How do colors affect our moods?

Colors play a crucial part in our everyday life. Colors affect our moods depending on whether we like that particular color. We can also link specific memories and thoughts with certain colors. It is indisputable that there is a connection between colors and our emotions as a myriad of idioms show what way color can affect our mood, like:

Are you green with envy?

Do you ever feel blue?

Are you seeing red?

Is your world black and white?

General and unique reaction to colors

Psychologists associate specific colors with certain moods.Green is primarily associated with calmness. If you stare out the window and see a patch of green for a few minutes, it makes you calmer, or at least in most people's cases. Or if you wear bright clothes on a rainy day, that can make you happier.

However, our reaction to the different colors is as unique as our reaction to other things in life. Of course, we are conditioned socially and culturally as well. In most societies, black is the color of mourning, and we usually don’t wear black clothing in hot summer. However, our reactions are primarily personal and individual.

Colors in my life

I started to deal with colors on a deeper level a few years ago when I noticed that the color of my clothing, and the colors in my surrounding area, like wall painting and decoration, influence my mood meaningfully. First, I thought that our Zodiac signs and our Ascendant affect our color preference in a significant way. That is true, but other factors in our life have affected our color preferences too.

Some weeks ago, I went to a color consultant who gave me detailed color analyses. I had to use an application and color a chart, then I wrote some sentences about one of my favorite colors, brown, because the chart doesn’t contain it, but this color plays a significant part in my life. I got a very long analysis accompanied by a color analysis consultation. It was astonishing how precise analysis I could get after having colored this chart.

I am a person who started to deal with self-awarenessmany years ago, I also made many self-awareness lessons for my students, took part in coaching, group coaching, etc., and this analysis was a massive confirmation of everything I could get to know about myself for many years.

Regarding my color preference, I belong to the fans of warm colors, and I would like to write about warm colors in this article primarily.