Yellow Tips-How To Use The Colour Yellow To Improve Your Life
The Colour Yellow-An Overview
The first picture that comes to mind when I think of yellow is the sun. I see rays of yellow and glittery light shining down, rays of happiness and warmth. Yellow is closely connected with energy, happiness and intellectual activity.
On the flipside of this, in the English language, yellow is the colour of cowards. However it is hard to say where this association began.
In China yellow movies are the equivalent of blue movies in other countries.
In England in the Elizabethan era the colour yellow was made from saffron, which is derived from the female part of the saffron crocus, which is a flower found in Greece, Spain and the Orient. Various shades of yellow were also manufactured during this period from the European plant Weld (Reseda Luteola) which was commonly known as dyer’s broom.
Yellow is also associated with philosophy, mental stimulation, friendship, optimism, idealism as well as dishonesty, deceit and illness.
The Colour Yellow-In Your Environment
As many shades of yellow give the impression of sunshine flooding into a room; yellow is a wonderful colour to brighten up your environment. Some colour researchers have stated that it can strengthen a person’s overall well-being and health as well as improving their self-esteem.
So you could benefit from using yellow in:
- An office
- A study
- A kitchen
- Any area of intellectual activity
- Any area which needs an injection of sunshine light
However there are some things to be aware of when using yellow in the environment:
It is possibly generally too much for bedroom use due to the mental stimulation it provides and what’s more is that it has been observed that if a baby’s nursery is painted yellow that the baby will cry more.
Also it’s feeling of joy spills over to a degree into spontaneity which in turn means that yellow is not considered a colour of stability, so if you wish to use it in a room which should give a feeling of safety or stability, it is best to avoid doing this.
The Colour Yellow-In The Chakra System
The word chakra is a Sanskrit word which means wheel. According to some traditions, we have a number of chakras in our bodies. These chakras move in a spiral distributing energy and consciousness. If our chakras are balanced your health should be very good, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
Yellow is the colour of the third chakra which is the solar plexus chakra. This is the seat of our emotions and when all is well here we feel our place in the world in a balanced way.
Located above your navel, this chakra is responsible for analytical thoughts as well as the feelings of needing to judge yourself and others. If this chakra is balanced there will be an inherent realisation that there is no need for this type of judgement.
The Colour Yellow-Different Shades Mean Different Things
In its bright version yellow is an attention grabber, yet in duller shades yellow can be associated with sickness and decay. Which shade would you like to have in your environment?
Lighter shades of yellow entice feels of freshness, positivity and happiness, as well as intellectual perkiness.
Duller shades can encourage feelings of jealousy as well as caution, decay and illness.
Choose the location and shade carefully and then sit back and enjoy the sunshine and joyful feelings flooding into your life! Use yellow to increase your self-esteem and intellectual performance, so that you can study more effectively for exams and produce even more intelligent work.