Color therapy: blue. Influence of color on a person, color treatment

The meaning of colors in color therapy. Treatment of diseases in adults and children.

• The world is full of colors and therefore interesting. Human eyes, thanks to light, distinguish colors, their shades
• Our ancestors noticed healing reactions for the human body from the contemplation of a particular color. Therefore, they paid special attention to his choice, the layout of the dwelling and its color, clothing
• Color is able to activate and extinguish the processes occurring in the human body and psyche. These properties are explained by the wave nature of each specific color. This is how it acts on the pituitary and pineal glands, which are responsible for the production of hormones.
• Accordingly, the former either give a signal to their intensive production, or to reduce the rate of appearance

Let's talk in more detail about color therapy, its application features and benefits for humans.

Color for the treatment of diseases in children

multi-colored fingers and palms of the baby

Children are naturally impressionable and tend to have a deeper perception of everything they see. Perhaps this is why the color treatment of their diseases has a positive effect:

• red color has a beneficial effect on the treatment of skin diseases, including scarlet fever, chickenpox. The alternation of red and yellow rays removes anemia, apathy in babies, and helps to increase their physical activity, weight gain
• orange is indicated for weakness of the heart and disorders of the lungs. It treats flu well when directed to the spleen and green to the throat
• yellow is the color of vision. It is soft for the eyes and corrects many of their diseases.
• blue has proven to be beneficial for mental disorders ah violent nature, relaxation of the muscles of the eyes
• blue reduces the manifestations of jaundice, vitiligo, promotes scarring of burns, decreased appetite
• green is soothing and relaxing, effective in treating claustrophobia
• blue, blue and green have a calming effect, relax the child's psyche, tune in to sleep, give peace of mind. Therefore, psychologists and designers agree on the choice of such a color scheme for a children's bedroom
• purple color works to maintain the balance of the internal processes of the skin, strengthen immunity, equalize blood pressure, mental health
• pink heals babies even in a hospital setting. It is enough to use underwear of this shade.

Color treatment methods

color treatment - diagnostics of health by chakras

Since people have been using color therapy for a long time, there are a lot of methods for its practice. Let's globally divide them into 2 groups:

• special
• everyday

The first include color treatment in:

• clinics and specially equipped rooms in medical institutions
• organization of space for color therapy on the territory of enterprises / firms with the involvement of a medical specialist
• clinics or psychologists' offices by the method of focusing the patient's attention on the color shown on a sheet of paper
• selection of minerals and applying them to sore spots according to the scheme determined by a specialist

In the second group you will find different ways home treatment color:

• interior of the house and rooms
• clothes
• table setting
• consumption of food of a particular color at a particular point in time, for example, orange for lunch, green for dinner
• drinking water charged with one color. To do this, wrap a transparent vessel with paper or polyethylene of the desired shade and put it in the sun for several hours. Or dip the healing mineral and infuse water with it under sunbeams

The meaning of colors in color therapy

color palette in color therapy

Each color and shade carries certain information and vibration. We distinguish them subconsciously and with the help of our eyes.

If you look at the meaning of colors in color therapy, then:

• red has a warming effect, has a beneficial effect on blood flow, muscle function. He is able to cheer up a person, structure his emotions and thoughts.
• orange awakens the fire of digestion and normalizes breathing. It stimulates the production of joy hormones. It was noticed that he was able to heal a person from infertility
• yellow - the color of the sun and organs located near solar plexus... Able to instill confidence, perseverance, strength, especially before important negotiations
• green color personifies life, optimism, harmony with the outside world. The heart and lungs are especially susceptible to it.
• blue is the color of truth seekers. Activates thought processes, normalizes the activity of the urinary-reproductive system, relaxes the body and psyche before going to bed
• blue color love our skeletal system, organs of vision and respiration. It perfectly relieves pain, heals all kinds of addictions
• violet has both strength and softness, combines the energies of body and spirit. Affects the pineal gland, which means the mental and emotional work of our body

Be careful when working with flowers, as their overabundance provokes a reverse reaction - instead of curing an ailment, the latter intensifies.

Green color therapy treatment

healing green in nature

Green is considered the most harmonious and encouraging color in color therapy. He personifies:

• love
• friendly relations
• generosity and abundance
• comfort

For human body it is useful:

• as a regulator of the well-coordinated work of the heart, respiratory system and vision
• in the role of antiallergen and a preventative of inflammatory processes
• the ability to align the activity of diseased kidneys
• as a eliminator of headaches and dizziness

For our psyche, green is shown:

• to relieve stress, especially after the strongest experiences and stresses
• as a means for relaxation, restoration of inner harmony, tranquility
• to make decisions, even in the most difficult situations
• as a deliverer from negative feelings and emotions

Contemplation of the natural green color organizes thoughts, reduces mental excitement, encourages thinking and determining a further plan of action.

What to treat with yellow?

yellow tulips - pleasing to the eye

Confident and funky, yellow has the power to heal our body and mind.

On the physical plane, it facilitates work:

• digestive system
• organs around the solar plexus
• liver
• head - enhances concentration, memory
• skin
• excretory system, especially during the period of purification procedures
• the whole body in getting rid of toxins and excess weight
• metabolic processes, especially liquids

Psychologically, he is strong in:

• overcoming shyness, self-doubt, depressive and gloomy outlooks on life
• giving energy, liveliness to the mind, refinement, concentration
• increasing curiosity and interest in life
• improving overall mood
• establishing communication links between people. The latter feel the need to talk, to express everything that is boiling in their souls

When to apply white?

White flower healing in color therapy

White color at the same time personifies innocence and death, the transition from one stage of being to another.

It acts on the psyche as a purifier of negativity. Wear white clothes if you are currently in a difficult and dark period in your life.

In most religious movements of the world, white is associated with holiness, purity, chastity, and the female essence.

What does blue cure?

blue clouds - a reflection of natural blue

An activator of intuition and a performer of desires - this is how they say about the color blue in color therapy. It is also the only strongest pain-relieving color on the spectrum.

On the physical plane, they are treated:

• diseases of the eyes, ears, brain
• the skeletal system, especially the spine
• diseases endocrine system
• deviations in blood pressure
• manifestations of menopause in women
• painful periods
• respiratory organs and airspace from contamination
• bruises, colds, asthma, skin diseases
• unhealthy habits - smoking, alcohol and drug addiction

Mentally, he is capable of:

• restore healthy brain and psyche in general
• calm down, instill confidence in a happy resolution of any situation
• relax, position to calm
• instill a sense of comfort and safety
• put away negative emotions and soreness from memories
• inspire new achievements

Treatment in red

girl's red dress

The brightness and warmth of red has a beneficial effect on both the general well-being of a person and his mental state.

From the point of view of the body, he is capable of:

• have a beneficial effect on the circulatory system, dilate blood vessels, eliminate blockages, thin the blood, stimulate the production of red blood cells
• strengthen immunity and memory, increase low hemoglobin, help in the harmonious flow of cleansing procedures
• align the work of the liver, endocrine glands
• eliminate hypotension, anemia, colds, infectious and skin diseases
• stimulate brain activity
• restore the body weakened after illness

At the level of the mind, red acts like this:

• activates internal energy reserves
• adds energy, self-confidence, enterprise
• removes depression, depression, melancholy

How to apply pink, orange, purple?

meadow flowers of orange, pink, yellow and white

The color of tender love is pink. It is used for:

• healing the heart and restoring its strength
• getting rid of depression, melancholy
• accelerating the healing process of children who are in the hospital
• elimination of diseases in the pelvic region
• giving the skin of the thighs and buttocks a healthy velvety
• relaxation of mental and physical

Orange is the color of cheerful optimists, positive thinking and health. It copes with:

• cleansing function of the body due to the connection with the spleen
• saturation of the body and spirit with positive, faith in oneself, a healthy assessment of one's strength
• giving vigor and joy, wise judgment in difficult periods of life
• transformation of negative emotions into constructive
• acceptance of your destiny and all its turns while maintaining the ability to start life from scratch

The mysterious purple color will appeal to those who are prone to emotional pumping, who want to lose weight. In addition, he:

• beneficial for the organs of vision, immune and lymphatic systems
• reduces heartbeat, migraine, skin rashes, eye fatigue
• protects from loneliness

Pain treatment with color

colored funny baby palms

Scientists all over the world have paid a lot of attention to studying the effect of color on human perception, treatment of diseases. In particular, on the basis of research, Russian minds have developed a computer program that makes it possible to diagnose hospital patients in order to determine the nature of pain.

