How color make us think and feel
What does the color pink make you think of? How does the color blue make you feel? Why do hospital doctor s wear white coats? What color room makes you feel relaxed?
Colors affect everyone
Each person may have a different answer to these question, but we can agree that colors affect everyone. We think carefully about color when we choose our clothes or select paint for a room. But we are often unaware of how color affects us. For example, the color of a room may affect our emotions. Advertisers use color to influence our choices at the supermarket. In addition, we may not realize that colors have many different meanings.
Universal meaning
Colors in nature have universal meaning. For example, trees and plants are green, so the color green often represents life and nature. Blue, the color of the sky, oceans, and lakes, makes us think of air, water, and peace. Colors in the red spectrum - yellow, orange, and red - are warm colors. Those colors may give us a feeling of warmth and comfort or feeling of anger. Colors in the blue spectrum - colors such as blue, green, and purple - are cool colors. They often give a feeling of calmness or sadness. These ideas about color are similar around the world
Colors in health
Humans have known about the power of color for a long time. Ancient cultures in China, Egypt, and India used colors to heal sicknesses. People believed that each color had a healing power. For example, people used blue to decrese pain. Even today, some people say that colors can help people feel better. However, research shows that although colors may change the way a person feels, they cannot heal an illness.