COLORS!

We've all heard of the "Science of colors." They say certain colors a person chooses to wear, decorate their house in/with & like the most say ALOT about a person. The colors you choose to wear the most can also have an impact into whether or not you find OR maintain love!

According to many studies/research conducted in the past 7 years:

1. RED represents many things. It can be associated with: energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.

---Red is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, & raises blood pressure. It has very high visibility, which is why stop signs, stoplights, and fire equipment are usually painted red. In heraldry, red is used to indicate courage. It is a color found in many national flags

--- It is a perfect color for 'Buy Now' or 'Click Here' buttons on Internet banners and websites. In advertising, red is often used to evoke erotic feelings (red lips, red nails, red-light districts, 'Lady in Red', etc). Red is widely used to indicate danger (high voltage signs, traffic lights). This color is also commonly associated with energy, so you can use it when promoting energy drinks, games, cars, items related to sports and high physical activity

---Light red represents joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love.
Pink signifies romance, love, and friendship. It denotes feminine qualities and passiveness.
Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.

---It is also the color of love. Red clothing gets noticed and makes the wearer appear heavier. Since it is an extreme color, red clothing might not help people in negotiations or confrontations

---Red cars are popular targets for thieves. In decorating, red is usually used as an accent. Decorators say that red furniture should be perfect since it will attract attention.

BLACK

Black is the color of authority and power. Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery

---It is popular in fashion because it makes people appear thinner. It is also stylish and timeless.

---Black also implies submission. Priests wear black to signify submission to God. Some fashion experts say a woman wearing black implies submission to men.

---Black outfits can also be overpowering, or make the wearer seem aloof or evil. Villains, such as Dracula, often wear black.

---Black is a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). It usually has a negative connotation (blacklist, black humor, 'black death').

---Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes). In heraldry, black is the symbol of grief.

---Black gives the feeling of perspective and depth, but a black background diminishes readability. A black suit or dress can make you look thinner. When designing for a gallery of art or photography, you can use a black or gray background to make the other colors stand out. Black contrasts well with bright colors. Combined with red or orange — other very powerful colors — black gives a very aggressive color scheme.

BLUE

Blue is 1 of the most popular colors

---Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven

---Blue is a masculine color; according to studies, it is highly accepted among males. Dark blue is associated with depth, expertise, and stability; it is a preferred color for corporate America. Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness. Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness.

---Blue causes the opposite reaction as red. Peaceful, tranquil blue causes the body to produce calming chemicals, so it is often used in bedrooms

---Blue can also be cold and depressing. Fashion consultants recommend wearing blue to job interviews because it symbolizes loyalty

---People are more productive in blue rooms. Studies show weightlifters are able to handle heavier weights in blue gyms.

---Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. In heraldry, blue is used to symbolize piety and sincerity.

---You can use blue to promote products and services related to cleanliness (water purification filters, cleaning liquids, vodka), air and sky (airlines, airports, air conditioners), water and sea (sea voyages, mineral water)

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PINK

---Pink signifies romance, love, and friendship. It denotes feminine qualities and passiveness.

---It can be used to show childish innocence, or a characters child-like personality. Pink is normally a color associated with girls and femininity.

---Studies have shown that large amounts of pink can create physical weakness in people. Perhaps there is a tie-in between this physical reaction and the color's association with the so-called weaker sex.

---In some cultures, such as the US, pink is the color of little girls. It represents sugar and spice and everything nice. Pink for men goes in and out of style . Most people still think of pink as a feminine, delicate color.

---For women who are often overworked and overburdened, an attraction to pink may speak to a desire for the more carefree days of childhood

---??Pink has been used in prison holding cells to effectively to reduce erratic behavior

---Since the color pink is said to have a tranquilizing effect, sport's teams sometime paint the locker room, to be used by their opposing teams, pink.

---Some studies of the color pink suggest that male weightlifters seem to lose strength in pink rooms, while women weightlifters tend to become stronger around the color.

---Pink is considered a color of good health and life - we speak of people being "in the pink" or the "freshness" of a newborn babe.