According to their writings, pain is of three types:

• somatogenic - provoked by injuries, cancer, surgical operations, chronic diseases of tissues and joints
• neurogenic - arising from damage to the central and peripheral nervous system
• psychogenic - observed due to the prolonged influence of stressful situations, difficult periods of life. Medical examinations patients with this type of pain usually do not bark any results, that is, from the point of view physical health a person has no diseases

Interestingly, all patients associate the absence of pain with green, yellow, and less often red colors of the spectrum. So it can be assumed that these colors have an analgesic effect on a person.

Color therapy in psychology

colored pencils for drawing as a therapy

The knowledge of our ancestors about the effect of color on humans has been proven by scientists in practice.

• Our eyes are able to perceive three colors - red, blue and green due to the presence of the corresponding cones in the structure of the visual apparatus. And we distinguish shades depending on the percentage of mixing of the primary colors.
• If none of the colors is caught by the eye, we say that we see black.
• If you have a specific goal of reducing the manifestations of the disease at the physical or psychological levels, study color therapy and choose the right color to achieve it.
• Scientists went further and proved that human skin is also capable of distinguishing and assimilating vibrations of a particular color. For this, a number of studies were carried out with the placement of a naked man in rooms. different colors, including dark, devoid of lighting
• Take a look at the works of the great physicians of antiquity. For example, Avicenna advised his patients to wear clothes and natural minerals of a specific color, change the colors of the walls of the dwelling, take a bath with colored water.
• Contemplation of living natural landscapes and those depicted in the picture also evokes certain emotions and associations in us. For example, a cloudy day in late autumn or a bright sunny summer day inspire melancholy or joy, happiness in us.

Using color therapy to relieve stress

drawing with colored paints with your fingers as a stress relieving method

• Dynamism modern world leaves its mark on every person. Therefore, the amount of stress does not decrease.
• There are enough methods to overcome them, among them color therapy, or chromotherapy, has taken a worthy place.
• Thanks to the scientific and practical works of scientists, we can independently choose the desired color and work with it in order to relax, bring our body and mental state into balance

Here are some tips for those looking to try color treatments to relieve mild, irregular stress:

• red is contraindicated in people suffering from hypertension
• blue should avoid hypotonic
• green color will cause relapses in those who suffer from cancer
• avoid prolonged contact with only one color, it should be changed
• black color will never get you out of stress and depression

If you've been depressed for years, chromotherapy alone won't be enough. Be sure to contact a specialist for advice and help.

Practice color treatment with:

• special lamps painted in different colors
• nozzles for lamps, lampshades
• glasses with special lenses
• charged with a specific color under the sun's rays of water
• taking a colored bath. You can color the water, for example, with colored sea salt.
• wearing the right shade
• eating food of one color or another

Color therapy: exercises

the formation of bouquets of flowers as a method of color therapy

Let's look at several different color therapy exercises:

• rainbow - to relieve fatigue, gain vitality and energy. The exercise is performed lying with closed eyes... Include a pleasant meditative composition or nature sounds. Imagine that you find yourself in a tent on a summer day in the forest. Hear birdsong, foliage noise, and light rain. You relax, fill with joy, unity with the sounds of nature. The rain ended and you went outside. Around you is a sparkling world and a rainbow between the trees. Imagine that you can fly and climb up to it. Slowly plunge into the beneficial vibrations of each color of the rainbow in turn. Linger on each of them for 20 seconds. Then feel your body, state. When you're ready, slowly open your eyes. Watch a short video about the rainbow to consolidate the effect
• to eliminate myopia - pictures or cards with landscapes are used, in which there is a lot of either white, or purple, or black. This stimulates the areas of the brain that are responsible for concentrating on distant objects, which means that the eye muscles are trained. After the end of the class, close your eyes for a couple of minutes and relax.
• yellow square. Prepare a 40x40 yellow paper square. Fix it at a distance of a meter and a half from the chair on which you will sit. Look at him without distraction for a quarter of an hour. Then close your eyes for a couple of minutes and relax. Your brain will independently transmit yellow vibrations to those organs that need it
• with a candle and a picture for training eyesight. Place a lighted candle a meter away from you. Take the painting alternately in one or the other hand. Pull it out as far away as possible so that you can see a candle in your field of vision. Try to clearly see what is shown in the picture. This result must be achieved with both eyes.

Color therapy: games

children play with colored toys

Treating and correcting the mental state with color is equally good for children and adults. Only due to the fact that kids believe in miracles and are more willing to join the game, more opportunities for chromotherapy have been developed for them:

• dancing with scarves or pieces of fabric of a specific color
• drawing up of colored pieces
• coming up with colorful stories
• associating your mood with a specific color
• coloring pages
• search for items of a specific color
• games with pencils, felt-tip pens, crayons, colored paper

Among adults, coloring in the form of mandalas is widespread - this is a drawing consisting of small repeating segments, each of which is painted in its own color.

• While working on painting fragments of a drawing, you calm down, ponder the events of your life, are charged with the colors that you use in the process
• So, we examined the meaning of colors and their effect on humans, including with the aim of curing specific ailments in adults and children. Identified exercises and color games suitable for all ages
• Color therapy as a practical science has been tested by time and has proven its relevance up to the present moment. Moreover, side effects she does not have a reasonable use of the accumulated knowledge

Video: the effect of color therapy on a person to cure diseases

In psychology, color therapy is often used to relieve stress, to correct behavioral reactions in children, to stabilize the emotional background and to solve many other psychological problems. Only knowing the meaning of colors, as well as their effect on emotional sphere and the psychological state, you can correct the correction.

Psychosomatic aspect in the treatment of children

Each color has a certain wave. It affects those organs of the endocrine system that are responsible for the production of hormonal substances - the pituitary gland and the pineal gland. That is, the color gives a signal for intensive production, or to reduce the production of these substances.

Children are more impressionable, they are able to deeply perceive what they see. Therefore, the use of color therapy is one of the effective ways impact not only on the psychological background of the child, but also on the physiological state.

Features of the influence of colors on the child's body

1. Red and its shades have a positive effect on getting rid of various dermatological problems. The parallel use of such rays together with yellow rays helps to eliminate problems with iron deficiency, depression, increases physical activity and endurance, and promotes active growth and weight gain in babies.
2. Orange the spectrum is recommended for use in case of violations in the activity of the cardiac apparatus, with frequent illnesses organs of the upper respiratory system... Orange rays directed to the area where the spleen is located are very effective for the treatment of flu and colds.
3. Yellow is an irreplaceable aid for vision. It is easy to perceive and helps in correcting many ophthalmic problems.
4. Blue has a positive effect on the psychological and mental state, helps in the correction of mental disorders, helps to relax the muscular apparatus of the organs of vision.
5. Thanks to blue color decreases appetite, decreases the manifestations of skin problems - vitiligo, burns.
6. By using green colors can calm down and relax, treat various phobias, in particular, the fear of confined spaces.
7. Thanks to purple spectrum can be strengthened by natural protective functions organism, balance blood pressure indicators, improve the emotional background.
8. Pink color can be used to treat "childhood" diseases (chickenpox, measles, scarlet fever, etc.).

For a child, the most positive color combinations are blue, cyan and green. With their help, the child's psyche relaxes, the quality of sleep improves. That is why experts in the field of psychology recommend using just such a combination of colors when arranging a room for a child.

