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The Power of Colour

Seasons can influence our choice of colours which reflect our moods, for example in the summer, light coloured clothes uplift the mood, like oranges, coral, white, beige, bright blue. In the autumn colours in clothes reflect a change in mood like burgundy ,or brown. Wintertime tends to reflect less light and more darkness, so clothes may be in darker colours like black, dark blue, dark green and grey. The retail shops heavily influence own selection, which depends on the current trends.

retail shops heavily influence own selection, which depends on the current trends. This blog edition looks at how colour can be used to uplift moods and stimulate imagination or creativity. It is believed that colour can affect our mood and although we can’t change the seasons or sunlight allowance, we can use colour to raise our energy and moods. Stimulating colours include red, orange, yellow, coral, cerise pink or any bright colour. Calming, passive colours include green, blue, violet, purple. The calming, cooling colours can bring peace and may even aid sleep. It’s interesting that a calming violet colour is also the colour of lavender, which has the scent that aids sleep. It is possible that cooler, calmer colours may aid physical healing, fever and emotions because the shades may calm the mind, body and spirit when worn.

What colours do you enjoy wearing and why? Which colours make you feel full of energy? Which colours make you feel calmer?

Wear the colours as needed and see for yourself. You can even keep a journal of what colour clothes you wore, why, your mood when wearing them and events of the day to see if there is a pattern.

We are conditioned to wear darker colours in the colder months which have less sunlight and sunshine. In the winter season, we need to consciously wear brighter colours to feel more energised or calmer and raise our own vibrations to be in a happier, more peace-full mental state.

It’s not just the colours that we wear that can support our moods but the environment around us, especially the interior design within own home. It’s easy to like the look of a piece of furniture but does it affect own mood because of the colour. Having too much black or dark furniture in a room will not only make the space look smaller but is more likely to lower a person’s mood.

TRY THIS! Colour and Mood remedies

- If you feel uncomfortable sitting in a room at home, look around the space to find the darker colour objects and remove them from the room, does this uplift your mood?

- Look in your wardrobe, do you have lighter colour clothes for the summer and darker clothes for the winter? Why? Wear brighter colours in the autumn and winter and assess if this uplifts your mood.

- Learn about the colours associated to the Chakra System and add those colours to your wardrobe to wear when self needs to active that chakra root consciously. Do you feel more connected to yourself?

- Make a quiet space for yourself with an assortment of colours that you use to create a mood.

- To feel energised, you can listen to uplifting music and burn orange or lemon essential oil candles which are stimulating whilst adding orange, yellow and red coloured items to the space to feel more awake.

- To feel calm, you can listen to meditative music and burn lavender essential oil candles which are calming and meditative whilst adding blue, green and violet colours to the space to feel relaxed.