---Pink is associated with sexuality, and purity. That is, a girl who is a virgin in heart and body. Pink is symbolic of pure love, for example. It is also the color used for sexual advertisements and such, to indicate the purity of the girls

GREEN

---Green is the most popular decorating color, green symbolizes nature.

---Green is the easiest color on the eye and can improve vision. It is a calming, refreshing color. People waiting to appear on TV sit in "green rooms" to relax. Hospitals often use green because it relaxes patients. Brides in the Middle Ages wore green to symbolize fertility. Dark green is masculine, conservative, and implies wealth.

---However, seamstresses often refuse to use green thread on the eve of a fashion show for fear it will bring bad luck.

---Green symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility.
---Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money.

--- Sometimes green denotes lack of experience; for example, a 'greenhorn' is a novice. In heraldry, green indicates growth and hope. Green, as opposed to red, means safety; it is the color of free passage in road traffic.

---Use green to indicate safety when advertising drugs and medical products. Green is directly related to nature, so you can use it to promote 'green' products. Dull, darker green is commonly associated with money, the financial world, banking, and Wall Street.

---Green soothes,relaxes mentally, as well as physically, helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety &
Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony

---In several religions, green is the color associated with resurrection and regeneration.

--Green is the color of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
The prophet Mohammed wore a green cloak and turban.

--Green is the color used for night-vision goggles because the human eye is most sensitive to and able to discern the most shades of that color.

---Bright green is the color of the astrological sign "Cancer."


--Dark green is associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy.
--Yellow-green can indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy.
--Aqua is associated with emotional healing and protection.
--Olive green is the traditional color of peace.

WHITE

---White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity (the perfect panty color to wear in the bedroom!). It is considered to be the color of perfection.

---White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. As opposed to black, white usually has a positive connotation. White can represent a successful beginning. In heraldry, white depicts faith and purity.

---In advertising, white is associated with coolness and cleanliness because it's the color of snow. You can use white to suggest simplicity in high-tech products. White is an appropriate color for charitable organizations; angels are usually imagined wearing white clothes.

---Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. White reflects light and is considered a summer color. White is popular in decorating and in fashion because it is light, neutral, and goes with everything. Doctors and nurses wear white to imply sterility.

---Doctors don white coats, brides traditionally wear white gowns, and a white picket fence surrounds a safe and happy home

PURPLE

---The color of royalty, purple connotes luxury, wealth, and sophistication. It is also feminine and romantic. However, because it is rare in nature, purple can appear artificial.

---Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It conveys wealth and extravagance. Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.

---According to surveys, almost 75 percent of pre-adolescent children prefer purple to all other colors. Purple is a very rare color in nature; some people consider it to be artificial.

---Light purple is a good choice for a feminine design. You can use bright purple when promoting children's products.

---Light purple evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.
---Dark purple evokes gloom and sad feelings. It can cause frustration

---Purple uplifts, calms the mind and nerves, offers a sense of spirituality & encourages creativity

---The message you send by driving a Purple vehicle: Creative, individualistic, original

---Lavender: The soft scent of fresh-cut Lavender. The scent of Lavender is said to be stress reducing. A wonderful scent for all year round. Aromatherapy benefits: Balancing, soothing, gently clarifying, normalizing

YELLOW!

---Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. While it is considered an optimistic color, people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms, and babies will cry more. It is the most difficult color for the eye to take in, so it can be overpowering if overused. Yellow enhances concentration, hence its use for legal pads. It also speeds metabolism.

---Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy.

---Yellow produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. Yellow is often associated with food. Bright, pure yellow is an attention getter, which is the reason taxicabs are painted this color.

--- In heraldry, yellow indicates honor and loyalty. Later the meaning of yellow was connected with cowardice.

---Use yellow to evoke pleasant, cheerful feelings. You can choose yellow to promote children's products and items related to leisure. Yellow is very effective for attracting attention, so use it to highlight the most important elements of your design.