How to apply

There are two main methods of using color therapy - special and everyday. The special method includes the use of a certain range in clinics, as well as in specialized medical institutions in specially equipped rooms. Also special methods applications include: organizing a corner with a certain range in firms, in offices; the use of special cards by a psychologist or psychotherapist and deliberate concentration of attention on them.

Color therapy- color treatment at home involves the use of a certain range in the interior of the premises, clothing, accessories, the use of products of a certain color. According to many experts, both methods are effective.

Basic values ​​of the palette

Each color has its own vibration wave and its own information that distinguish our organs of vision. The following values ​​can be distinguished:

1. Scarlet- warms, has a positive effect on the work of the circulatory and hematopoietic system, the muscular apparatus. Promotes physical activity, helps to find a balance between emotions and thoughts.
2. Orange gamma helps in the functioning of the digestive system, improves the activity of the upper respiratory system, promotes the production of hormonal substances that are responsible for positive emotions, helps to improve the functioning of the reproductive system.
3. Thanks to yellow the shade appears confidence, determination, willpower.
4. By using green palette, you can achieve pacification, optimism, harmony. The effect on the cardiac apparatus is especially positive.
5. By using blue color, the functioning of the urinary system is improving, relaxation of the body and psyche is achieved.
6. Thanks to blue color can reduce painful sensations, help in getting rid of bad habits.
7. Impact purple gamma on the organs of the endocrine system helps to balance the hormonal background.

When treating with color therapy, a careful approach is necessary, since an excessive amount of colors causes back reactions- instead of treatment, the disease worsens.

Impact of the green palette

Green is the most harmonious. It contains the following qualities: friendship, love relationship, generosity, prosperity, appeasement. There is a positive effect on the human body:

• Helps to establish the work of the heart apparatus, auditory and visual apparatus;
• Helps to reduce allergenic substances, prevents the development of the inflammatory process;
• Improves the functioning of the organs of the urinary system;
• Helps relieve headaches.

Also green helps to eliminate psycho-emotional stress, removes Negative influence prolonged and intense stress, is an assistant in making even the most difficult decisions, relieves of negative emotions and thoughts. It is recommended to contemplate the natural color palette, it is much more effective than the artificial one.

Exposure to the yellow spectrum

The effect of yellow on the physiological side of the body is as follows: it improves the activity of organs digestive tract, the area of ​​the solar plexus, liver and gallbladder, improves the quality of memory and attention. It also eliminates problems with the epidermis, kidneys, helps to remove toxic substances, thereby achieving healthy weight loss, improving metabolic processes.

Psychologically, yellow helps to overcome shyness, insecurity, depressive states, gives a positive emotional attitude, energizes the mind, gives refinement and concentration to nature, increases curiosity, and improves the emotional background. Yellow color helps to establish communication, makes it possible for a person to feel needed in society, to self-actualize.

Applying white

This color is the personification of innocence, it symbolizes the transition from life to death. Psychologically, it helps to clear negative thoughts, emotions, attitudes.

Blue palette

Blue is an activator of intuitive thinking, contributes to the achievement of goals. This color relieves pain, helps to achieve healing from diseases of the organs of vision, hearing, problems with bone apparatus, spine, improves the therapeutic effect in eliminating problems with the organs of the endocrine and digestive systems.

Regulates blood pressure indicators, reduces the severity of the manifestations of the climacteric period, cleanses the respiratory system from harmful substances, eliminates problems with the skin (bruises, abrasions, diseases of the epidermis).

Also, blue helps fight negative addictions. Psychologically, this spectrum makes it possible to improve the functioning of the brain, restores mental health, soothes, instills self-confidence, relaxes, instills a feeling of comfort and security, eliminates negative emotions, and is an inspiration.

Applying the red scale

Red has a positive effect on the general well-being of a person, on his psychological state... At the physiological level, it has the ability to:

• Have a positive impact on work circulatory system, dilates blood vessels, prevents the appearance of congestion and blood clots, thins blood fluid, increases the production of red blood cells;
• Increases the natural protective functions of the body, the level of hemoglobin, helps to achieve the maximum effect during various therapeutic procedures;
• Regulates the activity of the liver;
• Is adjusting blood pressure, relieves colds, infectious processes in the body;
• It activates the activity of the brain, increases blood circulation;
• Promotes the restoration of immunity weakened for a period of diseases.

On a psychological level, red replenishes energy reserves in the body, gives self-confidence, energy, helps to remove depressive state, apathy, melancholy.

Features of the use of pink, orange and purple

Delicate pink color is an assistant in the treatment of heart diseases, regulates the activity of the vascular system, eliminates depression, increases the rate of recovery from colds and diseases, relieves problems in reproductive system, makes it possible to achieve peace and physical relaxation.

Thanks to the orange spectrum, you can achieve a positive attitude and thinking. There has been a positive impact on such internal organs: spleen, liver, gallbladder. Cleans the body of negativity, toxic substances, gives vigor, self-confidence, joy, helps a person to be judicious, transforms negativity into positive, teaches us to accept our destiny and all events in life and cope with difficulties as efficiently as possible.

Purple will surely please sentimental, emotional, romantic natures. It promotes weight loss, positively affects the organs of vision, the lymphatic system and immunity, improves heart rate, eliminates migraine attacks, helps to fight skin problems- acne, blackheads, boils.

The use of color therapy in sessions with a psychologist

The human organs of vision perceive only red, blue and green colors, all the rest are shades that are assimilated after mixing the primary colors. If the eyes do not perceive any spectra, the person sees black.

In addition to the organs of vision, the skin and human organs are also able to pick up the vibration of colors. Thanks to this developed a large number of techniques that help to achieve physical and psychological health.

Among such methods of psychocorrection, one can single out: art therapy, staying in multi-colored rooms, wearing clothes of a certain color, an aromatic bath with the use of components for dyeing water. It is also recommended to contemplate natural shades - ponds, forest, grass, foliage, autumn and winter landscapes.

In addition, contemplation of paintings, flower arrangements, fire sources and artificial reservoirs is also recommended. Each shade has its own effect on the psychological and physiological background, helps to solve certain problems.

Color therapy, as a color treatment, also involves the use of techniques that include the use of special equipment to influence one color or another, depending on what kind of ailment needs to be cured.

Thanks to color therapy, you can achieve the maximum effect in the treatment of physical diseases and psychological negative conditions. You don't have to be a psychologist to use different shades correctly. It is enough to study their meanings.

The perception of blue usually evokes associations with the universe and thought. With faithfulness and divine wisdom.

Blue and religion

Blue is traditionally considered feminine.
Judaism almost always classifies this color as a common human logic of the universe. The roof of the first temple of Yahweh is already decorated with blue.
Blue tones are also perceived as thoughtful in Buddhism. So, in the blue energy center, the tantric teaching sees an intuitive and creative finding of tranquility. Liberation from desires leading to various actions in the outside world.
The blue light (which emanated from the Buddha's hair) symbolizes the spirit of Universal Compassion for all beings. Blue - (the color of the father) means eternity and fidelity and symbolizes the inextricable unity of the intellect and the Universe.

In ancient Egypt, the inside of the pyramid was painted blue. The beetle is a blue beetle.

In the canons of Christianity, blue is the color of the Queen of Heavenly Virgin Mary. The blue / blue tones of Mary's clothes were canonized by Pope Innocent III and from the 12th century. symbolize faithful love and patience.
The blue colors of Christianity are heavenly truth, eternity, faith and fidelity. Blue is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

Vedic teachings attribute this color to the cloak of Indra, the king of the gods.

In Kabbalism, blue are the colors of mercy and mercy.

Magicians and wizards are dressed in blue. In the Middle Ages, people who wore blue knew the truth.

