COLOUR ME PINK

Red, white, pink, purple – what is your favourite colour? We are all sensitive to colour. There are some colours we like a lot and some we don’t like at all. Some colours soothe us, others excite us, some make us happy, and others make us worried. Colours affect people’s feelings more than they realise because colour is tied to all aspects of our lives.

Experts in colourgenics, the study of the language of colour, believe that the colours we wear say a lot about us. Do you know why you select a shirt or dress of a certain colour when you look through your clothes in the morning? Colourgenics experts say that we subconsciously choose to wear certain colours in order to express our desires, emotions, and needs.

Colourgenics experts claim that our clothes send messages to others about our mood, personality, and desires. For these experts, pink expresses the peace and happiness of the wearer. People who often wear pink are supposed to be warm and understanding. The message is that you would like to share your peace and happiness with others. Red garments, on the other hand, indicate a high level of physical energy. People who wear red enjoy living life at a fast pace. Brown is the colour of wealth and it shows a need for independence and material security. Wearers of green have a love of nature and enjoy peaceful moments. They often like to be left alone with their thoughts.

Although colourgenics may be a new area of study, associating colours with emotions is not new. Colours have always been used to describe not only our feelings, but also our physical health and attitudes. “Red with rage” describes anger; “in the pink” means to be in good health; “feeling blue” is a sad way to feel; and “green with envy” indicates a jealous attitude.