Effect of colors can be seen on our moods, way of thinking and health. Scientists have done lot of research in this regard. It is observed that at times you like wearing bright colors, but at others you want to wear dull ones. All this is related to the effect that colors leave on a human being.
Colors we see are visible light energy of a certain wave lengths. The photo receptors in the retina, known as cones, translate this energy into colors. Retina of an eye contains, three kinds of cones viz. one for green, one for blue, and one for red. By combining these colors we perceive other colors. This energy of colors when it enters our body, it stimulates our glands, like pituitary and pineal glands. In turn, this affects the production of some other hormones which affects much physiological process. So this makes it clear why colors affect our moods, behavior, thoughts etc. Some Russian scientists, in 1942, showed that how a red light stimulates the sympathetic nervous system while white and blue light stimulated the parasympathetic nervous system.
Research, all over the world has shown that many diseases have been cured by using different colors. It was observed that when patients suffering from diseases like smallpox and measles felt relief when they were kept in a room with red windows.
Similarly depressions and pains were found responding well to the therapy using flashing lights and colored lights. Scientists believe that brain responds differently in the use of different types of colors. Therefore, lots of practioners all over the world are using variety of color related techniques for therapeutic purposes. So color therapy is a well-accepted technique, in complementary medicine, all over the world..
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Any color that is applied to a specific area must be localized. |
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Green, yellow and blue can be used  generally. |
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Red is never to be applied to the head region.
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| Nature of Colors |
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Role of colors in life & your home. |
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Read about colors & elements
Read about the Color that are used in different rooms of your house.
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Our body absorbs color energy through the vibration color gives off. All organs, body systems, and functions are connected to main energy centers. |
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Through color we receive all the energies we need to maintain a healthy body, mind, and soul.
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When something goes wrong, or is out of balance, we can strengthen our energy centers through the conscious use of color. For Vastu Color Therapy Contact Us |
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Healing by means of color and light was the first type of therapy used by man.
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Through sun rays man kept himself warm & colors of the flora fed him and accounted for his mood.
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Light consists of the seven color energies: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Each color is connected to various areas of our body and will affect us differently emotionally, physically, and mentally. |
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"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most." ~John Ruskin
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