The Power of Colors
Color has such a subtle effect on our lives that we rarely give it a second thought. Color comes from daylight which contains all eight colors of the spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, violet and magenta. It is also a form of radiation.
Each color is associated with one of the seven chakras of the body, and every color has its complementary color. Single colors or combinations of complementary colors can be used to treat imbalances in the chakras or illness associated with that bodily region.
Too much of one color can adversely affect your health. Red, in particular should be used with caution. It can lower your resistance to pain and raise blood pressure causing changes in heart and brain function. It is also important to be careful during pregnancy as color can affect the embryonic cell structure.
Here are just a few brief descriptions for the use of colors to get you going....
Red - Red is associated with the base chakra in the sacral region. It promotes vitality, strength, sexuality, willpower, and alertness. Red is used to counteract anemia, lack of energy, impotence, and low blood pressure. Its complement is turquoise.
Blue - Blue is associated with the throat chakra, which deals with willpower and communication. Blue is a calming color, good for curing insomnia. It can be used for throat problems, asthma, stress, and migraine, and it is good for improving verbal skills. Its complement is orange.
Green - Green is the color of the heart chakra. Green is the color of nature. Green is the most predominant color on the planet. It balances our energies, and it can be used to increase our sensitivity and compassion. It represents purity and harmony.
It has a calming effect, especially in inflamed conditions of the body. It is soothing to the nervous system. It is a great healer. It builds muscles, bones and other tissue cells. Its complement is magenta.
Yellow - Yellow is associated with the solar plexus chakra, which is concerned with intellect and judgment. Yellow stimulates mental ability and concentration, and aids detachment. It can be used to treat rheumatism and arthritis, as well as straw related illnesses. Its complement is violet.
Brown - Brown is an earthy color. It grounds, stabilizes and neutralizes. It is an effective color in healing. Brown is especially effective in stabilizing overexcited states. It calms and grounds emotions and extreme mental conditions. Brown can help awaken common sense and discrimination. It brings us back down to earth.
Brown is effective for any kind of spaciness. When it shows up in the human aura, brown may indicate a need for grounding. When the aura takes the shade of brown, it will often reflect infection in the body or that area of the body in which it overlays in the aura. Brown can be used to stabilize all systems. It is useful in cases of hyperactivity with children, especially with combinations of colors in the rust to deep brown range.
Black - Black is a protective color. It is grounding and calming, especially to extremely sensitive individuals. It activates the magnetic or feminine energies of the body, strengthening them. Black is the spiritual color for some religions; but it is the color of death for others. It promotes resistance, obstruction, opposition, and enmity. It wards off hatred and negative emotions. Black is most effective when used in conjunction with white, balancing the polarities of the individual, especially in cases where the individual seems to be losing control. It can activate the subconscious mind which can put life and all of its craziness into proper perspective. It should rarely be used by itself, but always in combination with another color.
Orange - Orange is associated with the spleen chakra, which regulates circulation and metabolism. Orange stimulates the thyroid gland, is a respiratory stimulant, but a depressant of parathyroid action. The orange vibration expands the lungs. Orange promotes happiness and joyousness. Orange is used to treat depression, hypothyroidism and kidney and lung problems, such as asthma and bronchitis. Its complement is blue.
White - White (full color spectrum white color) contains the entire light spectrum. Thus it influences all systems of the body. This is the basis for light therapy.
White is strengthening. It is cleansing and purifying to the entire energy system. It promotes purity, virtue and spirituality. White is nurturing; heals fevers, infections and pain; calms the heart, mind, nerves and emotions; and promotes vitality and supportive feelings. White can awaken greater creativity. When in doubt as to what color to use, you can seldom go wrong with white. It is beneficial to begin and end a color therapy session with white to stabilize the energy system of the individual and to give it an overall boost. It amplifies the effects of any other color used with it in a healing session.
Gold - Gold is an important color in oriental healing. Its principal property is in strengthening and amplifying. Gold is very useful in increasing the self-consciousness. It has beneficial effect on the immune system and on the cardiac conditions.
Each color is associated with one of the seven chakras of the body, and every color has its complementary color. Single colors or combinations of complementary colors can be used to treat imbalances in the chakras or illness associated with that bodily region.
