Color Healing and Decorating Color Schemes

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

Why not give it a try?

Good use of color can balance your whole being and self - body, mind and spirit. It can heal your body, and soothe your mind and soul.

• Firstly, learn to trust your own intuitive, emotional response to color. It probably means that your body needs that color.


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


• Also note which colors you instinctively dislike and turn away from. A strong dislike of a particular color indicates an overload of that color in your body's energy field. You can use the color therapy complementary color in your room, to balance this out. (Note that this is actually 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.)


• Start by just choosing the one color that you are instantly drawn towards - 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.


• Also choose a color that gives you a feeling of calm and relaxation - and use 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.


• Paint your whole room in your chosen color. Or, choose accessories as a fantastic way of injecting the colors you need into your decorating scheme - with minimum hassle or upheaval, but maximum benefits!







• 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. (P.S. Don't forget to consult a qualified medical practitioner too, if you have any concerns about your health.)

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Sky Blue
Indigo
Violet


Red

Use red to 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. On an emotional level, yellow will make you feel confident and more assertive.

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.

The complementary color is pink or magenta - use pink or magenta to balance your body and energy if you hate 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. Sky blue is great for soothing all emotional problems and anxieties. Use sky blue to help calm you before sleep. 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.
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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?)

It is cooling and soothing for complaints like fever, pain, skeletal, joint and muscle problems, rheumatism, arthritis, eczema, fibroids, measles, chicken pox, varicose veins, night sweats, hot flushes, boils, ulcers, burns, stings, itches and rashes. 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.

The complementary color is yellow - use yellow to balance your body and energy if you hate violet.
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Do you suffer from any of the above complaints? If so, why not try basing your decorating color scheme around the color you feel that you need.

Trust your instincts when choosing your colors. 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 make yourself feel better.

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?



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