The Power of Color Series – Part 1
A couple of days ago, I was talking with a group of people. When we got on the subject of color, everyone seemed very interested in my knowledge of it and how it affects us.
I explained that I had found this research by going to the library in the early 1980s. I haven’t done a lot of research since then. If I knew where I could get more, I would love to read it.
Someone requested I put my findings on my blog. So I went through my papers and found the information that I dug out of the library. My information all comes from print books and magazines. If there’s someone out there who can add to it, please do by leaving a comment at the end. I want research and not something from a book that isn’t backed up by research that you can go read yourself.
Looking over my papers, I still like this article, The Power of Color. I found some of the sources on my own and I found the information to be accurate. Today, I found myself enjoying the article as much as I did in 1980. It was written by Leslie Kane in July 1982 for a magazine called Health. In my research, I found a book I think was well written. It was printed by Architecture Digest in the early 1980s. I only have pages copied out of it because it was a limited edition, so please let me know what you want. I’ll start with the article. Here are the first three paragraphs of The Power of Color – and you can decide for yourself.
“Why should hanging pretty red wallpaper in your bedroom inspire you and your spouse to make war and not love? Why does a teacher who holds sway in a yellow-and-brown classroom complain that your child’s fidgety and inattentive while a teacher who instructs in a blue room calls him a model student? And why should your job suddenly become more depressing instead of less when the boss finally shells out for a paint job and your dirty white walls get a coat of nice fresh green?
It’s a matter of science—the science of experiencing color.”
This next part I found to be true in a couple of other books that are out of print.
“Colors are electromagnetic wavebands of energy,” says Alexander Schauss, director of the American Institute of Biosocial Research in Tacoma, Washington. “Each color has its own wavelength. The wavebands stimulate chemicals in your eye, sending impulses or messages to the pituitary and pineal glands near the brain. These are master endocrine glands that regulate hormones and other physiological systems in the body.” Stimulated by response to colors, glandular activities can alter moods, speed up heart rates and increase brain activity.”
If you find this information interesting, I will continue entering Leslie’s article and other information from books that are out of print. Please let me know how you feel about this by leaving a comment below. The picture above is one of my favorite pictures from the Hubble telescope. The color is beaufitul and this is a part of our universe. Color is important to your well-being.
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Hi Larene,
This is extremely interesting.
I’m hungry for more.
Keep them coming ……..!!!!
Thank you LaRene for sharing this with us. It is a very interesting subject so please keep it coming. I think we underestimate the power that color can have in our everyday life. I personally own a set of “color glasses”, used for color theraphy, and find them quite helpful.
Thank you again for your service.
I’m happy to hear that you want more. I have quite a bit of information about it. Please let me know, if you want more information about something that I talk about. I’ll tell you if I can give more information or not.
Thanks,
LaRene
Thanks Stef, I appreciate your comment. What color to you have in your glasses. How often do you use them?
LaRene
This is really interesting LaRene.
Green is my favourite colour. Why would it make you feel depressed if the walls are painted in it? Of course I can understand if they are a dark green.
I agree 100%, I’m very sensitive to colour.
I love to use it where ever possible, it is a very good creative outlet and stress reliever.
When I was really overwhelmed when my kids where young, all of our walls were white, I needed the ’space in my head’ around me, but now that they are older, I am really enjoying funky colour and especially love to use markers and bright notebooks etc when writing. I always have bright calenders as well.