Kohler chromotherapy tub in the dark: “It’s even better than lavender scent for calming,” she says.
“Color clearly has aesthetic value, but it can also carry specific meaning and information,” says Andrew J. Elliot, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, in New York. He and a team of researchers concluded that, “Seeing red is not good before [tak- ing] a test measuring performance” (Jour- nal of Experimental Psychology: Gen- eral). In contrast, they found that seeing green enhances creative performance. Photodynamic therapy, a recently
developed, non-invasive cancer treat- ment, involves injections of a light-sen- sitive solution, followed by shining laser- emitted blue light on internal tumors or light-emitting diodes (LED) on surface tumors. A National Cancer Institute fact sheet explains how such light kills can- cer cells and shrinks tumors.
Based on the success of
NASA experiments and research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, red LED lights are also helping cancer patients deal with sore mouths associated with chemotherapy
Colors, like features,
follow the changes of the emotions.
~ Pablo Picasso
and radiation used for bone marrow and stem cell transplants. Treating diabetic ulcers is another application, according to a 2012 study in the Journal of Endo- crinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes of South Africa. Red light sessions at many medical spas help rejuvenate aging skin by stimulating collagen production. Color as pigment can convey subtle cues to influence our percep- tions, attitudes and behavior. In a study conducted at England’s Oxford Univer- sity and Spain’s Polytechnic University of Valencia, for example, participants believed that hot chocolate tasted better in orange mugs than any other color, with white scoring lowest. “Color as- sociations are so strong and embedded so deeply that people are predisposed to certain reactions” when they see a color, explains Elliot, a learned association that is often culturally based.
Because color can engender
individual emotional response, it plays a major role in one’s preferences in sur- roundings, including wall colors, furnish- ings and appliances. Pantone, a leading provider of color systems to businesses worldwide, annually recommends a specific color that it feels best connects with the current zeitgeist, or prevailing spirit and mood, so that manufacturers of paints, kitchenware and fabric will produce the look people will want to have around them. In 2011 Pantone picked a vibrant pink. Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, explained that “In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits, a cap- tivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going.” Now sensing greater optimism, their 2013 color choice is a vivid emerald, described as “lively, radiant and lush… a color of elegance and beauty that enhances our sense of well-being, balance and harmony.”
Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood
AndLifestyle.blogspot.com.
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