It seems like you want more so I’m going to keep going. So I’ll add a few more paragraphs from my favorite article on the subject of color. The article was out of a magaize Called Heath – July 1982 by Leslie Kane.

In any given society, particular colors affect almost everyone in the same way. “Colors have a uniform effect within a Western European tradition, which includes Japan,” says Margaret Walch, director of the Color Association of the United States, which standardizes the 192 colors in current use by industry and government.

In general, dark colors strike us as evil and foreboding, while light colors seem not only cheerful but physically light as well. Bonnie Bender, color marketing manager at Pittsburgh Paints and an authority on color and psychology, reports that in an experiment testing the psychological effects of paint on worker productivity, researchers painted heavy boxes white and light boxes black. Workmen had considerable more trouble lifting the light black boxes than the heavy white ones.

Marcella Graham, a medical technologist, color consultant and interior designer, described an equally dramatic example of the use of color to lift depression and stimulate activity. Called in for a consultation on staff and patient apathy in a hospital, she found the whole place painted light and medium chocolate brown and two shades of grey green. Graham advised painting the hospital floor by floor, using pumpkin orange, strawberry pink, emerald green and lavender. (Simply putting in pink curtains or orange bedspreads produced its effect.) Patient response to the brilliant colors was immediate and positive. Elderly men shaved and dressed to get out of bed each day. Female patients began circulating and visiting in the halls and requested powder, combs, lipstick and stockings. Even staff morale picked up.

If colors exert such a powerful force on mental and physical health, it behooves us to know more about them.”

Next time, we will break down each color. I’ll start with this article and add research from other sources.

I think our society has changed over the years. One area that bothers me is what people refer to as the term ‘politically correct.’ In the past, no one thought about saying, “That offends me, so you have to change everything to make me comfortable. One example, you can’t sing the traditional Christmas song or say a prayer in public places.

We can go on and on today about how people’s individual opinion has changed our society. In my opinion, our society today has become sterile and dull. If we go back to the building of our country, people flowed here from every country for religious freedom. Together, we build the greatest society the world has ever seen.

What is our secret? I’ve heard many opinions.  As I watched our society evolve over the decades, I think I know what our secret is. We all know every thought is based on love or hate to one degree or the other.

For an example, we accept someone differences in thoughts and religion. Our judgment is based on love. When we become offended, we are basing our judgment from hate. We all know that love is more powerful than hate. This is what has made America powerful. It’s her people having tolerance and accepting others are different and its okay. We are choosing the most powerful law. LOVE!  Let’s keep sharing the joy!  Let me know how you feel about this?