Symbols of blue

For many peoples, blue symbolizes heaven and eternity. It can also symbolize kindness, loyalty, constancy, disposition, and in heraldry it denotes chastity, honesty, glory and fidelity. "Blue blood" speaks of a noble birth; the British call the true Protestant "blue."

Blue is constancy, perseverance, perseverance, devotion, dedication, seriousness, severity.

In addition, blue is close to black and receives symbolic meanings similar to it. It was considered mourning in Ancient Egypt and among some peoples of South Africa.
The French call horror "blue fear" (recall the tale of the "blue beard".
Among the Slavic peoples, blue served as the color of sorrow, grief, and was associated with the demonic world. Ancient legends describe black and blue demons.

It is known that the ancient Greeks wore blue rather than black clothes as a sign of sorrow.

Speaking of clothes ...

Blue color in clothes

Psychologists believe that self-sufficient and mentally stable people prefer blue clothes.

Is your wardrobe full of dark blue clothes? Then we can safely say this about you: you are an intelligent and independent person.
You cannot live without warmth, affection and attention.
You are distinguished by extraordinary patience, endurance and restraint.
You often "withdraw into yourself": the state of immersion in thoughts helps you to concentrate, tune in to making a decision in any important issue.
It is highly recommended to wear blue clothes for those people who have incredibly frequent mood changes.

People who opt for shades of blue do not see life without daydreaming and a world of dreams. Such people will make any sacrifices in order to show themselves, somehow self-actualize. It is extremely important for them to be noticed by others.

It should be noted that blue, in its own image, has the same practicality as black.
Among the ladies who consider blue as their favorite, obese women are often found. It is widely known that dark blue and black tones visually reduce the volume of the figure.
The psychology of color finds in this preference "disappointed expectations, depression and a passive desire for safety." For obese people, psychologically, there is a certain feeling of loneliness hidden behind the blue color.
This confirms the increasing propensity of obese women to become blue with age. At the same time, there is an increasing rejection of yellow as preferred. The woman in blue cannot help but submit to circumstances. "Blue, as a completely opposite movement, slows down yellow ..." - said Kandinsky.

Blue is very rarely used in the fashion world (but it is considered the dominant color in the world of Chinese clothing). It is much more common in work-type clothing. Color therapists even advise choosing blue clothes for work, as they do not distract attention and help to focus.
You can easily find it in the world of sportswear. Tracksuits and caps are almost never complete without blue.

It is believed that this is the best color for clothes when you go to a meeting with by a stranger(for example, when applying for a job). Blue inspires confidence and gives the impression of seriousness, thoughtfulness and reliability. This is the color of authority, it is no coincidence that the business dress code for men for business official events prescribes the wearing of a dark blue suit.

The blue color is soothing, but at the same time it keeps you in good shape. Represents conservatism.
The color blue is conducive to communication. Choose blue clothing when you want to fight anxiety and anxiety. This color is attractive to people of phlegmatic temperament.
The combination of blue and white is considered ideal for careerists, this combination develops flexibility and the ability to adapt. Given color necessary if you need to restore balance in life. The most popular corporate color. The color of wisdom. It induces processes in the body that promote relaxation.

This color is considered ideal for bedrooms as it evokes feelings of relaxation. But for bathrooms it is not recommended, as it still belongs to the group of cold colors.

The predominance of a color (or combination of colors) in the design of the room creates a certain emotional and business environment. Few businessmen know that the color scheme of the interior affects the subconscious of a person. And not only on the efficiency of employees, but also on the results of business negotiations.
Thus, the blue color promotes better assimilation of information and the establishment of friendly relations, therefore it is recommended to use it in meeting rooms. And, it would seem, close to it blue, on the contrary, scatters attention and reduces the efficiency of staff. So many managers do not even realize that the reason for the sharp decline in the commercial profit of their company may well be ... a chic European-style renovation in the office, made in a very fashionable nowadays style of "heavenly blue".

Blue color and character

Each person prefers one color, at least no more than two or three (depending on where these colors are used - in clothes, furnishings, the color of the car, etc.). The pleasant or unpleasant feeling that a particular color evokes can change over time. But in any case, the color you prefer can tell a lot about your character and emotional makeup.

People who prefer this color try to put everything in order, organize it. They always have their own point of view; devoted to what they do, their devotion to people can reach the point of blind obedience.
Also, people who prefer blue are gullible and need trust. Sensitive to the needs of others, capable of strong attachment, such people have a hard time experiencing any betrayal or disappointment.

Blue is the color of the sky, peace, relaxation. People who have a liking for the color blue have the following characteristics: melancholy, modesty, insecurity, honesty, and a strong need for peace. These people are prone to self-sacrifice, love to read, prefer to give rather than receive. "Blue" people do not like and do not know how to make trouble. They feel lonely even when they are surrounded by people. They do not avoid large companies, but, nevertheless, prefer to stay with close friends. "Blue" people strive for harmony, calmness, patience and perseverance, for serenity. They are conservative, reliable, have an even character and think twice before they say or do anything.
If your color is blue, you have a strong sense of responsibility. You should be careful that pedantry does not make you too demanding of others. However, your attentiveness to people and gentleness will outweigh the negative traits of your character.

Those who are tired of stress, who want harmony with those around them, with their nervous system, choose blue.

In rejection of this color, a person is revealed who wants to give the impression that he can do everything in the world. But, in essence, he is a model of insecurity and isolation.

People experiencing prolonged stress, tension, reject the color blue. If a person does not like blue, he dreams of achieving harmony with the nervous system. He hates routine and monotony in any of its manifestations.
In general, a dislike for the color blue means anxiety, restlessness, the need to break out of the surrounding monotony. Perhaps you want to change jobs, or even change your whole life in search of impressions. You are probably tired of the fact that someone is constantly "hoping for you", but your conscience does not allow you to give up everything. Would you like to be rich or famous (or both?) Because sometimes you feel like it allows you to enjoy life without having to work so hard and hard. Deep, deep blue is often associated with sadness and melancholy, which is why some people put it in last place.

It is also generally rejected by smokers.

Indifference to this color speaks of a well-known frivolity in the field of feelings, although hidden under the guise of courtesy. In short, choosing blue as the preferred color reflects a person’s physiological and psychological need for rest, while denying it means that the person avoids relaxation.

The need for this color is greatly increased when a person is sick or offended by someone. This color gives every person strength, despite the fact that it is a domineering and narcissistic color. The color blue is multifaceted: when necessary, he knows how to be gentle, when necessary - rebellious and unshakable.

Color therapy

Blue colors can have an inhibitory effect on a person or generate a kind of anxiety. And even a sad mood. Fatigue or mild depression.

One of the reasons for this is myopia to blue, which is common for humans (due to the uncorrected chromatic aberration of the eye). The blue surface seems to move away from the one looking at it.

Goethe in his "Teaching about color "wrote about it this way:" As much as we willingly follow an object moving away from us, we just as willingly look at the blue color, because it draws us along ... ". Like hypnosis.

In color psychology, blue characterizes the need for peaceful and relaxed rest. Serves to restore strength in deep experiences.
Blue expresses the desire for security or oblivion. To harmony and passive sensitivity. For a pleasant connection and satisfaction.
As the color of peace of mind, it is associated with introspection and self-absorption.

Blue colors

• soothe aggression,
• are filming headache and eye strain
• normalize heart rhythms and blood pressure,
• as well as the work of the respiratory system and thyroid gland.

Shades of blue:

• Indigo (dark blue)- the color of dreams. A very serious color. Can lead to a depressive state, can cause a sad and sad mood. If a person completely rejects the dark blue color, it means that he wants to relax and be distracted.
• Blue- the color of carelessness. It is calming, hopeful. Blue also stimulates human vision. The only drawback to color is that it distracts attention and interferes with focus. In addition to this, he is a growth and development retardant. Blue is considered the color of dreams and dreams.

In color therapy, blue is used to treat manic conditions of neuropathies. when over-excited or violent.
As a calming color, this color has a positive effect on the behavior of extroverts.

