Use Colors as a Tool for Your Happiness and Success!
They can cause profound emotional reactions, calm you, and even stimulate your appetite!
The colors we wear and decorate our environment with directly affect our mood, energy levels, finances and even relationships.
There’s no denying how mood and color are linked when you think of how we use colors to describe emotion- she was green with envy, or I saw red, and I’m feeling blue today.
The colors we use reflect how we feel, but even more importantly, the colors we choose change how we feel.
Bright colors are used in children's hospital cafeterias to stimulate appetite. Dull, dusty beige and pink hues are painted in prisons to subdue violent criminals. Google encourages a bright and colorful work-space to make their employees more creative. Fast food restaurants incorporate the colors red and yellow because they want you to get hungry and eat quickly.
Keep in mind that colors have a deep psychological impact, rooted from your earliest experiences with them.
Use this guide as just that- a guide, while remembering to keep the colors that make you feel good the closest :)
Previously published by me, I own all rights to this work.
Red
It has the longest wavelength, so time appears to move faster and a red object appears closer than it really is. Red can make you stronger and faster yet impairs performance on mental tasks.
Since ancient times, red has been associated with danger, thus should be used carefully and in small amounts.
Wear red accessories when you have a speech or important meeting, but stay away from it during tests or exams. You can use red to your advantage by wearing red accessories when you have an important interview, meeting, or speech to capture your audiences attention and for a splash of confidence. And wear red to a race and to the gym for a boost of energy and endurance.
Orange
Orange cheers people up and makes others consider you the life of the party. It enhances the feelings of happiness and vitality.
Like red, it draws the attention and shows flow but is not as overpowering. Orange feels aggressive yet balanced; it portrays energy while still being friendly and inviting. Orange is a smart call to action color to buy an item.
Yellow
Yellow improves your spirits and intelligence, so wear something yellow during your next test. Have splashes of yellow in your creative work environment for inspiration.
In abundance, yellow can negatively affect anxiety and fear. It also reflects the most light so too much of it can irritate the eyes.
If you need a cheerful, energetic and comforting mood boost wear and surround yourself with bits of yellow.
Green
I’m sure you’ve heard that walking in nature relieves stress, rejuvenates and refreshes. Of course! It's because you’re surrounded by the healthful calming effect of green!
Too much green can bore and stagnate.
Green is associated with new beginnings, health and wealth. It’s a good color to use to portray security and growth or to inspire possibility.
Blue
Darker blues such as navy give a professional, corporate feel while light blues such as the ones used by facebook and twitter invoke a friendlier, relaxed feeling.
Being an intellectual color, it’s good to use blue to enhance mental clarity. And wearing it to interviews will help you appear dependable and trustworthy. But if used in excess you may appear cold, disengaged and unfriendly. And avoid using blue when you’re sad for the obvious reasons.
Purple
Associated with royalty, purple helps you appear dignified, independent, and ambitious. Incorporate purple for a boost of ambition, and to make you appear wealthy and proud. Darker purple help to make a product or person look more luxurious and wealthy, while a lighter shade adds mystery and romance.
Too much purple can be associated with the stigma of magic and can make you appear pompous.
Black
Wear black when you need security and emotional stability. It is associated with sophistication, glamour, and control.
Too much black conveys coldness and menace. Hence the reason the movie villains wear all black.
Wear a black shirt when you need to feel in control and during negotiations. It also helps you look more serious for an interview or promotion.
White
Of all the colors, white reflects the most light, so if you want your room brighter paint the walls white.
It is light and airy, and associated with summer. It is one of the most popular colors in the fashion and decorating worlds as its neutral and goes with anything.
Doctors and scientists wear white lab coats to signify sterility, as it is the most difficult color to keep clean.
Remember that colors are subjective. What makes one person energetic might make another angry depending on past experiences, culture, etc. All colors have positive and negative aspects, the key is to use in moderation. Add splashes and highlights here and there and experiment for the optimal effect :)
How do you use colors? Share in the comments!
images via pixabay
I appreciate your support :)
With Love and Light and Good Mojo to my Tribe!
Remember to follow,
Upvote and
Resteem,
because
loves you!
