Colors fill us with energy and make us feel energetic. Each color has a particular significance and these colors influence the changes that occur in the world and also in our lives. These colors are the ones that change the nature- Colors of Summer are different than colors in winter and spring seasons.
These colors influence our body, mind and soul according to various doshas (vata, kapha and pitta) andrashis (moon signs) and zodiac signs. According to Ayurveda the colors are responsible for proper functioning of various body parts.
According to Ayurveda, each color has its own significance in maintaining proper body-mind-soul balance.
Blue:
Blue is a strengthening, cool colors and hence known to reduce heat and anxiety. In color therapy, blue color cures the diseases in person’s predominant with pita. Blue has a very soothing hue—it’s the color of the sky and the sea and a soothing touch of it in our hectic lives provides the required calmness.
Green:
Green color is a natural blood purifier,and evacuates the foreign particles from the body. It subsides, most diseases in a person of vatadosha.
Red Color:
Red color denotes the fire element. It activates the nervous system, blood and all the five sensory organs. Red rays produce heat and circulate energy in the body and hence this color is considered energetic and active. It is good for people with kapha constitution. Over use of the color red causes fever and inactivity and hence it should be combined with blue color to balance out the negativity.
White Color:
White color is ideal for leading anout-of-the-way life, away from the world. It makes the emotions pure and pious.
Yellow Color:
Yellow color activates the nerves and the muscles and this is an amalgamation of the red and green colors. It is known to replenish- this color arouses the dead cells and activates them. It has the qualities to strengthen the nervous system and activate the brain. Yellow color is the color of intelligence and philosophy. It gets rid of mental weakness, disappointment and other negative qualities. It is denotes
happiness and cheerfulness.
Black:
Perhaps it is the only color that is not influenced by any other color. It represents unbiased-ness and independence.
Colors maintain the balance of our body, when there is an imbalance of calories in the body we get diseases. Excess of red color denotes thin people because of excessive energy and that of blue color makes the person fat. Where red and blue colors are in equilibrium, that person will be well built with good figure and balanced body-mind-soul.
Excess of red color makes the person angry and excited; less of blue color makes him selfish and self-centered. He is not bothered about others interests and losses. Red color will be useful where the matter relates to work. Laborers can lift heavy weight easily. If the color is blue the labor will become lazy.
All the organs in our body have colors. Every component has its color. Externally the skin appears to be of a single tone. Even the color of our clothes influences the mental condition of a person.
The person who concentrates on white color experiences that her/his tension is reduced, the feelings are pure and pious. The headache gets cured.
In our daily experience, we sit near a person we feel happy and some people’s company makes us sad and unhappy. We are filled with worries. What is the reason for this? We are surrounded with an aura of light, the person who has a pure aura, is made with good colors, the surroundings and atmosphere near that person is pure and pious. When the aura is made with bad color, predominant with night colors, then we feel unhappy and a negative feeling comes in. The mind becomes sad and unhappy. Red rays denote heat and blue rays denote coolness.
By: Archa Dave
