We fell in love with the color red, orange filled us with vitality and joy, blue brought us peace and spirituality, and pink brought out our sweetest, most romantic side. Today we’re continuing to explore the psychology of colors and their effects on our mood with the color green.
There are many shades of green: sea green, blue-green, turquoise, pistachio, moss, lime… This is because it’s a highly variable color, since it only takes a little blue to turn yellow into green, meaning that depending on the proportion, we can get lots of different greens. It can also contain other colors such as red, white, black, or brown without ceasing to be green.
That means that, whatever you’re like, there’s a shade of green for you.
Here are some of the ways the color green can influence you positively (both you and your surroundings).
THE COLOR GREEN: BALANCE AND TRANQUILITY.
The green-and-blue combination is very relaxing
The color green is very neutral and intermediate, pleasantly positioned between red and blue, which represent two extremes. Blue is cool and passive, red is warm and active, and green has a pleasant temperature and a calming effect. This quality of maintaining balance between extremes is what gives it this calming influence, one of green’s most powerful and useful effects.
Together with blue, in what’s known as a “color chord,” green represents tolerance, rest, and relaxation. That’s why this combination is often used in rooms where we’re going to spend a lot of time. If you wear green, you’ll also project this calming effect onto the people around you.
This effect is also closely related to the fact that green is the color that tires the eyes the least. That’s why standard green is used for chalkboards, since we can focus our eyes on it for a long time without straining them. In English theaters, the actors’ dressing rooms (green rooms) are painted green so they can rest their eyes after being exposed to the spotlights.
LIFE, FLOURISHING, HOPE, AND NATURE.
One of green’s best-known virtues is that it’s “the color of hope,” since hope is connected to spring: the season when, after the harsh winter, green shoots are reborn and life begins to flourish again. In this way, hope has a lot to do with renewal and rebirth.
All these connotations are present in the color green, which also symbolizes youth because it’s the color of those new shoots, of things that aren’t mature yet.
For obvious reasons, it’s also the essential color of nature and symbolizes plant life and freshness. In fact, when we want to indicate that something is eco-friendly and respectful of the planet, made only with natural products, we call it “green.” And it doesn’t just represent nature itself, but also love for it: that’s why it’s the color chosen by Greenpeace and environmentalists are known as “the greens.”
Because it’s a neutral and serene color, it’s also very suitable for dressing boys and girls or using it in home decor.
In summary:
Green will bring you a wave of tranquility and a breath of spring in the form of renewal and flourishing. It’s not only suitable for creating pleasant environments where balance predominates; you can also draw these feelings toward yourself by wearing clothing and accessories in this color.
Plus, if you wear green, since it’s a color that doesn’t tire the eyes, people will never get tired of looking at you. It will also give you a touch of freshness and vitality, which comes from its direct connection with nature.
If you want to enjoy green’s super-relaxing powers, stop by our fabric section and discover many more options (in addition to the ones we’ve shown you in the post).