---Men usually perceive yellow as a very lighthearted, 'childish' color, so it is not recommended to use yellow when selling prestigious, expensive products to men — nobody will buy a yellow business suit or a yellow Mercedes. Dull (dingy) yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy.
Light yellow is associated with intellect, freshness, and joy

---Yellow stimulates mental processes, stimulates the nervous system, activates memory & encourages communication.
---Yellow is representative of "Greed" in Christianity.

---The message you send by driving a vehicle that is Sunshine Yellow: Sunny disposition, joyful, young at heart,
--If, however, your vehicle is a Yellow-Gold, you give a different impression: intelligent, warm & loves comfort and will pay for it

BROWN

---Solid, reliable brown is the color of earth and is abundant in nature. Light brown implies genuineness while dark brown is similar to wood or leather. Brown can also be sad and wistful.

---Men are more apt to say brown is one of their favorite colors.

---Brown says stability, reliability, and approachability. It is the color of our earth and is associated with all things natural or organic

--Brown supplies a feeling of wholesomeness & gives a sense of orderliness

---While it might be considered a little on the dull side, it also represents steadfastness, simplicity, friendliness, dependability, and health

---Brown symbolizes earth, stability, hearth, home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, endurance, simplicity, and comfort.

ORANGE

---Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

---To the human eye, orange is a very hot color, so it gives the sensation of heat. Nevertheless, orange is not as aggressive as red. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. It is highly accepted among young people. As a citrus color, orange is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. Orange is the color of fall and harvest. In heraldry, orange is symbolic of strength and endurance.

---Orange encourages socialization

---In relationships, wearing lots of orange symbolizes that you are fun-loving, talkative, fickle, and trendy

---Orange also symbolizes energy, balance, enthusiasm, warmth, vibrant, expansive, flamboyant, & demanding of attention

---Orange has very high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design. Orange is very effective for promoting food products and toys.

---Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust.
---Red-orange corresponds to desire, sexual passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action.
---Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality.

GRAY

--Gray symbolizes dignity, security, reliability, intelligence, staid, modestyignity, maturity, solid, conservative, practical, old age, sadness, boring. Silver symbolizes calm.

---Gray is the color of intellect, knowledge, and wisdom. It is perceived as long-lasting, classic, and often as sleek or refined. It is a color that is dignified, conservative, and carries authority. Gray is controlled and inconspicuous and is considered a color of compromise, perhaps because it sits between the extremes of black and white. Gray is a perfect neutral, which is why designers often use it as a background color

---Gray is representative of pessimism

---Gray symbolizes elegance, humility, respect, reverence, stability, subtlety, wisdom, old age, anachronism, boredom, decay, decrepitude, dullness, dust, entanglement, pollution, urban sprawl, strong emotions, balance, neutrality, mourning, formality

---In relationships, gray represents unsettles & creates expectations

TURQUOISE

---Turquoise symbolizes calm. Teal symbolizes sophistication. Aquamarine symbolizes water. Lighter turquoise has a feminine appeal

---Turquoise helps to open the lines of communication between the heart and the spoken word. It presents as a friendly and happy color enjoying life.

---In color psychology, the color turquoise controls and heals the emotions creating emotional balance and stability. In the process it can appear to be on an emotional roller coaster, up and down, until it balances itself.

---Turquoise recharges our spirits during times of mental stress and tiredness, alleviating feelings of loneliness. You only have to focus on the color turquoise, whether on a wall or clothing and you feel instant calm and gentle invigoration, ready to face the world again!

---The color turquoise is a good color to aid concentration and clarity of thought for public speakers as it calms the nervous system, gives control over speech and expression, and builds confidence

---Turquoise can also be self-centered, tuning in to its own needs above all others. At the same time, it can help us to build our self-esteem and to love ourselves, which in turn supports our ability to love others unconditionally. At its most extreme it can be boastful and narcissistic

---From a negative perspective, the meaning of the color turquoise relates to being either over-emotional or non-emotional, lacking communication skills, being unreliable and deceptive

---Symbolizes boastfulness, secrecy, unreliability and reticence, fence-sitting, aloofness, deception and off-handedness.

??If your favorite color is RED, you are action oriented with a deep need for physical fulfillment and to experience life through the five senses.

