Creating mood in home interiors is a topic I often talk about but usually in the home decorating space not on a medical advice website so what fun to be included in the article ‘Color Psychology: How to Make Your Home Feel Good’ on WebMD.
Read the article on WebMD…
From the article: Red pen too aggressive, Queensland teachers told By Gabrielle Dunlevy, AAP, December 03, 2008
“TEACHERS have been told to stop marking schoolchildren’s work with red pen because it is an “aggressive” colour.
Queensland’s Deputy Opposition Leader Mark McArdle told parliament today that teachers were being advised to reconsider their pen choice because it [...]
I talk alot about how your surroundings can affect your mood and now two researchers from the Institute for Color Research in Chicago tell us that your stomach [or maybe that should be waistline, gentleman] may pay the price
Red: When a person sees red, the pituitary gland sends out signals that make the heart beat [...]
Red – The Color of Romance!
Scarlet, Crimson, Torch Red, Lipstick Red, Red Rose, Paint the Town Red, Red Hot, Red Handed, Candy Apple Red, Fire Engine Red, Blood Red, Red Letter Day, Red Bull. Red is not passive or fluffy. Red is attention-getting. Red is assertive. Red is action and energy. Red is powerful.
Thanks to Janice Lindsey of PINK for sharing this site with some stunningly beautiful color images.
I think you’ll be surprised at what this is a picture of. Would you believe mice brains in 90 colors! See all of the pictures here…
Thanks to the blog SubZeroBlue I discovered that there is a condition called Porphyrophobia which is the fear of the color purple…who knew?
So I decided to see if all colors received equal recognition in the phobia world but only came up with two other specific color fears…
Melanophobia – Fear of the color black
Leukophobia – Fear [...]
Make effective, unique and credible color choices
Based on research and filled with hundreds of color combinations and illustrations, Color: Messages & Meanings presents color expert, Leatrice Eiseman’s insights on color and emotion, and addresses how best to integrate these qualities into your work, insuring your intended message is communicated.
The New York Times ran an interesting article in the science section on the color red yesterday called: How Do We See Red? Count the Ways
This is one of the many interesting aspects of red that they noted:
Given red’s pushy reputation, design experts long thought people felt uncomfortable and worked poorly when confined to red [...]
The Daily Telegraph out of NSW, Australia reports that Rockdale Council has plans to bathe a known trouble spot in pink light to discourage hoons [undesirables] loitering there and if the test is successful, they will switch on [pink] at other locations.
Councillor Gary Green said pink is known to have a calming affect on people [...]