Often blue tones are used for insomnia and to dispel obsessions. As a pain reliever for neuralgia, it is stronger than blue.

However, you should always remember about the possibility of oppression of "closed" intelligence due to real introversion (inward orientation) of blue tones.

Blue is calling feeling of comfort and peace, relieves tension, reduces blood pressure, soothes breathing.

Color therapy specialists especially recommend blue for women for violations menstrual cycle and during menopause.
The blue color makes the flow easier diseases of the endocrine system.
In addition, it affects skeletal systems y, especially on the spine.

Brain, eyes and sinuses also treat in blue. It is the most potent pain relieving color in the spectrum. It is able to reduce the effects of air, water and food pollution, and remove negative emotions that are embedded in the subconscious. Since the field of its influence includes the ears, eyes and nose, blue color is good for acute inflammation of the sinuses and catarrhal phenomena.

Blue is used for bronchitis, asthma, for the treatment of lumbago, migraine, eczema, bruises and inflammations, in small doses - with hyperfunction of the thyroid gland and kidney disease.

Blue is the color of the fulfillment of desires and intuition. With its help, you can understand what in life you need to get rid of. The blue color can reveal addictions of any kind - to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes. This color heals painful memories, helps to cope with emotional turmoil, and helps to inspire

Blue foods include seaweed, eggplant, mushrooms, celery, asparagus, milk, cheese, potatoes, and more. These foods promote good sleep and healthy digestion.

Meditation

Like all colors of the blue part of the spectrum, blue leads away from worldly life and leads to the spiritual world, where intuition is more important than reason, and faith is more important than proof.

Blue refers to the pituitary gland, which is located at the base of the brain and is an important endocrine gland in the body. The pituitary gland, with the help of hormones, exercises general control over the rest of the glands, including the thyroid and adrenal glands.

Blue color frees thinking and blood and frees from fears and anxieties that prevent hearing that inner voice that knows what we really need. If you are seeking to develop your psychic capabilities, expose yourself to the color blue by visualizing it or meditating with it. He will help you open your “higher self” and develop inner vision. Blue helps to decipher the meaning of dreams.

Sit back.
Tune in to blue, for that you can use the photos below or just imagine something blue. For example, a blue sky. Now imagine soft pleasant waves coming from it.
Soft waves are transmitted to your body, it relaxes, it is fueled by beautiful blue energy.

Imagine that this energy is concentrated in the center of the head in the form of a blue flower. See and feel the waves of blue energy, they spread throughout the body, filling every cell. The blue flower grows larger and larger, it extends beyond the head and forms a beautiful crown. Many long roots are formed in it - these are neurons, they go out of the head through the spinal cord and diverge throughout the body, reaching every bone, every muscle and organ. Their impulses bring wisdom and order.

Feel the order and calmness in your body. Now every cell knows what to do, every cell receives all the nutrition it needs. After all, along the blue nerve fibers to the flower from each cell of the body, there are signals about its condition, about what it needs. See and feel how the blue flower with its dense network of roots - neurons, puts your body in order. It becomes strong, healthy, saturated with the energy of love, creativity, creativity and harmony. Watch and feel how waves of happiness fill you, your room, your country, the entire planet and the universe. These waves are reflected many times and return to you, accept them, enter into resonance with them. Be happy and the whole world will be happy with you!

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In summary: blue color - the antipode of red - inhibits any activity, lowers blood pressure and temperature, has a hypnotic effect. Its calming effect turns into a depressing one. Recommended in therapy for emotional and nervous people... The color has antiseptic and bactericidal properties, heals edema, burns, baldness, rheumatism, headache, eye inflammation.

On the color wheel Orange is located between red and yellow and, therefore, has an impact on physical body(red) and thinking (yellow). Like red, this color is strong and vibrant and should be used with caution. We associate orange color with health and activity, many people start their day with a glass of orange juice. It also tones up and endows the body with vitamin C, which supports immune system and protects against colds and runny nose.

Orange gives feeling of joy, pleasure and fulfillment.

Orange is the color of fun, youth, celebration of life.

If you are feeling great and enjoying life, you do not need orange recharge.

Too much orange can lead to complacency or self-indulgence.

The color orange is associated with the spleen, which monitors the purity and health of blood in the body. And just as this organ cleans the blood of pollution, so orange can help you assimilate negative emotions or accept unpleasant events in your life, such as, for example, the loss of a loved one or a break in a relationship. This color can also be useful when you feel like you've been cornered, stumped, and afraid of changes that will move you into the future while leaving the past behind. The action inherent in this color is development, the discovery of oneself in life, the ability to start life anew.

Positive thinking

Orange also correlates with positive thinking. Orange affirmation helps you to rekindle a sense of “enjoying life,” it will act as “mental support”.
Example Orange affirmation:"I have healthy body and spirit, and I enjoy life to the fullest! "

It is very good to wear orange clothes. It is not at all necessary that all clothes be orange, this color is very bright and does not suit everyone. For the effect, it is enough to have an orange scarf on; a piece of amber or coral can also help. Even if you just put a vase with bright orange flowers in the room, this will already be enough to cheer yourself up.

Orange qualities:

Positive- Cheerfulness, Sensuality, Sociability, Humor
Negative- Pampering, Laziness, Dependency, Anger

Orange products:

1. Pumpkin, rutabaga, carrot, orange pepper
2. Coriander seeds, caraway seeds
3. Orange lentils, egg yolk
4. Oranges, tangerines, peaches, apricots, sea buckthorn, kumquat, nectarines, mango, papaya, melon

From the book "Secrets of Color Therapy" by Stephanie Norris

1.1 History of color therapy

And the world lies in a box of bright colors ...

J. Priestley

Color is light, without which our existence is inconceivable.

We perceive color mainly through our eyes, but unconsciously we absorb it through skin, muscles and even bones. Color, thus penetrating into our body, causes certain biochemical reactions in tissues, stimulates important glands, including the pituitary gland. This gland generates hormones that control the functions of the body: sleep, sexual arousal, metabolism, appetite. Acting on our body, color can become its healer. The science of color healing is called color therapy.

Color treatment has been used since ancient times. The peoples of the ancient civilizations of Egypt, India and China used the healing properties of color. So, we find documentary evidence that, for example, Chinese doctors have treated stomach diseases with yellow color since ancient times, and that patients with scarlet fever were recommended to wear red scarves.

Avicenna in his famous work "Canon of Medicine" also wrote that bleeding should not look at red, but should use the soothing properties of blue in order to stop the bleeding from the wound. He also used colored ointments and colored elixirs in his practice. In the Middle Ages, large stained-glass windows were used in the temples under construction, through which multi-colored healing rays fell.

The science of color therapy itself originates from the discovery of the English scientists Down and Bloont (1877) of the healing properties of ultraviolet rays (treatment of skin diseases and rickets). An important step in the development of science were the works of American scientists Edwin Babbitt (The Principles of Light and Color, 1878) and Pleasanton, which describe the therapeutic effect of each color of the spectrum. So, Babbitt recommended treating infertility with red, nervous disorders with blue, and using yellow as a laxative.

The German physician Georg von Langdorff discovered that red dilates blood vessels, while blue, on the contrary, narrows them (Die Licht- und Farbgesetze und ihre therapeutische Anwendung, 1894). Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher, mystic and educator, used color in his spiritual teachings. He founded anthroposophy, the science of spiritual perception of man and the development in man of self-awareness in connection with the Universe. Schools were founded on the basis of the study of anthroposophy. In the premises of the first center for the study of anthroposophy, windows with multi-colored glass were installed so that people could experience therapeutic effect colored rays. In modern Langdorf schools, color is used at every stage of children's development. When teaching young children, bright and warm colors are used, and cold colors are used for teaching older children.

