The Power of Colour

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Every substance on earth contains colour and every colour has a different impact on us. The rays from the sun contain seven different colours - violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. These are natural colours which are highly beneficial to the maintenance of health and for healing diseases.

The colour wheel describes the relationship between colours. Primary Colours (red, yellow, and blue) are the base on which all other colours come from. When you mix two primary colours together, 50% of one primary colour and 50% of another primary colour you get a Secondary Colour (orange, violet, and green). A Tertiary Colour is created when you combine a primary colour with a secondary colour. This colour experience provides the opportunity to discover for yourself, the impact colours can have on your well-being. The need for a particular colour's vibration seems to differ from day to day. When you absorb a colour vibration it travels, via the nervous system, to the part of the body that needs it.

Jane Struthers wrote that we are all affected by the colours around us. We absorb the energy of each colour in our auras and through our skin. The energy of a particular colour is absorbed into our bodies, affecting all our cells, thus bringing about the healing process of the body.

RED

has the longest wavelength and the slowest frequency of all the colours of the spectrum.

Healing Powers
Alleviates depression, improves blood circulation and helps to heal infection and wounds. Red rules the base chakra.
Positive Attributes
Red promotes courage, passion, alertness, perserverance and confidence.
Negative Attributes
Too much red creates restlessness, aggression and bad temper.

ORANGE

is the second colour of the spectrum.

Healing Powers
Orange is encouraging and revitalizing. It strengthens the gonads and heals bladder and urinary problems. Orange also boosts the immune system. Orange rules the sacral chakra.
Positive Attributes
Orange promotes vitality and emotional warmth. It instills creativity, enthusiasm and forward thinking.
Negative Attributes
Dark dirty orange can lead to difficult attitude towards sex and affects fertility.

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Yellow

helps to generate a sense of well being and happiness. Yellow rules the solar plexus chakra.

Healing powers Yellow stimulates the mind and aids concentration. Heals skin problems and detoxifies the body.
Positive Attributes
Yellow gives clarity of mind and improves memory. It stimulates and uplifts your mood to keep you happy.
Negative Attributes
Excessive yellow creates restless thinking and can trigger sarcasm to lead to arguments. It can also have a negative impact on the digestive system.

Green

is a restorative colour in the spectrum as it lies in between the warm and cool colour. It is associated with nature and is an indispensable colour.

Healing Powers
Green removes stagnant energy and reduces the blood pressure. It is balancing and relaxing and helps to reduce stress. It is associated with the heart chakra.
Positive Attributes
Green fosters unconditional love, empathy, generosity and helps to attract abundance.
Negative Attributes
Too much green can cause jealousy and possessiveness. It can make a person become defensive and egoistic.

Blue

is a cool colour that helps to bring coolness and contraction. It brings peace and is often associated as a calming colour.

Healing Powers
This cooling energy calms tired nerves, alleviating agony and pain we suffer from physical stress. It is beneficial in the treatment of throat infection and high blood pressure. Blue is associated with the throat chakra.
Positive Attributes
Blue helps us to become more detached from our surroundings and problems, so we see them with more clarity.
Negative Attributes
Too much blue can lead to a sense of isolation. It can also create a very strong resistance to change, thus creating a very conservative attitude.

Indigo

helps to stimulate our insight and intuition. The influence of indigo rays, help us to connect to our higher minds, thus connecting us with our higher purpose in life.

Healing Powers
Indigo in is an excellent purifier and cleanser. It has analgesic properties and can be used to combat pain both physically and emotionally.
Positive Attributes
Indigo enables us to strengthen our wisdom. It helps us to make decisions through our psychic and intuition abilities.
Negative Attributes
Too much indigo can lead to unfounded fears. It is not a good choice when you feel depressed or emotional.

Violet

lies in the opposite end of the colour spectrum to red. It vibrates at the fastest frequency and has the shortest wavelength. It is revered by many as a spiritual colour and encourages a sense of compassion and empathy for all living things.

Healing Powers
It clears physical and mental stagnant energy and helps with insomnia. Violet rays also heal bacterial and viral infection. It is associated with the third eye.
Positive Attributes
Violet helps us to connect with the Divine so we can align our human bodies with our spiritual selves.
Negative Attributes
Too much violet can lead to a sense of moral and spiritual superiority and pride. It can also disconnect us to reality and thus leading to the confusion of the mind.

We are all affected by colours around us, regardless of whether we can see it. This means that colours can have a much bigger impact on us than we first thought. The vibration of colours not only aids healing but can also affect us at a metaphysical level.

You may want to find out more in my next article. Fengshui with Colours.