Colour for Health and Wellbeing

Download a useful little chart on Colour and the basics.  This is Free from our site but a great little tool to use when talking about how colours affect the mind, body, spirit connection.

This weekend we may find ourselves upsetting our circadian rhythm of our body (known as chronobiology) as the clock’s ‘fall’ backwards.  The days become shorter, the weather becomes colder and our access to light is a more restrictive. Circadian...

Here are 5 facts about the colour orange: Orange was a symbol of glory and fruits of the earth in early Christian church and was also known as the wisdom ray. Nobility were the only ones during the Elizabethan Era who could wear orange...

You pull that trusty red dress from your closet and you feel sexy. Silly? Or science? More and more, it's beginning to sound like science. Here are four areas of research on the hue that could impact your daily life. You pull that...

The colour Gold is associated with the sun, its warmth and worth.  It stands for vitality and inspiration.  In many old cultures Gold was the most precious colour that represented sun gods and the highest points of spiritual...

Magical Magenta Magenta is defined as purple mixed with red and is a fairly new colour which came about in the 1890's when it was used in the print sector.  In optics, fuchsia and magenta are essentially the same colour. The web...

Feeling blue may not be all bad when it comes to enjoying a good night’s sleep. Those with bedrooms this colour tend to get the best rest – nearly eight hours a night – and wake feeling happy and positive. According to a survey, it is linked to...

Green Glasses are great for the eyes.  Green has great healing power. It is the most restful colour for the human eye; it can improve vision. Green is very restful to the eye and it's at the opposite end of the spectrum to red, which is...

At Science Direct a survey has been taken on how Red affects the way men see women.  This article gives details of how the survey was performed and the feedback.  It's main theme was that when women have Red products or are wearing Red...

Glorious Gold Gold is defined as a precious metal with the symbol value Au and is yellow in colour.  The oxford dictionary defines it as, 'Something considered to be precious, beautiful, or of the most superior quality'. Gold is not an actual...

We are all trying to drag ourselves out of the mind set of that long and literally grey month of January and push forward in to February with renewed hope and enthusiasm.  So, if you are one of the many feeling the effects of seasonal affective...

People who experience migraines that are made worse by light might be better off seeing the world in green. While white, blue, red and amber light all increase migraine pain, low-intensity green light seems to reduce it. The...

As we move into the Winter season, the weather will become cooler and we will find that we become more susceptible to colds and flu.  Did you know that colour can help you to increase your ability to make more Vitamin C and allow your immune system...

There is a great deal of information on SAD around the web and many studies have been made with the link of lack of sunlight and mental, physical and emotional conditions.  We do know that lack of light affects the spiritual conditions in each of...

Here is what happens with SAD: Effect on the hypothalamus The amount of sunlight you receive affects some of your body's hormones and the chemicals in the brain. However, the effect that sunlight has on the brain isn't fully understood. One theory...