Too much of one color can adversely affect your health. Red, in particular should be used with caution. It can lower your resistance to pain and raise blood pressure causing changes in heart and brain function. It is also important to be careful during pregnancy as color can affect the embryonic cell structure.
Here are just a few brief descriptions for the use of colors to get you going....
Red - Red is associated with the base chakra in the sacral region. It promotes vitality, strength, sexuality, willpower, and alertness. Red is used to counteract anemia, lack of energy, impotence, and low blood pressure. Its complement is turquoise.
Blue - Blue is associated with the throat chakra, which deals with willpower and communication. Blue is a calming color, good for curing insomnia. It can be used for throat problems, asthma, stress, and migraine, and it is good for improving verbal skills. Its complement is orange.
Green - Green is the color of the heart chakra. Green is the color of nature. Green is the most predominant color on the planet. It balances our energies, and it can be used to increase our sensitivity and compassion. It represents purity and harmony.
It has a calming effect, especially in inflamed conditions of the body. It is soothing to the nervous system. It is a great healer. It builds muscles, bones and other tissue cells. Its complement is magenta.
Yellow - Yellow is associated with the solar plexus chakra, which is concerned with intellect and judgment. Yellow stimulates mental ability and concentration, and aids detachment. It can be used to treat rheumatism and arthritis, as well as straw related illnesses. Its complement is violet.
Brown - Brown is an earthy color. It grounds, stabilizes and neutralizes. It is an effective color in healing. Brown is especially effective in stabilizing overexcited states. It calms and grounds emotions and extreme mental conditions. Brown can help awaken common sense and discrimination. It brings us back down to earth.
Brown is effective for any kind of spaciness. When it shows up in the human aura, brown may indicate a need for grounding. When the aura takes the shade of brown, it will often reflect infection in the body or that area of the body in which it overlays in the aura. Brown can be used to stabilize all systems. It is useful in cases of hyperactivity with children, especially with combinations of colors in the rust to deep brown range.
Black - Black is a protective color. It is grounding and calming, especially to extremely sensitive individuals. It activates the magnetic or feminine energies of the body, strengthening them. Black is the spiritual color for some religions; but it is the color of death for others. It promotes resistance, obstruction, opposition, and enmity. It wards off hatred and negative emotions. Black is most effective when used in conjunction with white, balancing the polarities of the individual, especially in cases where the individual seems to be losing control. It can activate the subconscious mind which can put life and all of its craziness into proper perspective. It should rarely be used by itself, but always in combination with another color.
Orange - Orange is associated with the spleen chakra, which regulates circulation and metabolism. Orange stimulates the thyroid gland, is a respiratory stimulant, but a depressant of parathyroid action. The orange vibration expands the lungs. Orange promotes happiness and joyousness. Orange is used to treat depression, hypothyroidism and kidney and lung problems, such as asthma and bronchitis. Its complement is blue.
White - White (full color spectrum white color) contains the entire light spectrum. Thus it influences all systems of the body. This is the basis for light therapy.
White is strengthening. It is cleansing and purifying to the entire energy system. It promotes purity, virtue and spirituality. White is nurturing; heals fevers, infections and pain; calms the heart, mind, nerves and emotions; and promotes vitality and supportive feelings. White can awaken greater creativity. When in doubt as to what color to use, you can seldom go wrong with white. It is beneficial to begin and end a color therapy session with white to stabilize the energy system of the individual and to give it an overall boost. It amplifies the effects of any other color used with it in a healing session.
Gold - Gold is an important color in oriental healing. Its principal property is in strengthening and amplifying. Gold is very useful in increasing the self-consciousness. It has beneficial effect on the immune system and on the cardiac conditions.
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Permalink Reply by Syrinx on -
Thanks Gentle Rain ! That will sure be helpfull ! I like to visualise indigo, white and green when I give a healing. But often I get colored visuals while I give reiki. Sometimes the context and intuition is enough to explain it, but not all the time. The colors that I most often see would be a combination of green and bluish-indigo and sometimes red. As a kid I used to see a lot of pink and violet. Here I'm not talking about hallucinations I'm having, but colors that comes up when I focus on my "inner self" or when I'm falling asleep.
