Circumstances and situations do color life
but you have been given the mind to choose what the color shall be.
~ John Homer Miller
What color is your day today?
The psychology of color is intriguing. Have you noticed that the color you wear sometimes has an impact on your mood? Or the color someone else is wearing? Color impacts us in many ways. It’s powerful influence is reflected in our culture, religion, advertising and even therapies.
Feel free to use the guide below as you choose your color for today’s situation or circumstance. (Based on Western culture)
Red: energy, passion, desire, love, speed, intensity, aggression, danger
Pink: love, romance, tenderness, acceptance, calm
Beige or Ivory: unification, pleasantness, simplicity
Yellow (select this color and no one will know what you’re thinking): Joy, friendship, happiness, optimism, imagination, hope, sunshine, OR dishonesty, cowardice, jealousy, betrayal, deceit, hazard
Blue: Peace, tranquility, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, security, loyalty
Tourquise or Teal: calm, sophistication
Purple: nobility, spirituality, mysterious, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment
Lavender: femininity, grace, elegance
Orange: Energy, balance, enthusiasm, warmth, vibrant, expansive, flamboyant
Green: nature, healthy, good luck, renewal, youth, generosity, fertility, vigor OR jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune
Brown: stability, hearth & home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, endurance, simplicity, comfort
Silver or Gray: security, reliability, intelligence, modesty, dignity, maturity, practical, calm
White: purity, birth, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, innocence, youth, good, marriage
Black: power, sophistication, formality, elegance, mystery, OR fear, evil, unhappiness, sadness, remorse, anger, mourning, death
Submitted for Creative Exchange and Quotography: Color
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Where is the color for rain, chilly, almost fall-like, and cranky because I cannot take my camera out?????
Love, love, love this photograph and quote Lisa. Just looking at the photograph makes me feel cheerful in spite of the weather.
Thank you so much for sharing this today at The Creative Exchange.
Have a great day!
lisa.
I’m thinking red…for aggression? Or black for unhappiness? Or both!
Hmm… today wearing red but don’t feel “red”.
Did you know that the urinals in the “Away Team’s” locker at the University of Iowa are Pink? I always thought that was pretty clever.
That’s a new one. So very strategic.
I like yellow for a bit of mystery!
Colour does have interesting effects for sure. I also love your quote, we do have a choice and it’s so important.
This is great! I love that quote!
great quote, and I love the whole list for the colors
i am curiously yellow
Love your capture and quote! So true. Today I wore lavender, it’s one of my favorite colors
Love this picture and the quote! Also, the list of colors is very interesting.
Good to know what the blue and brown I am wearing indicates. I just wanted to hide the fact that I am a messy eater.
I love orange and blue
let me check what it means. ok! they’re both pretty positive. what a delightful idea to publish this post. the photo and the quote are lovely, and the colors meaning is fun to read. love it 
Lovely colourful post.