??If ORANGE is your favorite color, you have a great need to be with people, to socialize with them, and be accepted and respected as part of a group. You also have a need for challenges in your life, whether it is physical or social challenges.

??Choosing YELLO as your favorite means you have a deep need for logical order in your everyday life and to be able to express your individuality by using your logical mind to inspire and create new ideas.

??If GREEN is your favorite, you have a deep need to belong, to love and be loved, and to feel safe and secure. You need acceptance and acknowledgment for the everyday things you do for others - just a 'thank you' is sufficient.

??Lovers of BLUE have a deep need to find inner peace and truth, to live their life according to their ideals and beliefs without having to change their inflexible viewpoint of life to satisfy others.

??INDIGO lovers have a need to feel in harmony and at one with the Universe and to be accepted by others as the aware and intuitive spiritual beings that they are.

??If PURPLE or VIOLET is your favorite color, you have a deep need for emotional security and to create order and perfection in all areas of your life, including your spiritual life. You also have a deep need to initiate and participate in humanitarian projects, helping others in need.

??If your personality color is PINK you have a deep need to be accepted and loved unconditionally.

??If TURQUOISE is your favorite color your deepest need is to create emotional balance in your life, to be able to express your hopes and dreams no matter how idealistic they may be and to make your own way in the world under your own terms.

??If your favorite color is magenta, you are a non-conformist who sees life from a different point of view.

??Lovers of BROWN have a deep need for a safe, secure, simple and comfortable existence with supportive family and friends.

??Lovers of BLACK have a need for power and control in order to protect their own emotional insecurities.

??If WHITE is your personality color, your deepest need is for simplicity in your own life and to be independent and self-reliant so you do not need to depend on anyone else.

??With GRAY as your favorite color, you are the middle of the road type, cool, conserved, composed and reliable.

:::WHAT COLORS SAY ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY:::

-RE😱 If you wear or like lots of red, it suggest that you are extroverted, are a person with desire, appetite & will live life fully. You are somewhat aggressive, impulsive, perhaps athletic, surely quick to release your feelings & emotions. It also suggest that you have many ups & down in your feelings. To you, life is meant to be happy & when it's not, you are confused & upset. You hate monotony & are quick to judge & form quick opinions & boldly express them.

-ORANGE: Generally you are good-natured, likable and social, you make friends easily, with an easy smile and a talent for small talk. Chances are better than even that you will not marry, and if you do, your marriage will be one of light affection. You prefer friendliness and companionship to adoration. A natural born politician, you shine at any occupation in which you meet groups of people. You seldom indulge in serious thought or severe discipline.

-YELLOW: You have great expectations and diligently seek self-fulfillment. Yellow is the hue of idealism — you have a superior mind and you use it. Your manner may be aloof, but you are not shy. You may occasionally feel an awkward moment, but you never get rattled. In many respects you are a longer. You are good at formulating plans, but may not be energetic enough to carry them out. You think things through clearly, are logical and consistent

-GREEN: You are sure to be constant in your ways, persevering, sensible and respectable. You have a good balance. Outspoken, with a love of freedom, those who like green are generally social and live in a good neighborhood, have many friends and belong to social organizations. You tend to resist change. You like parties and you like to eat — and may usually be on a diet. Your social standing, financial position and reputation are all of top importance to you. You constantly seek affirmation of companionship and affection.

BLUE-GREEN: A fastidious person, you have good taste, dress well and probably are a connoisseur of good food and wine. You are poised and apparently self-controlled though inside you may feel tense. You would perish without love and admiration. The man who likes blue-green may be conceited, sophisticated, well-groomed, witty and sarcastic. The woman who likes this hue has a remarkable sense of fashion, is vain, mysterious — and ever charming, with exception appeal to men.

BLUE: You want a serene world and a calm life and you want your affairs to be orderly and neat. An introvert, you are deliberate, introspective, but perhaps not too intellectual. Steady and a hard worker, you will probably be successful and make a lot of money. Though you have a tendency to be egotistical and opinionated, you know how to accept responsibility and obligation. You are sensitive to others and have a secure hold on your emotions.

