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Warm colors like red, yellow, and orange can make us feel excited, happy, and optimistic.
Purple is also known to make people feel more creative, hence its cultural significance in rock music.
The way colors affect our emotions depends on whether it is warm or not, and on the color’s brightness, shade, tint, or tone.
Browns can make us feel strong and reliable, but in large quantities it makes us sad.
Dark colors that are muted will make us feel tired and sad. The quintessential one is gray. Depending on how they’re used, muted blue and green colors have a similar effect.
In Western cultures, black is associated with mourning, whereas white is associated with mourning in Eastern cultures.
However, in certain tones, they can make us feel like we need to take action. An example of this is the color red in caution signs.
Pastels like baby blue, lilac, and mint make us feel calm and relaxed. Cream also has a relaxing effect.
In chromotherapy, orange is used to increase energy levels and heal the lungs.
In chromotherapy, blue is used to soothe illness and as a relieving agent for pain.
Several ancient cultures have practiced chromotherapy for healing, including certain Chinese and Egyptian cultures. Chromotherapy is still practiced today.
Skin problems are treated with certain shades of Indigo in chromotherapy.
Red is used to stimulate the body and mind and to increase circulation, this in chromotherapy.
In sports, red causes people to react with more speed and force.
Players in black uniforms are more likely to concede penalties in the NFL. Also, people speak more negatively about NFL teams in black.
In chromotherapy, yellow is used to stimulate the nervous system and purify the body.
There are some astonishing findings in the school of psychology regarding how color affects our emotions and well being. For example, warm-colored placebo pills were found to be more effective than cool-colored placebo pills.
However, modern psychology has found that the actual effects that specific colors have on our mood are temporary. For instance, if you switch on a warm-colored salt lamp, it will only make you feel comfortable for a short time.
We associate green with freshness and also with quality.
The color red also gives people more of an appetite.
With this said, people often use colors to make themselves feel a certain way. For instance, wearing white will make you feel revived, youthful, and professional.
Sources: (Verywell Mind) (99designs) (The Spruce)
Seeing the color red can psych people out so much before sitting an exam that they perform worse.
Feng shui comes with its own set of practices and color associations, which are often similar to Western cultures' color associations and sometimes different. As examples, gray is associated with helpfulness and travel, and black is associated with career.
We innately understand what colors mean for us and what they mean to people around us. This is why we know that wearing yellow to a funeral is inappropriate because yellow is associated with happiness and excitement.
Colors that make us happy are (yes, you guessed it) bright colors like yellow, orange, pink, and red, especially in certain tones. Pastel shades of peach, light pink, and lilac lift people’s moods.
Generally, the lighter and brighter the shade of a color is, the more effective it will be in lifting our mood.
Cool colors like blue, green, and purple make people feel calm and relaxed. But in certain tones, they also can make people feel sad.
Because of cultural conditioning and biology, the colors we see affect our emotions and how we behave. This is why people don’t often stay in rooms painted completely black for too long. Businesses have been aware of this for years, i.e. if you want people to dine and leave a restaurant as fast as possible, make the room neon orange! Businesses also use colors to their advantage to communicate their brand or what they want people to think of their product.
To learn more about how colors make us feel, click through this gallery.
How colors affect our mood and emotions
The relationship between colors and our emotions
HEALTH Psychology
Because of cultural conditioning and biology, the colors we see affect our emotions and how we behave. This is why people don’t often stay in rooms painted completely black for too long. Businesses have been aware of this for years, i.e. if you want people to dine and leave a restaurant as fast as possible, make the room neon orange! Businesses also use colors to their advantage to communicate their brand or what they want people to think of their product.
To learn more about how colors make us feel, click through this gallery.