know it seems too simple. But if you weigh every decision, activity, relationship, and thought on whether or not it makes you feel good and then do only those things that make you feel good, you will live a life of pure joy, fulfillment, love and happiness. This is the truth. Go back to the beginner’s guide if you have doubts.

Quick Guide to Color Psychology and the Meaning Of Colors

Red. Red is the most dominant and dynamic color. Color psychology suggests that red is activating, stimulating, passionate, exciting, powerful, and expanding.

Orange. Orange is very stimulating, active, cheerful and sociable. It is less arousing than red and more pleasantly stimulating.

Yellow. Yellow is very happy, warm, stimulating, and expansive. It draws people out and makes people more talkative. Yellow encourages optimism and hope and helps to focus attention and stimulate intellect.

Green. Green is very calming, balancing, healing, relaxing, and tranquil. It represents growth, vitality, abundance, and nature. Green stimulates possibility and is very inspiring.

Blue. Blue is calming, healing, soothing, and relaxing. Blue characterizes dependability, trustworthiness, and security. It increases creativity, contemplation, and spirituality.

Purple. Purple represents nobility, abundance, and dignity. It is very soothing and calming and is often related to intuition and spirituality.

Black. Black connotes sophistication, power, elegance, and modernity. It is also introspected and mysterious.

White. White represents clarity, innocence, cleanliness, spirituality, purity, hope, expansiveness and openness. It can also be sterile and detached.

Grey. Grey is neutral, calm, quiet, and lacks energy. According to color psychology grey can also be boring, conservative and draining to the physical body.

Brown. Brown is stable, grounding, reliable, motherly, and comfortable, and inexpensive.

Pink. Pink is sedating and calming. It also symbolizes love and romance.

Learn about the color psychology of muted tones and metallics.

Discover what colors mean in fashion and graphic design.

Find out the difference between passive and active colors.

Understand the difference between warm and cool colors.

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