PURPLE: Two types of people like purple. The first is sensitive, with deep insight, temperamental and creative with meaningful things to do and passionate devotion to them. The second type admires artists, mystics and unique people. This type feels there should be gentility, courtesy and affection everywhere, and no war, disease or poverty. Some lovers of purple are charming and adoring patrons of the arts and others are true artists themselves.

BROWN: You are steady in your ways, persistent and tenacious. Conscientious in all you do, you are also obstinate and more likely to accept than to give. You also tend to be frugal. But you have an ageless quality and never seem to change. Though your brain is not lightning quick, you do have the ability to think things through. You assume responsibilities, are shrewd, rational and sensible. You have no time for anything fanciful, but you are very sensuous

PINK: Two types of people like pink — the person who has led a very sheltered life and the person who, grown older, seeks to regain the innocence of childhood. In pink there is affection, delicacy and an inner conviction, often naive, that life should be a gentle affair devoid of trials and tribulations. Younger people who like pink sometimes hold to the illusion that life should be constantly romantic and generous. Pink is a gentle form of red , and somewhat vain — commmonly preferred among woman in the upper or middle class.

Boy, I sure as hell hope you're copying and pasting! 😉

Posted by Shadows
Boy, I sure as hell hope you're copying and pasting! 😉

Hell yeah I am!!! lol (shoooooooot!)

Posted by PandorasBox
LMFAO. Krys.. youve taken over the relationship board.

MUH HA HA HA HA!!! (evil smirk)

Mmm, my house is all soft rich colors. Greens, blues and golds.

Idk about you guys, but I seem to attract the most attention when I'm wearing red!

They say alot of popular people wear "blue." Hmm, I have noticed that alot of the brands known to draw in teenagers (A&F, American Eagle, Hollister, etc.) tend to have particularly more blue in their clothing line(s) than any other color.

I do believe that certain colors we wear can def. change our moods. When I'm wearing black, I do feel mysterious & kind of sassy. When I'm wearing red, I get this extra boost of confidence & like I really stand out. When I'm wearing green, I do tend to feel more relaxed & laid back. When I wear yellow, I tend to feel more bubbly & "out there." When I'm wearing white, I do feel sort of an air of innocence & purity about myself. Almost like I can't stand to touch anything, say the wrong thing or get a tiny speck or spot on my outfit. It's true. Colors really can affect mood/communication!

My favorite color has been purple since I was little. 🙂

I'm artistic & enjoy the arts.
But I'm sure there are artistic people who do not like purple, haha.

Posted by brianafay
My favorite color has been purple since I was little. 🙂
I'm artistic & enjoy the arts.
But I'm sure there are artistic people who do not like purple, haha.

It's funny that you say that. My birthstone (February) color is purple but yet I absolutely HATE purple. I rarely ever wear it, nor am I ever really drawn to any outfits at the store that are purple no matter how awesome it looks. Purple is like orange to me; it's just 1 of those colors that I can do without. It doesn't give me that UMPH that other colors like red or black do for me.

I'm very artistic & the whole 9 but for some reason, purple just doesn't appeal to me! If my birthstone color was RED or black, life would be so much more awesome =P

Posted by KingPeri
What about Magenta?

^ LOL And Blue, and Periwinkle!

This is an very interesting read. I have to agree with the pieces about decorating with green. I have a very open floorplan in my house with visibility from the kitchen into the dining room and continuing into the living room. I painted the outside wall (shared in all these rooms) and the back wall (in the living room) a light olive green.

When I suggested the color my ex thought I was crazy. I convinced her to trust me and do it. Everyone that has come in loves it. It cools the house down and makes it feel very welcoming and safe. I have had several people comment that they would have never thought to use that color but that it looks great. With the blacks and browns in the furniture, it is a very relaxing area to be in.

??Lovers of BLUE have a deep need to find inner peace and truth, to live their life according to their ideals and beliefs without having to change their inflexible viewpoint of life to satisfy others.

That's right, others should conform to my inflexible viewpoints!

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