When we open our eyes and look around us, we find ourselves being surrounded by the ocean of colours and these colours have a deep impact in our lives in some way or the other. In fact, we are influenced by colours in every moment of our lives sometimes either consciously or at the other times unconsciously.

Colour and our mood.

Let me begin with asking you a simple question that how much do you think colours could influence your lives? Well, I am going to answer this question myself!. Normally, we don't have much idea about it just because we are not aware of it. Just think about  some situations in our daily lives. For instance, sometimes, we don't like to be in a particular room while at other times we like to spend hours in another room. Do you know the reason for this? Yes, in brief , we can say that colours play an important role in this behaviour of ours and maybe because we find the colour of the other room more appealing to us we tend to spend hours in it. The colours that surround us actually determines our moods to a great extent. Even colour blind people are affected with this phenomenon.

Colour and our perception.

 Colour is very much related with light. When we see a substance in dim light and again try to see the same substance in bright light we will notice a great difference in its look. Again, awareness about colours also differs from person to person, for instance, if you see a substance of bluish green colour it is not always necessary that the other person also will see the same colour and it is a very much possibility that he or she might see the same substance as green. Basically, the difference lies in the fact that the person who is saying that the colour of the said substance is green can see the green colour more than you can and therefore the substance seems to you are bluish green rather than green. Moreover, colour provides power and strength to us both externally and internally which I am going to discuss in detail after sometime. For the time being, let me inform you that every colour that we find around us have some meaning and they influence our lives to a great extent.

Primary Colours.

The colour white is formed with three colours namely red, yellow and blue. Again these three colours represents hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. The power and strength that is generated with these primary colours helps in our physical, mental and overall well being.

* Red -- This colour enters our body through oxygen and provides us with strength and protein. The colour red symbolizes power and it helps us to remain agile and active. It also provides us with strength, power and immunity level to fight against diseases.

* Yellow -- It works together with the brain and helps in expanding our memory. It enhances our knowledge. This colour is related with sun and therefore it enlightened our lives and increases our internal strength, memory, will-power and helps in taking decisions.

* Blue -- The blue colour increases our willingness towards work and it is related very much with the universe. The colour of the sky and oceans are also related with blue colours. It helps us to look at things from a high perspective and increases our imaginative powers. This colour brings peace in mind and serenity in heart. It cultivates the habit of being social within us.

Dispersion of light and our mentality

In 1666, Sir Issac Newton with the help of a prism saw the colour of the rainbow. This is known as electro-magnetic dispersion. He proved the fact that the light is not only a colour but a group of seven colours like red, orange, green, blue, yellow, indigo and violet.

In 1940, Max Luscher used his colour therapy into eight colours like red, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, grey and black. He believed that these colours had to do a lot with individuals personality and he could describe a person's personality  with the help of these colours. Later on, these colours are simplified into green, yellow, red and blue.

Colour and feelings

Today to determine which colour will sell more in the market, the different colour selling companies take the help of Psychologists. Besides, the colour determining psychologists also decides colour for interior decoration purposes. We generally find the colour orange in restaurants because this colour seems to increase our hunger. There is another colour combinations for restaurants like light blue and orange. The physiology behind using these colours are that the fact that these colours are generally taken as cool and creates a serene surrounding which helps a lot when it comes about increasing our appetite. All these facts about colours and their usage pinpoints the facts that today we are very much colour conscious and colours has a lot to do when it comes about our psychology and feelings. Now-a-days, females wear shoes matching with the colour of their dresses or Saree's. Even colour of our bathrooms and living rooms are changed quite often to suite our mentality. It is worthwhile to mention here that not so very long ago that dyes were only obtained from natural products.

Colour therapy and health

Today, there are many experiments that are carried on to determine the effects of colours on our health. We know this fact about our universe that there are certain regions in our earth that doesn't get appropriate amount of sunlight during the winter. To get cured from mental sickness not only the sunlight but also other suitable lights like the blue lights are used in mental hospitals. In many hospitals light green, light blue and light yellow are being used because it is believed that these colours will help the patients to get cured much quickly than the usage of medicines. With the help of infrared technology, we can view those colours that are not visible to normal eyes. Besides, with the help of thermal imaging the warmth of a particular colour could be obtained and used for various purposes. It is also said that the shade of colours that is emitted by a human body could be very well utilized to determine the overall condition of the human body including the psychological conditions of an individual. You will be surprised to know that even our breathing is related with colours. We can think of a colour and inhale air  or oxygen into our body. For example, if we think about the colour pink an inhale or take a deep breathe our heart gets filled with love and romance. Even songs have colours and its every single tune is related with one colour or the other.

