“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul”
- Wassily Kandinsky.
Different colours can also make
your life colourful. Do you know how colour is related with your emotions &
mood? The different colours of each wall in the house effect your mind. Actually,
when different colours are transmitted from the eye to the brain, the brain
releases various neurotransmitters & hormones that can affect your emotions
& moods. There are some colours that can increase concentration, produce happiness
while some colours cause depression & anxiety. This is known as color psychology. Psychiatrists use colour psychology as a therapy.
Through this blog, let’s take a
look about various types of colours & their physiological effects.
Effects
of Red –
On mood (Red color psycology)-
Red colour is a warm colour that can
make you feel happy, energized. It’s the colour of passionate love,
seduction, violence & danger.
Red colour can produce anger & help to excite the emotions & promotes determination & ambition.( Red color psycology)
On body parts -
Red colour stimulates autonomic
nervous system as well as respiration.
Red is responsible for tachycardia
& hypertension.
This colour increases person’s
appetite by increasing metabolism.
It also enhances sexual arousal
by producing sex hormones.
Effects of Blue-
On
mood (Blue color psycology)-
Blue
is able to make you feel relaxed. It elicits feeling of calmness by producing “happy chemicals”
like serotonin & dopamine in our body.
Blue
is an intellectual colour. Soft blue can boost your concentration. Actually,
blue is colour of mind & substantially soothing.(Blue color psychology)
Blue can also create feelings of aloofness.
On
Body parts -
Blue
light reduces heart rate & produces bradycardia.
Effects
of Yellow -
Yellow stands for freshness, happiness, positivity, optimism & energy. Yellow is the most noticeable by the human eye.
On mood (Yellow color psycology)–
Yellow
is correlated with hope, laughter. On the contrary, yellow is also responsible
for anger & frustration. Yellow can be anxiety producing. Yellow color mainly used in color psychology marketing.
But
yellow helps to create enthusiasm for life & can provide you energy to do any
work.
On
brain & body parts –
Mainly
yellow colour activates the analytical brain. It can easily grab attention.
It
can also lead to visual exhaustion.
Yellow
can enlarge heart rate.
Effects
of green -
Green is the colour of nature & love that symbolizes freshness. It is a positive colour & can evoke powerful emotions. Green has substantial healing power.
On mood (Green color psychology)–
Green has calming effect. It can reduce stress & anxiety. You can feel peace in the middle of the green.
It also enhances concentration & provides us energy. This colour is very mush suitable for a student because it can improve reading ability.
On Body Parts –
Green is good for eyes because it
is soothing to the eyes. It helps to maintain the heart
rate & blood pressure.
Effects of Black
colour -
Black is the darkest colour that is associated with mystery, aggression & elegance. It is a formal & prestigious colour.
On mood (Black color psychology) -
Black colour has various effects on mood by controlling
the secretion of different neurotransmitters, like it can cause sadness & at
the same time it makes the mind excited. It is related with unhappiness.
Effects of White -
White is the colour of peace that can purify your thoughts & actions. White is also considered as “colour of perfection.”
This is the colour that improves your mood & make you feel happy. White means safety & cleanliness.
We live in the midst of
different colours & they have various impact on our mind. One colour keeps
you happy & other colour keeps you depressed. Actually, “life is like a rainbow. You need both rain & Sun to make
its colours appear.”
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