A warning! Since colors cause certain physiological reactions in the body, red color cannot be used in inflammatory processes, high blood pressure. Do not use blue under reduced pressure. It is also dangerous to expose yourself to a color for too long, especially the red end of the spectrum. Treatment also requires complementary color therapy, even if for a short time. Typically therapy in green or with the colors of the blue end of the spectrum should not exceed 15 minutes, and the treatment with the colors of the red end of the spectrum should last less than half of the above time. Healing with an additional color lasts three minutes for red and blue and seven minutes for green.

1.2 The healing effects of color

In Egyptian temples, archaeologists have discovered rooms, the design of which forced the sun's rays to be refracted into one color or another of the spectrum. Egyptian doctors, having determined which person lacks which color, seemed to bathe the patient in the healing streams of healing rays for him.

Each color contains a whole range of shades, from the subtlest and delicate to the deep, imbued with wisdom and knowledge. You have to immerse yourself in color, as in the depths of the sea, surrender to its vibrations, like the waves of the sea, swim in color, absorb color, be filled with color, and only then you begin to feel what color is.

Colors are invariably present in our environment. At home or at work, in a store or on the street, consciously or not, we constantly feel the influence of color on us. It was found that when the stairs in the workrooms were painted in red tones, employees stopped often to chat with each other. To pacify violent prisoners in the United States, rooms painted in a soft pink are used. After some time, there was a decrease in muscle activity. There are many examples of the effects of color. Camille Flammarion, a French astronomer who lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, proved from experience that plants and animals are not indifferent to color. Lettuce - lettuce under red glass grew four times faster than under the sun, reached a very high height, but under blue glass, its growth was insignificant. Beans bloom in white and red light, and dying in green and blue light.

The color effect on the body is well known. In fact, doctors have long used the elements of color therapy. Strong excitement was removed from the patient even with bouts of violence, when he was placed in a room with blue walls, blue lighting. The greatest physicians of the past considered color to be one of the most important factors in the healing process. So, Celsus, when prescribing a medicine, necessarily took into account its color: light purple, blue, pink ... For the treatment of wounds, he used a black, green, red or white plaster, depending on the type of wound. Avicenna made a diagnosis by the color of the patient's skin and urine. A great connoisseur of human nature, he compiled a special atlas, where he described the relationship between color, human temperament and human health. He believed that the bright morning color aids in the assimilation of food; red color creates an optimistic mood and increases blood flow) covered their patients with red cloth), yellow colors heal the liver, reduce pain and relieve inflammation.

Traditional medicine widely used color treatment, giving special preference to red. So, for a long time in Russia, red flannel was used for the treatment of scarlet fever, and for erysipelas, red wool; to protect themselves from jaundice, they wore gold beads. In Scotland, red wool cured sprains, in Ireland it helped in the treatment of sore throats, and in Macedonia it prevented fever. In old England, a small child's hand was tied with a red thread so that his teeth grew better.

Another example: one of the bridges in London was painted black. It was noticed that the largest number of suicides in the city happened on this bridge. After the bridge was repainted green, the number of suicides dropped dramatically.

Modern scientists believe that color therapy is one of the most promising and reliable methods of treatment and recovery.

Light is a flow electromagnetic radiation visible for human eye a range of wavelengths, the components of which (depending on the wavelength) are perceived by a person in the form of a color octave. Each color has its own specific effect on the human body, including its psycho-emotional and physiological state.

The long-wavelength part of visible light (red, orange, yellow) has a sympathetic-tonic effect, the short-wavelength part (blue, blue, violet) has a parasympathetic effect. Green part of the world - reconciles both influences.

Chromotherapy is carried out mainly through the eyes, while "... the energy flow of light is perceived by a colossal network of vessels, a concentrated pigment-reagent system of the iris and retina, and then the regulatory centers of the brain are transmitted unhindered and instantly."

Further, light causes a whole cascade of transformations in the body, acting on organs and systems, activates physiological processes, restores the balance of the internal environment, maintains the stability of cellular metabolism, regulates metabolism, increases the viability of cells and tissues, immunity and supports the natural mechanism of homeostasis.

Each color of the optical spectrum has a certain effect on the psychoemotional and physiological state of a person. Red, orange and yellow have a stimulating effect; green, blue, blue and purple - sedative effect.

Red color

It has sympathicotonic, antidepressant, thymoerectic effects on the nervous system: it increases the activity of tropic hormones, enhances metabolic activity, increases heart rate and respiration, normalizes cardiac activity, eliminates congestion, and increases blood pressure. The energy of red color improves appetite, enhances libido, will, accelerates the pace of thinking, increases efficiency, endurance, strength, visual acuity, stimulates immunity.

The use of red is effective in treating influenza and viral diseases upper respiratory tract, hypotension, hypochondria, flaccid paralysis, as well as skin manifestations of certain diseases: measles, lupus, erysipelas, chickenpox, scarlet fever.

However, the color red can cause feelings of emotional stress, excitement, anxiety, arterial hypertension and tachycardia. Therefore, you should not abuse the red color for obese people suffering from hypertension. For such patients, the use of pink is recommended, which calms the nervous system, reduces excitability, and improves mood. How often do we say that someone "looks at the world through rose-colored glasses" without thinking about the root cause of this statement.

Orange color

Improves blood circulation, digestion, skin trophism, promotes the regeneration of the nervous and muscle tissue, stimulates the activity of the gonads, enhances sexuality, increases the level of neuroendocrine regulation, appetite, muscle strength. Orange color is effective in the treatment of diseases of the bronchi, lungs, especially bronchial asthma, in addition, it is used for hypotension, anemia, diabetes, colitis. Excessive color is arousing. Orange color stimulates the thyroid gland, helps fight hiccups, cramps.

If stomach pain occurs, imagine a bright orange blinking color, and the pain will soon subside.

The psychotropic effect of orange corresponds to a combination of antidepressant and mild psychostimulating action. Mental activity, appetite, physical performance increase, exhaustion, fatigue, and drowsiness decrease. Memory improves. Sex drive increases.

The sympathetic-tonic effect is minimal. This allows the color orange to be prescribed to the elderly and those with cardiovascular diseases.

Yellow

Stimulates the work of the entire gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, liver, activates the autonomic nervous system, has a cleansing effect on the entire body. It is used in the treatment of eczema, allergic dermatitis, chronic gastritis, atonic colitis, constipation, diabetes, chronic diseases liver and biliary tract. Improves mood and mental performance. Creates harmonious attitude to life. Strengthens the antidepressant effect of red, but prevents the increase in anxiety. Consistent use of red and yellow colors gives good results in the treatment of depression. Strengthening the processes of excitement, or weakening the inhibitory processes, the yellow color increases physical performance, relieves the feeling of fatigue and drowsiness.

Yellow increases appetite, stimulates nerves, liver, strengthens the heart and controls blood sugar. During depression, take out all yellow from the closet and "bathe" in this sunshine.

Excess increases the production of bile, causes excitement.

Green color

Affects the cardiovascular and nervous system, relieves spasms of smooth muscles of blood vessels and bronchi, has a sedative effect on the central nervous system, slows down the heart rate, lowers blood pressure.

In terms of treatment, green is effective for hypertension, headaches, neuroses, stress, neurasthenic syndromes, insomnia, fatigue, bronchial asthma.

In the absence of green, excitability, nervousness, irritability, and inappropriate activity increase.

It is a harmonizing color. Eliminates excitement, anxiety, relieves emotional stress. Has a hypnotic effect. Stabilizes emotions, relieves vasospasm, improves microcirculation.

Causes a sense of balance, harmony.

For the prevention and elimination of visual fatigue, the appointment of green is recommended. With prolonged visual stress (working with a computer), it is recommended to conduct sessions every 30-40 minutes.

It soothes, has a bactericidal effect, has a beneficial effect on the thyroid gland, vocal cords, bronchi, lungs, and the digestive tract. It normalizes blood pressure, regulates the work of the heart, relieves muscle tension, helps to reduce appetite, lose weight, and at a certain dosage (in combination with red color) has a tonic effect.

