Colors, colors everywhere!

I fall in love with colors the way other people fall in love with books or music or.....other people.  I feel colors. They speak to me, not literally.  I am head over heels in love with the color black right now.  It makes me feel safe and cocooned, so to speak.  That got me curious about how other people respond to color.  My daughter, who has become a vegetarian and an enviromentalist has changed her favorite color from pink to green.  This is not a concious  decision  She now hates pink and everything she associates with that color.  I think she is trying to put off that little girl persona as she turns into a young woman and feels pink makes her younger.  Please, don't tell her I said that.
       Using  color to describe how you feel is nothing new.  I feel blue, tickled pink, green with envy, I see a red door and I want it painted black.  The ancient  Egyptians and the Chinese practiced something called chromotherapy, or using colors to heal. 
I looked up these colors and what they mean.


RED- was used to stimulate the body, mind and the circulation. (Red makes me feel angry)
YELLOW- was thought to stimulate the nerves and purify the body. (Yellow to me, is a            hopeful color)
ORANGE- was used to heal the lungs and increase energy levels  ( I hate orange)
BLUE- believed to soothe illnesses and treat pain. (Blue is boring)

GREEN- is a cool color that symbolizes nature and the natural world. ( I just painted my kitchen green.  I love it)
INDIGO- cured skin problems. (ooooookkkaaaayyyyy)
BLACK- is often used as a symbol of menace or evil (naw!)
WHITE-  represents purity or innocence. (yawn)
PURPLE- is the symbol of royalty and wealth ( purple's cool)
PINK- is essentially a light red and is usually associated with love and romance  (Why do they paint prison walls that color?  hmmmmmm.)

           There is a color test at this website, http://www.axlife.com/luscher/  My daughters and I took it and it was pretty right on.  My love of black says that I defiantly oppose any sort of restriction or opposition.  ( Yeah, that's me.)
          All this is pretty interesting (or boring) but, how can I add color to my home to get the feeling that I want?

Like this: 

*Choose colors of a same tint to create a monochromatic color scheme. On a color wheel, each division, or section of colors are set in blocks like the spokes on a wheel. Monochromatic colors are colors that are all chosen from one of the 'spokes' of colors. For example, a green monochromatic color scheme would include colors in a range of green from the outer edge to the inner circle all in the same color block.

*Choose complementary colors by selecting colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.

*Choose a split complementary set of three or more colors by choosing one color and then the colors an equal distance from either side of the complementary color on the color wheel.

*Create an analogous color scheme by selecting colors that are located next to each other on the color wheel.

*Create a triad color scheme by selecting three colors that are an equal distance from each other at any point on the color wheel

 Now that you know all about colors go add some color somewhere.  Buy a pillow (on sale of course), paint something (no white walls) or just paint the town red.  Do whatever you feel like doing, just do it.


Read more: How to Use a Color Wheel to Find Which Colors Go Together | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5733011_use-wheel-colors-go-together.html#ixzz1TYa0hLL8his:



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