I must confess over the years, being able to create art has been like therapy. Sometimes you start with no idea of what the outcome will be, you work from the heart on instinct. At other times you have a definitive end result created in your mind or a sketch book.
As most of you know, color is light and energy. Color is visible because it reflects, bends, and refracts through all kinds of particles, molecules and objects. There are a variety of wavelengths that light can be categorized, producing different types of light. Visible wavelengths fall approximately in the 390 to 750 nanometre range and is known as the visible spectrum. Other wavelengths and frequencies are associated with non-visible light such as x-rays & ultraviolet rays. Most people are aware of the effects of non-visible light, so it makes sense that visible light would also affect us.
Most people are afraid to use colour in designing their homes. They tend to opt for neutrality throughout as it's generally safer. There is nothing wrong with that, but they can be missing out on so much. I'm not suggesting you paint walls of your front room red, although that can work if the right shade is used and it is broken up with white. But to add colour to one's home can be like adding the sprinkles on a birthday cake; it just finishes things off nicely and can really affect the ambience and most importantly your general and spiritual wellbeing in your safe haven. It's also a way to express your personality as we often do through the clothes we wear.
Chromotherapy, sometimes called color therapy, colorology or cromatherapy, is an alternative medicine method, which is considered pseudoscience. Chromotherapists claim to be able to use light in the form of color to balance "energy" lacking from a person's body, whether it be on physical, emotional, spiritual, or mental levels. Research has shown it is ineffective. However, we now have the adult colouring book to relieve stress.
I found a great article:
The Therapeutic Science Of Adult Coloring Books: How This Childhood Pastime Helps Adults Relieve Stress
What started as a niche hobby has now turned into an international trend, as adult coloring books find themselves on more and more bestsellers’ lists throughout the world.
Color therapy is distinct from other types of light therapy, such as neonatal jaundice treatment and blood irradiation therapy which is a scientifically accepted medical treatment for a number of conditions, and from photobiology, the scientific study of the effects of light on living organisms.
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In part 2 we will further explore colours; their meanings, significance and potential healing properties.