Color Healing and Decorating Color Schemes

We are looking at how you can choose a color for your home...

This is a slightly different way of looking at decorating and color...

...but it could give you an interesting new approach to your color choices...

...and hopefully it might help heal a few illnesses and make you feel better about yourself.

Why not give it a try?

Color Therapy teaches that good use of color can balance your whole being and self - body, mind and spirit.

It could help to heal your body, and soothe your mind and soul.

Please note: This is not intended as medical advice - it is a bit of fun.

Please see your doctor if you suffer from any health issues.

About Color Therapy

Firstly, learn to trust your own intuitive, emotional response to color.

Note which colors you are drawn towards, or that you really love - then consider using these in your decorating color schemes.

It probably means that your body 'needs' that color.

The list below will help you to work out which colors could help you...

You can use the color therapy complementary color in your room, to balance this out.

More about this in a minute...

The Color Therapy complementary color is different from the complementary color chosen from the interior design color wheel

You will find the color therapy complementary colors listed for each color choice below.

How to Choose Your Special Color

This is called your 'soul color' in color therapy.

For your interior design scheme, choose from a full paint swatch color card, containing as many colors as possible.

Close your eyes and relax for several moments, before choosing the color you are instantly drawn towards - this is your 'special' color - the one you 'need'...

Try to include this color somewhere in your design where it is noticeable to you...

Adding accessories like cushions or artwork is a simple and inexpensive way of introducing your color into the room

If you like, you could also try basing a whole decorating color scheme on your special 'soul color'.

Also choose a color that gives you a feeling of calm and relaxation - and use this for any rooms you want a relaxing mood for.

Then choose a color which makes you feel lively and awake - this will be good for any rooms you want to feel lively and stimulated in - maybe a study? ...or a kitchen?

This exercise can also be done by other family members who share your home - hopefully a unique combination (or compromise!) can be reached in your decorating color schemes.

Color By Color - Color Therapy Help

If you suffer repeatedly from any illnesses or medical complaints take a look at the information below, and see if you can find a color that will help you.

Try using it in your decorating color schemes, so that you can regularly get the benefits of your chosen color.

It is just a bit of fun.

Consult a qualified medical practitioner if you have any concerns about your health.

Tell us if any colors have helped you...

Pauline shares her own strong feelings about blue...

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Sky Blue
Indigo
Violet


Red

Decorating color schemes in red could help poor circulation, chilblains, poor appetite, fatigue, low blood pressure and low libido.

The complementary color is sky blue - use sky blue to balance your body and energy if you hate red.

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Orange

Use orange in your decorating to help give a gentle energy boost and to calm and soothe the digestive system.

It has a gentle, beneficial effect on the sexual and reproductive organs, the circulation, the pancreas, the spleen, kidneys and bladder.

Orange is very good for asthma, and for menstrual problems and painful periods.

Try orange for persistent phlegm and wet coughs too.

Orange is also great for depression, loneliness and fear.

The complementary color is indigo - use indigo to balance your body and energy if you hate orange.

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Yellow

Decorating color schemes using yellow are great for the nervous system.

Yellow also helps arthritis, exhaustion, and can be used to help cleanse and flush toxins out of your body - very good if you are trying to stop smoking, for example.

Yellow is good for constipation, urine infections, water retention and bloating.

Yellow is actually a fantastic choice if you are dieting, to reduce hunger pangs.

Yellow is also great for the intellect - stimulating clear thinking.

The complementary color is violet - use violet to balance your body and energy if you hate yellow.

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Green

Green is a great color for balancing blood pressure, the nervous system and the heart.

It is great for neuralgia and generally very relaxing, calming, balancing and relieves tension and stress.

Get ideas and inspiration for color schemes using green

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Sky Blue

Sky Blue is great for decorating color schemes promoting peace and serenity.

Sky blue is the color for all healing.

It is also really good for anyone with eating disorders.

Sky blue will help heal any inflammation, fever, bites, stings, itches and rashes, as it calms and cools.

It is especially good for respiratory problems and thyroid imbalances.

The complementary color is red - use red to balance your body and energy if you hate sky blue.

Get ideas and inspiration for interior design color schemes using blues

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Indigo

Indigo is a cooling and purifying color - it is really good for soothing restless, stressed or highly strung people, releasing fears and helping mental complaints.

It is also fantastic for curing insomnia (I can attest to this! A great color choice for the bedroom ...or at least your pillow)

Use indigo together with orange to help chest and lung problems.

The complementary color is orange - use orange to balance your body and energy if you hate indigo.

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Violet

Use violet in your decorating color schemes to help bring calm and rest to body and mind.

Violet is also good for purifying the blood.

Try violet for nervous headaches, eye problems, ear problems, inner ear conditions, sinusitis, snoring, lower back pain, infertility, acne and skin problems.

It is easy enough to include a cushion, throw or other accessory in your chosen color...

...or pick a beautiful picture with your color as its dominant color theme...

...so that you can sit and gaze at it, and let your soul color do its work to make you feel better.

If one of the colors on the list appeals particularly to you, note it down on your Color Checklist

Pauline tells us how she is strongly drawn towards blue...

Tell us which decorating color schemes make you feel better...

Are you interested in how color in interior design relates to your personality and emotions, and can dictate the whole 'mood' in your room?

Next step:

Have you decided on your decorating color scheme yet?

Go back and get inspired by our color suggestions and readers' color questions here...

Or move on and look at how to use color to change your room's proportions



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