The healing value of blue tones is great: they are used for various inflammatory diseases of the throat and vocal cords, hepatitis, burns, rheumatism, in the treatment of eczema, pustular skin lesions, for childhood infections, itching, insomnia.

A positive result of the use of blue color in osteochondrosis, in obese and overweight people was noted.

An overdose of color causes a feeling of fear, intensifies the cooling effect of wind and cold factors.

Blue color

It has an effect on the pituitary gland, the parasympathetic nervous system, has antibacterial properties, helps to fight infections, fevers, is effective in throat diseases, spasms, headaches, palpitations, intestinal upset, rheumatism. A large therapeutic effect was observed in patients with thyroid diseases. The dark blue color (indigo) is effective for asthma, inflammatory lung diseases (clears mucus), whooping cough, jaundice, colitis, spasms. Its effect is curative for hysteria, epilepsy, neurosis, fatigue, insomnia.

The psycholeptic effect of blue includes sedative, muscle relaxant and hypnotic effects. Calmness, muscle relaxation appears, the rate of thinking, speech-motor activity, speech expression decreases, anxiety decreases. The combined use of blue and yellow colors does not cause inhibition of volitional processes and thinking.

Excessive color causes dryness, fatigue, obsession, and a sense of fear.

Purple

In violet, it is as if the action of two colors - blue and red - is combined. It has a tonic effect on the brain, eyes, increases muscle strength, normalizes the spleen, parathyroid glands, the nervous system.

It is used for mental and nervous disorders, concussions, increases efficiency and normalizes sleep, facilitates the treatment of colds. Effective in inflammatory diseases of the liver, kidneys, urinary and gall bladder, rheumatism.

It has a pronounced psycholeptic effect, modulates interhemispheric relations. Long-term use can cause feelings of melancholy and depression.

1.3 Impact of color

increases internal energy, libido (libido) and sexuality, promotes the activation of hematopoiesis, normalization of blood circulation and metabolism. Since ancient times, primitive people have associated red with vitality. It symbolizes the energy and power of creation.

Psychologically, red can promote growth or cause destruction.

The red color has a strong cleansing effect; he will relieve you of melancholy and drive away negative emotions, heal your psyche and body. Muscles also respond to red. It helps to relax stiff limbs and joints, especially the legs, and is useful for paralysis.

The color red is warming and should be used by those prone to colds and needing warmth. Helps to stop the inflammatory process. However, overuse of red can cause irritation and complications of the disease.

If you feel sluggish or unwilling to tackle difficult but necessary tasks, working on your visual representation of red will give you strength.

The color red acts optimistically. He has energy and vigor, pushing to accomplish great things. Red is the color of strong people, it personifies perseverance and will, vigor and fun. However, if you have high blood pressure, it can worsen your condition and cause anger and irritation.

If you are nervous or, on the contrary, get tired quickly, constantly want to sleep, try decorating the room in which you work with something red. Buy red roses, hang a picture in red in front of your eyes, or just put a bright red folder on the table. This will immediately improve your mood, put your nerves in order, increase your efficiency and vitality.

ORANGE

helps to overcome fatigue, blues, depression, insecurity, anxiety and fear. Orange color is useful for any disturbances in the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, heals the kidneys and bladder, and stimulates the adrenal glands. When a threat arises, the adrenal glands produce adrenaline, which instantly enters the bloodstream and forces you to act quickly to avoid danger.

Orange is the color of the harvest, the fruits of the earth, grown under the rays of the sun. It stimulates the appetite.

It is the color of action, enthusiasm and freedom that will help you rebuild life when everything seems to be smashed to smithereens: you are experiencing grief, divorce, bereavement, shock.

People suffering from lung, heart and endocrine diseases should definitely get orange curtains. The body will respond to this color with great health. And if you hang them in your bedroom, you will forget about sexual dysfunction.

This color is good during menopause, as it balances the hormonal state. It helps with infertility and helps to clear mucus from any body system.

Orange is used to treat mental breakdowns and depressive conditions. It helps to get rid of obsessive fears and strengthens morale.

Orange encourages going forward. Working with this color, a person instinctively gropes for the right path, regardless of his intellect. With the energy of orange, you will become the mistress of your destiny.

increases concentration, improves mood and memory. Its effect is very beneficial for liver disorders. Yellow affects the solar plexus, which is associated with the liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach. Thus, the area of ​​yellow color extends to the entire digestive tract. It is beneficial for the skin and nervous system, improves vision.

Yellow is a wonderful "orderly". It tones and detoxifies the entire body, helps to relieve constipation, controls weight, as it promotes the movement of bodily fluids, for example, stimulates the secretion of gastric juice necessary for digestion, controls perspiration, relieves swelling.

It is noticed that yellow color strengthens the central nervous system, promotes the desire to speak out, which relieves the soul and relieves obsessive thoughts.

Yellow color gives liveliness to the mind, helps to quickly assimilate information, promotes clarity and accuracy of thought, awakens curiosity. With the help of the energy of yellow, you can overcome all difficulties and use all the possibilities. This is the color of energetic people.

Vibrations of yellow are useful for lack of self-confidence or shyness. Yellow gives fun and joy. It can relieve depression and a dark outlook on life. This is the color of laughter.

Yellow is very diplomatic, full of composure, style and sophistication. This is the color of focus, so use it when you need to bring certainty into your life.

promotes rhythmic work of the heart, rest of the eyes, has a moderate anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect, is useful for reduced kidney function, dizziness, nervousness. He is the most harmonious and balanced of all the colors of the universe. This is an emotional indicator - if the balance of the green color is disturbed, pains in the heart occur, which may be the result of envy and jealousy. Green disposes to wholeness and love. It is the color of emotional relationships. Since green helps to get rid of negative feelings, turn to it during stormy periods of life, it will calm and cool emotions. Green is directing. Therefore, it is used when you need to make a decision.

Green is the gateway to freedom, halfway rest, the color of friendships, it relieves negative emotions and stress, weakens anxiety and restores stability.

Green is the color of decision making. If you hesitate and hesitate, close your eyes and visualize green. He is very productive, especially in business. A characteristic feature of green is practicality. He disposes to generosity, brings comfort to the world.

Green is composed of yellow and blue. Yellow is the last color on the hot side of the spectrum, and blue is the first part of the cold side. Yellow brings clarity and blue brings wisdom. Together, they help you become aware of the events in your life. This is very important, because most of the diseases develop as a result of negative images of the past, from which it is necessary to get rid of.

Green loves harmony and balance: it is neither hot nor cold, neither active nor passive. This is the color of great change. Green helps with claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces) by expanding the space.

Green is a great color for heart disease, relieve headaches, improve liver function, stabilize blood pressure and soothe nerves. It is a wonderful tonic. It is in harmony with everything, therefore it is a healing color. wide range actions. Trees and grass - what could be the best color therapy for humans?

soothes, improves immunity, relieves inflammation and burning sensation, for example, with sunburn, has a beneficial effect on the thyroid gland. This is the color of the present - the era of Aquarius, the seeker of truth, who goes ahead in search of truth.

Blue represents the highest order of the mind. His strength lies in calmness and directness; usually diplomats have a blue aura. Sometimes blue craving means a desire for change.

The color blue helps with stress and anxiety, it can lower blood pressure. With its help, they relieve inflammation, stop bleeding, reduce pain in sciatica and stomach ulcers; it helps with urinary incontinence.

Blue brings peace and contentment. He emanates calmness, poise. It disposes to reflection, reminds of the need to rest and relax.

How many people suffer from insomnia and do not know what to read at night under a blue lampshade, then sleep will not take long. You can also hang a blue-and-blue patterned rug in the bedroom, the result will be the same.

causes a feeling of comfort and peace, relieves tension, lowers blood pressure, soothes breathing. Color therapy specialists especially recommend the color blue for women with menstrual irregularities and during menopause. The blue color facilitates the course of diseases of the endocrine system. In addition, it affects the skeletal system, especially the spine. The brain, eyes and sinuses are also treated with blue.