I'd be curious to know how you integrate the colors in your healing work?
BB
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Permalink Reply by Gentle Rains on -
I'm glad this could help you. I've only begun studying Reiki and haven't had a chance to try it on anyone yet. But I do use colors when I use crystals, basically the same way you do through visuals and depending on what that person is lacking or needing at the time.
Here you go on your colors mentioned....
INDIGO - Indigo and the deeper shades of blue are dynamic healing colors on both spiritual and physical levels. Indigo is balancing to all conditions associated with it. It strengthens the lymph system, the glands, and the immune system of the body. It is an excellent blood purifier, and can be used to assist in detoxifying the body.
PINK -Pink is soothing. It can be used for treating skin conditions and inflammations and the immune system. Pink is a soothing color on all levels, physical mental and emotional levels. It can be used to soothe conditions of anger and feelings of neglect. Pink can be used to awaken compassion, love, and purity. It can be used in meditation to discern greater truths. It is comforting to the emotional energies of the individual. Physically, pink is most effective in the treatment of skin problems and conditions, especially when combined with aqua. It also stimulates the thymus gland and ease stresses upon the immune system of the body.
VIOLET - Violet is the color of the crown chakra, which is concerned with the energy of the higher mind. It also affects the entire skeletal and nervous systems of the body. It is very antiseptic, purifying on both physical and spiritual levels. It helps balance the physical and the spiritual energies. Violet is effective in cancerous conditions of the body. Arthritis can be eased by a violet light that leans more toward the blue shades. Violet also helps the body assimilate nutrients and minerals. It is the color of dignity, honor, self-respect, and hope. It is used to bolster self-esteem and counter feelings of hopelessness, as well as in the treatment of mental and nervous disorders. Its complement is yellow.
I have a list of colors, including the ones here, with their characteristics, diseases treated and cautions if anyone wants it. The list is quite long but I can email to you or anyone that would like it.
Blessings~
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Permalink Reply by AngelMoonLightning on -
Interesting article. Makes me wonder if maybe our favorite colors change according to what we need or something.
As I was growing up, my favorite colors were blue and red.
In high school, they became Brown and green for some reason. I always hated these colors, because my last name is green and my hair and eyes are brown, but they became my favorite colors.
Here in the last couple of months, I have been thinking about blue an awful lot. I have found that water calms my nerves, it helps to relax me. Now when I think of water, I think of blue, when I think of blue, I think of water. My favorite colors now are blue and green.
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Permalink Reply by AngelMoonLightning on
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I would like a list of these please.
AngelMoonLightning@Yahoo.com
AngelMoonLightning@Hotmail.com
I still need to get one on ICQ and G-Mail
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Permalink Reply by Syrinx on
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Thank you Gentle Rain ! I'd love to have the list too, you can email me at :
karlab76@hotmail.com
Light and love,
Syrinx
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Permalink Reply by Gentle Rains on
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emailing everyone their copy of the list today...sorry it took so long.
Blessings~
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Permalink Reply by AngelMoonLightning on
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Oh no problem, no hurry here. I'm sure we all understand we all have SOMEkind of life or another outside of here.
Thank You very much, it's very much appreciated.
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Permalink Reply by Gentle Rains on
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Thanks! You should have gotten an email already. Let me know if it didn't arrive.
Wait, we're supposed to have a life outside of the internet...lol
Blessings~
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Permalink Reply by AngelMoonLightning on
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I did say "Of Some sort" lol.
Mine is house and children and drama with my little girl's step mom.
Running errands for myself and the family.
Then on the rare occasion that my boyfriend and are able to, we spend time together.
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Permalink Reply by Rhiannon on -
Thanks Gentle Rains! this is really informative. I've actually been talking about it with a lot of people lately in a lot of different contexts. I was even talking about it in my astronomy class, the different effects of the visible spectrum of light and the non-visible spectrum of light to the extreme right and left of our known colour universe. Makes me re-think the colours we're re-painting the rooms in my house too. lol! thanks for posting this incredible info.
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Permalink Reply by water13 on -
I would love it please e-mail it to me if and when u can. BB
Thanks shay
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Permalink Reply by Gentle Rains on
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I need your email address, it's to long to place in a private message.
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