C r a f t e r s - C o l o u r T h e r a p y

C o l o u r T h e r a p y

	Magenta	Violet	Blue	Turquoise	Green	Yellow	Orange	Red
Suita- bility	Helps raise energy level, formal & festive	Ease of self, peace, love, concern for others	Relaxing, inviting, communi- cating, gregarious	Soothing, inviting interest, tension easing	Hyper- activity without personal commitment	Singular, detaching, lack of invlovement	Cheerful, antide- pressant, happy enviroment	Increases vitality & energy, signals attention
Chakra	Top of head, centre of spiritual qualities	Centre of self-respect	Balancing centre of metabolism	Centre of positive thought processes	Balancing of the emotional side of personality	Focus of mental powers	Outgoing energy, digestion	Traditionally the seat of the lifeforce
Attri- butes	Absorbing, Stimulating, Abounding	Individuality, innerbalance, silence	Spacious, ease of tension & stress	Supportive, refreshing, stimulating	Finest balance, state of indecision	Lightness, ethereal, letting go	Lightness, easing, letting go	Invigorating, vital, activating
Physical effects	Self-respect, dignity, composure	Relaxing & mind balancing	Balance & calm of body & mind	Tension easing, anxiety releasing	Stability, physical equilibrum	Confusion, loss of orentation	Relaxation of mind & body	Exhasting & curbing in excess
Distru- bution	Calm control of surrounds	Unburdening, protecting	Opening of space, relaxing	Authority without oppresion	Stillness, static space	Nervous- ness, tension	Claustro- phobic, tight	Makes space smaller, oppresive
As light	Aids concentration & mental focus	Sensual, aphrodesiac	Unwinding, spaciousness	Mellows reds, softens light	Disorien- tating, confusing	Disorien- tating, perplexing	Soft, but can become sticky	Turns greens to black, dominates
Best use	Places of spiritual force	Areas of festivity	Stress related areas	Home, bedroom, office	Outside, open spaces	Disorts perspective	Theaters, restaurants	Counteract exhastion
Poor use	Entertainment areas	Areas of suffering	None	Home living areas	Aids concen- tration & mental focus	Unstressed areas	Areas of stress	Stress areas
Spacial effects	Vertical & horizontal lines	Generally supports	Creates softness	Reduces verticals	Curves, planes	Gives feeling of space	Breaks order, unconven- tional	Use for highlights

M e d i c i n a l u s e s
Magenta	Fainting, headache, morning sickness, migraine, nausea, stoke, shock, vomiting
Violet	Conjunctivitis, earache, menopause, mental illness, myopia, neuralgia, paranoi, warts
Blue	Acne, anxiety, asthma, backache, blisters, bruises, burns, cough, cramp, dermatitis, earache, emphysema, flatulance, gallstones, german measles, glandular fever, hay fever, hernia, herpes, hiccups, influenza, itching, laryngitis, lumbago, mumps, premenstrual tension, sneezing, sores, sprains, stammering, stiffness, stings, stress, sunburn, tonsilitis, toothache, wheezing
Turquoise	Abscess, acne, asthma, boils, catarrh, cold sore, dermatitis, eczema, fatigue, fever, hay fever, pneumonia, stings, stress, swellings, tension
Green	Angina, chest pain, gastric ulcer, heart disease, peptic ulcer, trauma, tumours, warts
Yellow	Arthritis, hepatitis, jaundice, rheumatism, stiffness
Orange	Agoraphobia, alcoholism, arthritis, common cold, constipation, depression, fatigue, gallstones, gout, kidney disease, liver disease, rheumatism, stiffness
Red	Anaemia, cold, leukemia, numbness