It is the most potent pain relieving color in the spectrum. It is able to reduce the effects of air, water and food pollution, as well as negative vibrations that are introduced into the subconscious. Since the field of its influence includes the ears, eyes and nose, blue color is good for acute inflammation of the sinuses and catarrhal phenomena.

The blue color is used for bronchitis, asthma, for the treatment of migraines, eczema, bruises and inflammations, in small doses - for hyperthyroidism and kidney disease.

The blue color can reveal addictions of any kind - to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes. Similar bad habits usually indicate that something is wrong with the person. This color heals from painful memories, helps to cope with emotional turmoil, promotes inspiration; wonderful cleaner. Blue is the color of the fulfillment of desires and intuition. With its help, you can understand what in life you need to get rid of.

PURPLE

enhances intuition, normalizes the state of the lymphatic system, helps with migraines. Physically, purple affects the pineal gland, located in the diencephalon. All mental orders come from here. Purple must be used with caution - it is a heavy color. Too much can cause depression. It is not recommended for the treatment of young children.

The color purple is very useful for any internal inflammation. It is also good for sciatica. Reduces skin rashes, weakens the heartbeat, helps with any disorders associated with the head (for example, concussion). Supports the immune system and may soothe shattered nerves. It is useful for fatigue and eye pain, soothes emotionally unstable people.

The color purple is very powerful. He brings peace, combining strength and softness. This is the highest energy of humanism, kindness and love. Absorb purple to reveal and release hidden possibilities. If you feel lonely or disconnected from life, imagine purple - it will protect you.

Since purple is a color that combines red and blue, it promotes the union of body and spirit. Sharpens vision and senses, but suppresses appetite.

1.4 The emotional impact of color

Harmonization of the health and emotional state of adults with speech disorders can be accomplished by viewing specially selected (taking into account your temperament) paintings by famous Russian artists from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery.

A triple action takes place. The main effect is provided by the color palette of the picture, then the plot, and, finally, the geometric proportions of both the picture itself and various objects in this picture (recall the rules of the "Golden Section", which most artists adhere to).

Scientists in the field of "color science" believe that all spectral colors in one way or another affect the functional systems of a person.

Action

Warm colors

thermal, warming, exciting, energetic, penetrating, active, activates all body functions; used to treat chickenpox, scarlet fever, measles, open purulent wounds, weeping lichen and some skin diseases; for a short time increases muscle tension, increases blood pressure, accelerates the rhythm of breathing

Orange

tonic; acts like red, but weaker; accelerates blood pulsation, improves digestion, regulates the activity of the thyroid gland, enhances lactation, normalizes the menstrual cycle; it is prescribed for depression and fear, with psychosis and blues, discontent, pessimism; used for weight loss, rickets, osteoporosis and anemia, heart failure

tonic, invigorating, antidepressant, indicated for melancholy, physiologically optimal, least fatiguing; stimulates vision and nervous activity, has a beneficial effect on intelligence

"Cool" colors

physiologically optimal; reduces blood pressure and dilates capillaries; soothes and relieves neuralgia and migraine; increases motor-muscular performance for a long time

calming; reduces muscle tension and blood pressure, calms the pulse and slows down the rhythm of breathing and improves sleep; indicated for inflammation, abrasions and skin diseases accompanied by itching

cooling, calming effect turns into depressing; promotes inhibition of the functions of human physiological systems; shown at purulent processes, pain and hyperemia

Purple

combines the effect of red and blue; produces a depressing effect on the nervous system; has a beneficial effect on the spleen and stimulates leukopoiesis, eliminates hunger

You can influence color in other ways. For example, it is correct (taking into account your temperament) to choose the color of walls (wallpaper), curtains, lampshades for table lamps and floor lamps, carpets, bedspreads, floor, your clothes, apartment or office furnishings, etc.

For example, “warm” bright colors of red, orange and yellow evoke a cheerful, lively, active mood and harmonize melancholic and phlegmatic people, and “cold” blue, black, gray, white and green colors are favorable for sanguine and choleric people.

According to Goethe, the color is different in taste. Blue and green will be alkaline, and yellow-red will taste sour.

“Warm” colors correspond to the piece of music in major, and “cold” colors correspond to minor.

All manifestations of reality, according to Goethe, are related.

Let's present the above in the form of a preference table.

Preferred:

"Hot" temperaments

"Cold" temperaments

sanguine, choleric

melancholic, phlegmatic

blue, black, gray, white, green

red, orange, yellow

Alkaline

Musical notes

do, re, re-sharp, mi

salt, la, la-sharp, si

Musical pieces

In the proposed paintings, we used color combinations selected in a certain way, which have the strongest effect on a given temperament, but other paintings by famous artists, both domestic and foreign, can be used.

If you are caught in stressful situation or you are depressed, or your emotions go overboard, or your temperament is in an overexcited state, then regular (daily) viewing, for at least 15-20 minutes, reproductions of paintings by famous artists, offered below for each temperament, normalizes your well-being. Soothes if a person is overexcited, and also tones up when depressed.

Pictures that harmonize choleric people:

Almost all of Shishkin's and V.M. Vasnetsova, I.I. Levitan, V.A. Serov, in which green predominates.

· Dnieper in the morning. A.I. Quinji

· Birch Grove. A.I. Quinji

· Forest Glade. A.I. Quinji

· Overgrown pond. V.D. Polenov

· Moscow courtyard. V.D. Polenov

· Cathedral of the Assumption. V.D. Polenov

· Black Sea. I.K. Aivazovsky

· Rainbow. I.K. Aivazovsky

· Lake. A.M. Vasnetsov

· Snow Maiden. A.M. Vasnetsov

· Youth of the Monk Sergius. M.V. Nesterov

· Vision to the youth Bartholomew. M.V. Nesterov

· The Rooks Have Arrived. A.K. Savrasov

· Pancake. B.M. Kustodiev

Pictures that harmonize sanguine people:

· Moonlit night in Capri. I.K. Aivazovsky

· Moonlight night. I.K. Aivazovsky

· Ukrainian night. A.I. Quinji

· Night on the Dnieper. A.I. Quinji

· Patient. V.D. Polenov

· On Lake Tivernadskoe (Genisaretskoe). V.D. Polenov

· Conscience, Judas. N.N. GE

· In the Garden of Gethsemane. N.N. GE

Pictures that harmonize phlegmatic people:

Baba (green shawl). Malyavin F.A.

· Whirlwind. Malyavin F.A.

· Wench. Malyavin F.A.

· Gorgeous. B.M. Kustodiev

· Guests. A.E. Arkhipov

Pictures that harmonize melancholic:

Paintings or icons, with a predominance of yellow and gold colors.

· Trinity. A.

In conclusion, you can use the "Color Relaxator", which helps to relieve mental stress and achieve an extremely balanced state by concentrating on an external object (a relaxation picture specially made for your temperament).

To make a Color Relaxator, take a sheet of colored paper (for example, A4 size and a color that matches your temperament, see note). In the center of the sheet, draw or stick out of paper of a different color, a circle with a diameter of 1-2 cm, corresponding to your temperament (see note). The diameter of the circle is selected in such a way that it is still clearly visible from a distance of 2 m. Hang the Color Relaxer on the wall at eye level while sitting.

If you need to regulate out of control emotions, you need to sit in front of the "Color Relaxator" at a distance of 1.5-2 m. Relax and look at the center of the sheet at the colored circle for 20-30 minutes. Look until you are slightly tired, then, having rested with your eyes closed, again look at the point without tension and fatigue.

Note:

The color of the leaf for choleric people is green (light green), the dots are red.

The leaf color for sanguine people is blue, the dots are yellow.

Leaf color for phlegmatic people is red (pink), dots are green.

The color of the leaf for melancholic people is yellow (gold), the dots are blue.