Colour and Personality

Discovery and experiments are going on with colours globally throughout the world from a very long time ago. Even Psychologists and big businessmen are thinking about the advantage of colour therapy. In brief, I can say that colour is involved with all aspects of our lives, hence I would suggest you to live everyday within the shade of colours, experience it and live a healthy, prosperous and colourful life.

Our food and colour

We know that food has the capacity to satisfy our hunger and our daily intake of food too consists of different colours like green, yellow, brown and red. Though the colour blue is very much popular among us but this colour is very rarely found in any of our daily foods. History tells us this mere fact that our ancestors or primitive people used to move around in search of food and they had the capacity to differentiate between edible and poisonous foods. Now the colour of most of these poisonous food were blue, black and violet. During an experiment, our scientists and researchers, gave some food to a group of people by adding the colour blue, black and violet and found that these group of people lost their hunger or appetite for food in no time. It is important to mention here that the colour of food have an immense effect on our appetite. Hence, an individual should always take the initiative  to find the type of food he or she likes and consume them overtime. If we go by the simple rule of what we like and not get influenced by the regular advertisements of food in the market and medias we will surely be able to consume food which will have a good beneficial effect on our health and on us.

# Red Colour

When we see the red colour of our food we understand that it consists of essential beta-carotene and lycopene anti-oxidants vitamin C. This protects us from the disease cancer and ensures the flow of free radicals in our body. In red meat and liver, we find iron, magnesium and copper and certain important trace materials which prevents clotting of blood and protect us from heart related diseases. Red ray helps in controlling our weight and removes poisonous toxins from the cells of our body. Those who suffers from cough and cold, weaknesses etc, these types of foods are beneficial to them. These type of food are also a remedy for prostrate problems and protects our skin from the dangerous ultra-violet rays of the sun.

Red meat -- Mutton/beef.

Red vegetables -- Beet, radish, red chili, red capsicum, raj ma, red cabbage, red onion, tomatoes.

Red fruits -- Strawberry, raspberry, cherry, black berry, red apple, watermelon and pomegranate.

Red spices -- Ginger, red hot chili, pepper etc.

# Orange Colour

We find vitamin C in oranges and all kinds of orange colour fruits and vegetables contains beta-carotene and many other essential anti-oxidants. The yolk of an egg consists of essential minerals and vitamin D. This type of foods maintain the balance of water content in our body. It repairs our DNA and prevents Cancer. It also improves our eyesight and cures from night blindness. Besides, it also improves our mucus membrane found within our body and also improves the functioning of our heart to a great extent.

Orange Vegetables -- Carrot, orange, chili, yellow squash, yellow potatoes, yellow pepper etc.

Orange Fruits -- Mango, oranges, peach, water melon, papayas, pears etc.

Orange Spices -- Ginger, turmeric, etc.

# Yellow Colour

Yellow foods have a great influence in our energy systems. All yellow fruits and vegetables are enriched with essential vitamins and nutrients are composed of anti-oxidants. Yellow citrus fruits consists of vitamin C. Juices of grapes and oranges protect our liver against poisonous substances and formation of excess hormones in our body. They also avoid us from morning sickness. Butter consists of essential vitamins like vitamin D and vitamin E.

Yellow Vegetables -- Carrot, yellow colour chili, yellow tomatoes, maize, yellow cucumber etc.

Yellow Fruits -- Grapes, mangoes, lemons, bananas, pine-apples, apples etc.

# Green Colour

Among the foods that we eat, the most beneficial foods are those which have green colours on them. These foods provide strength to our body. They also helps in increasing the level of blood in our body. Green vegetables are rich in vitamins and minerals. They also helps in fighting cancer.

Green Vegetables -- Raw mangoes, cauliflowers, beans, peas, green chillies, green dals, cucumbers, lettuce etc.

Green Fruits -- Green apples, green grapes and other green fruits come under this category.

# Blue Colour

We have limited blue colour food resources available to us from nature and their influence is very much with our mentality. Blue colour fruits attracts and they helps to increase our appetite. You can always take these foods as light edible foods during the evenings.

Blue Vegetables -- Different sea vegetables, oesophagus etc.

Blue Fruits -- Plums, blue berries, bill berries etc.

