COLOUR for Health
We can use colour to help influence our mental
wellbeing, by:
- Wearing colour
- Drinking or eating colour
- Visualising or meditating with colour (e.g.
colour breathing)
- Surrounding ourselves with colour (green
garden, blue sky etc)
RED
Promotes: Energy,
strength, motivation, confidence, will-power, courage, initiative, focussing on
attention to detail
Good for: Depression, negativity, shyness (avoid in anger,
irritability)
ORANGE
Promotes: Stimulates body
and mind, self-esteem, optimism, inner strength, creativity, self-expression,
happiness, opens mind to new ideas and perspectives, revitalising
Good for: Depression, negativity, trauma, stress, bereavement
and loss
GOLD
Promotes: Enthusiasm, balancing thoughts and feelings, wisdom
Good for: Depression (especially during menopause), stress, anxiety
YELLOW
Promotes: Uplifting, cleansing,
self-respect, self-confidence, self-control, ability to rationalise and reason,
contentment, mentally stimulating
Good for: Depression, despair, fatigue, negativity, sensitivity to
criticism, lack of confidence (avoid in insomnia, hyperactivity)
GREEN
Promotes: Balance,
harmony, personal development, self-acceptance, compassion for self and others,
renewal
Good for: Stress,
anxiety, self-pity, confusion
TURQUOISE
Promotes: Calm, cleansing,
healing, personal relationships, sharing, friendship, resilience
Good for: Stress, anxiety, anger
BLUE
Promotes: Calm, peace, relaxation, slowing down, steadying,
self-expression, intuition, honesty, truth, creativity
Good for: Insomnia, stress, anxiety, over-excitement, anger
INDIGO
Promotes: Wisdom, intuition, understanding, spirituality, peace,
calm, inspiration
Good for: Anger, obsessions, psychoses, insomnia, anxiety (avoid in
depression, loneliness)
VIOLET /
PURPLE
Promotes: Inspiration, imagination, empathy, sense of belonging,
helping others, self-respect, dignity
Good for: Stress, anxiety, obsessions, lack of confidence, low
self-esteem, severe depression
MAGENTA
Promotes: Letting go of the past or anxiety-provoking thoughts,
moving on, spirtual
understanding
Good for: Reduces aggression
PINK
Promotes: Calm, clarity of thought, affection, compassion,
nurturing, kindness, resolving
Good for: Difficult relationships, insomnia, anger, aggression,
over-sensitivity
Black contains
no colour
white contains all colours
Brown contains
red, blue and yellow
Colour for Health PDF
Colour Breathing
Learn effective skills online - The Decider Skills for Self Help online course
HEALING
COLOURED LIGHT visualisation mp3
Female voice, with music. 13 mins 40
2.50
Using colour imagery to target particular psychological
or physical problems such as anxiety, stress, insomnia, depression, chronic
pain, infections and tumours.
HEALING
COLOURED LIGHT visualisation mp3
Male voice, with music.
15 mins
2.50
Using colour imagery to target particular physical or psychological problems such
as chronic pain, infections and tumours, anxiety, stress, insomnia and
depression.
Self Help Books
Colour Healing Manual: The Complete Colour Therapy Programme
The Secret Language of Color Cards
Colours of the Soul: Transform Your Life Through Colour Therapy
The Art Therapy Colouring Book
Colour Therapy Postcards (Colour Your Stress Away)