The Day My Son Was in a School Shooting
~
Prepare for Economic Collapse
~
Write to Heal. Because it's Your Right to Heal
~
How To Lead Them to Focus on the Positive with Science!
~
When you don't wanna get up
~
You Are Exactly Where You Want to Be. Are You Ok With That?
~
A Very Cool Thing Happens When You Visualize Success
~
Shoe
~
How to Place Images at the Sides of Your Posts
If you found this post after the 7 day reward period, please consider upvoting one of my recent articles
I am wearing RED today... It's my birthday today... Vibrant red dress... :D
Totally agree color is a powerful tool! Why I choose RED today? I guess it's my day so I wanna be in control! And be HAPPY! (^.^)v
p/s: Red also is the auspicious color for the Chinese.
Many people associate China with the color red. Not only owing to "Red China," but also because much of the festive merchandise that we find in Chinese shops and other places tends to be red.
@elizacheng Hope you have a very Happy Birthday, and many other RED-Letter days.
(I trust you look good in red, as well as feel good when wearing it!! :-))
Thank you! Yup, I think I do look awesome in this red dress... :D
Great. Also, I trust you will ... BE good.
Happy Birthday!!!
Yes, red is a lucky color in China :)
I hope your birthday is amazing!!!
Thank you!!! I am a Malaysian Chinese... My first birthday with Steemit!
How wonderful!
May you have a blessed and prosperous year and many happy steemit birthdays :)
Yes! Thank you! 💕💖 💓 💗
The significance of colors can also be seen in the colors of many brands.
Image source: https://blog.bufferapp.com/the-science-of-colors-in-marketing-why-is-facebook-blue
Great share!
This is a fascinating post, all the more so since it's about something we learn about in first grade, or before.
Some of the points are clarifications or explanations of common knowledge, but all of them have insights and observations that are very interesting.
Just a personal note, but you did not cover beige or brown. My fave colors are earth tones, from brown through tan and beige and rust, and even on to dark orange. Almost everything I have or acquire is in earth tones (or nondescript black) – my clothes, my furniture, my coffee mug, my hats, my motorbike. And any accents are reds or teals that complement those earth colors.
(I'd love to read a post about some of those less-than-prime colors, if you ever have time to compose one.)
You know, you are right. I can't believe I left out beige and brown! How dare my brain forgetteth!
I will write a post including them :) lol, man- I can't believe I missed that!
No major issue, just pointing out something re my personal preferences.
Brown is a oft-ignored color. When was the last time you saw a brown car? Or a brown jersey for a sports team? Probably never.
I'll look forward to a future post of yours, telling the world about the glories of brown, beige, tan, rust, etc. :-)
@arbitrarykitten I saw what you did there with the color Black......You tossed in one of my kitties..................
It was just to let you know I'm keepin my eye on ya ;)
Yes you are.................
Your colour collection is awesome but my favourite colour is black and it is also truth that every colour have a different energy
@arbitrarykitten
My favorite is black also :) My second favorite alternates between blue and purple <3
Thanks!
You are really amazing because you are in touch with your comment that so I Like in u so.i started following u
Thank you so much! That means a lot :)
Years ago, there was a saying... "If someone gets a little crazy, just lock them up in the "Blue Room."
Lol! Yup, calm their fiery butts down!
Was the room actually blue, though?
From what I understand, many asylums had one... Maybe more.
Ah, scary!
Show your art in the Steemit Art Gallery
https://steemit.com/art/@chrisaiki/steemit-art-gallery-show-your-art-week-2
Oh cool, thanks! I'm checking it out :)
Nice post @arbitrarykitten. Thanks for the information about colors.
You are very welcome! Now, instead of just getting dressed, or decorating, you can manipulate your colors to achieve your desired effects ;)
Another great and informative post. I was introduced to this concept in college as a marketing major. Colors are just one of the mind tricks used in advertising.
Just one of them. The marketing and advertising world is truly manipulative on many levels!
Yes the more I learned, the more cynical I became. I don't regret it, though. Once I woke to the manipulation, I became mostly immune to it. I say "mostly" because there is a lot of manipulation on the sub-conscious level. Especially since the switch to digital TV signals.
Right.
Yea, I have become terribly jaded too, lol. But I am happy I am awake!