Food and our thoughts

The colour that we find around us influence us and it is also a fact that the colour of foods too influence us to a large extent. In brief, these colour of foods protects our health, prevents us against diseases and helps us in maintaining a sound and balanced body. But at the same time, there are certain things one needs to take care of which I am mentioning below:-

1) Take care of your health on day to day basis and on your mental aspect of living.

2) Find out the problems you have and take early and necessary steps to find a remedy or cure for them.

3) Take care about your personal aspect of living and find out the problems you face either physical or moral and take out your time to solve them yourself or with the help of a physician.

4) Take out your time to make a table of foods which you like to eat and which you don't like. This will help you immensely to have a track about the amount of minerals and vitamins you take on a regular basis through your food habits.

5) Every week make it sure to write down the name of foods and colour you take in your diet.

6) Do find out about the colours which are not there in your food list.

Which colour you take?

Very often we see the external colour of food and determine about them but you might have noticed that some of the foods change colour when they are cooked. It is essential to mention here that your home made foods are as harmful to your health as they might contain colours which is not required by your body. Hence, I would recommend you to take Rainbow eating on a regular basis as it is beneficial to you in all your physical aspects. While preparing this rainbow foods you need to follow some basic rules regarding the same. Just keep in mind about the colours which is required by your body while preparing the rainbow food and if necessary add more colours to it. For example, to add red colour use red meat and to add white or blue colour use fishes in your menu. Vegetarian foods are good for the health of children, aged and the young but to get the other essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients you need to consume certain amount of non-vegetarian food items too.

Signal and strength of colours

It is beyond doubt that colours have great influence on our feelings, personality, activities, and our overall behaviors with others. It controls our overall attitude and characteristics towards life either consciously or unconsciously. There are many surveys done and still going on to find out the influence of colours on human life. Many of us believe the fact that colours are the source and strength of our lives and feelings. Colours enhances our patience and solves many of our problems. I am highlighting some of the influence of colours on our lives below:-

Red -- It helps in developing our self confidence and courage.

Brown -- It expresses earthly wholesomeness, naturalness and dependability.

Violet -- It symbolizes spiritual realization and helps in perfection.

Golden -- It provides wealth, success and knowledge.

Yellow -- It means knowledge and happiness and helps us in being optimistic about things.

Green -- It is a colour of nature, fertility and life, learning and harmony.

Blue -- It is a colour of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality.

Purple -- It symbolises experience, knowledge and judgement.

Sky -- It provides heavenly power, strength and concentration.

White -- It is a colour of purity and kindness and cleanliness.

Black -- It represents death and the colour of the day, that is, Saturday is black.

Gray -- It is the colour of sorrow, narrow mindedness and loneliness.

Colour resides in the core of our hearts

Just for the sake of our understanding we came to know how colours influence our lives and our feelings and let us try to know some more facts which deals with colours and how it is related with us.

There are receptors in our human eyes to receive colours and they are commonly known as rods and cons. They play a vital role in determining the amount of colour we receive and their importance to us. There are numerous instances when the smell and flavour of some tasty food feels our heart with happiness. Likewise, the very shades of different colours also plays an important role in increasing our happiness in the heart. It is worthwhile to mention here that different colours have different levels of effects on human minds and this is because the so called rods and cons receptors differs from individual to individual. Hence, the colours you see with these rods and receptors have a deep impact on our minds.

Sunlight or yellow colour

Sun is the main source of light and energy of our earth. This light and energy helps in sustaining our life on this planet. Sun provides us with warmth, helps in growing of different fruits, vegetables and crops and even helps in preparation of these foods. Besides, the light of the sun also helps us in many other ways and commands our behaviour and feelings on this earth. It provides us with the necessary stamina to perform different activities and is also a good source of vitamin D. At dusk, when the sun goes away  we sleep on the lap of our mother earth.

Colour and Treatment

In medical science there are different treatments that are related with colours. There are certain things to be kept in mind while using colours as treatment therapy or diagnosis for diseases. For example, if a patient has fever then the usage of colour red will not be fruitful and will bear a negative impact on the patent's health.. It the colour red is used for a long time then there are maximum chances of one getting effected with long term fever. Therefore, it is advi sable to use this colour for sometime only or a wet bandage should be kept at the forehead. If a person is excited by nature then the colour yellow should not be used. In case of diarrhea, neurological fever, heart related diseases the colour orange should be avoided. In case of paralysis and chronic diseases the colours blue, sky and violet should be avoided because these colours are cold colours and therefore might add to the symptoms of the diseases.