Feng Shui in Colours
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Article by: Jennifer Brand Palencia How does choice of colour , Kitchen Cabinet Finishes and Design affect your feng shui? Colours and colour , Home Staging-Starting A Lucrative Home Staging Business Part 3 Meeting the Client, Getting the Job schemes are factors that are considered thoroughly in interior design. , How to Buy Discount Roman Shades And so it is in feng shui, , Shaw Rugs: Which Style Of Rug Fits Your Style too. In this issue, our feng shui , The allure of historical wall tapestries consultant, Jennifer Brand Palencia, shares some tips , Buying Down Alternative Comforters on the choice of colours , “Too Much Stuff” Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity for your home , How to Buy Discount Roman Shades and workplace. Selecting and using the right colours , Easy Dining Room Makeover can bring personal prosperity and harmony into your life. In feng shui, , Kitchen Cabinet Finishes and Design there are five elements that symbolise the five basic forces in the universe. These five elements continuously affect our fortunes, for better or worse. Each element is associated with a colour. , Antler Chandeliers These elements are metal, , Conservatory Furniture - Hints and Tips wood, , The Perfect Ceramic Tile: A Guide earth, , Blinds - Let Me Be Your Shield water , Buying Down Alternative Comforters and fire. , Kitchen Cabinet Finishes and Design White, , Different Types of Contemporary Chandeliers gold, silver and metallic colours , Home Staging-Starting A Lucrative Home Staging Business Part 3 Meeting the Client, Getting the Job represent metal, , Give Your Home An All New Look while wood , Easy Dining Room Makeover is related to shades of green, , Canopy blue , Unique as Your Imagination: Oil Lamp Gifts and brown. The water , The Value of Antique Wedgwood China element is depicted via the use of black and grey, while the fire , A Guide To Skylights Vinyl Windows element uses red along with purple and pink. , The Oriental Vs. Contemporary Bedroom Design Theory The earth , Antler Chandeliers element uses colours , “Too Much Stuff” Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity such as yellow and beige. Colours affect us physically, psychologically and emotionally. They are the first things we see when we open our eyes and are the last thing we see each night before we go to sleep. Colours , 5 Tips to Preschoolers Bedrooms, on a Budget affect everything from our choice of clothing to our moods. In the business world, careful use of colours , Bar Stools Add Interest To Any Kitchen Decor for branding and corporate identity can affect employees and customers subconsciously. As an example, certain fast food , Kitchen Cabinet Finishes and Design chains use red and yellow a their business colours. , Decorating a Bedroom for the Subconscious Mind - Psychology of Colors It is suggested that red and yellow give a sense of urgency, inducing people to perhaps eat quickly and leave, there by promoting higher turnover. Another example is that of certain airline some years ago, which had its cabin colours , Wood Picture Frame in green , Decorating for Renters - Part 2: Focus & Color and yellow. The number of passengers suffering from motion sickness or nausea on their flights was phenomenal! After they changed their colours , The allure of historical wall tapestries to a more soothing blue, , Hurricanes are Perfect Times to Plan Interior Decorating the number of sick passengers was reduced considerably. The presence of colours , Antler Chandeliers in our homes, , The Functions and Benefits Water Softener Salt lives and workplace is important because without it we deplete our energy , The Oriental Vs. Contemporary Bedroom Design Theory system. The colours , Decorating for Renters - Part 2: Focus & Color of our walls, , Flooring Selection - Choosing Floor Coverings that Fit your Home and Lifestyle floors , Discount Bedroom Furniture and furniture , Discount Bedroom all activate, balance, or depress our chi. Feng Shui , Unique as Your Imagination: Oil Lamp Gifts and the adjustment of colour , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement in our surroundings ensures that we receive a correct balance of energy , Hurricanes are Perfect Times to Plan Interior Decorating that helps us feel energised and happy. Colours may also be used to complement, or migrate aspects of person's elements in their set of the Four Pillars Of Destiny also known as Pat Chee. The Four Pillars is an eastern theory that attributes everyone with a combination of the five elements based on the date they were born. People may be strong in one element or weak in another. A general tip , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement is to avoid an all-neutral colour , Hurricanes are Perfect Times to Plan Interior Decorating scheme. Having an all-neutral colour , Oak Entertainment Centers scheme lends itself to apathy and indifference. People who use exclusively neutral tones may be trying to neutralize their feelings. Colours , 5 Tips to Preschoolers Bedrooms, on a Budget invoke feelings, and having no colour , Give Your Home An All New Look at all invokes neutrality. If you are partial to these colours , The allure of historical wall tapestries or if you already have these colours , Fabrics for Displaying and Protecting Collectibles on your walls, , The Value of Antique Wedgwood China don't panic. Try painting , Home Staging-Starting A Lucrative Home Staging Business Part 3 Meeting the Client, Getting the Job a room , Fall Decorating in Just Minutes or even just one wall, , Discount Bedroom Furniture or hang some colourful artwork on the walls. , Home Interior Design Tips on Decorating your Space with Art Of course, before you go on a painting , Shaw Rugs: Which Style Of Rug Fits Your Style spree in your property, , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement several factors must be taken into account. Your birth date and kua number, along with the nature , Fall Decorating in Just Minutes of the property , The Functions and Benefits Water Softener Salt (residential or commercial) also contributes to the choice of colours. , Don’t Wait for a Mate, Feather Your Nest Now! Part 2 Also, while using colour , Chandelier Lamp Shades based on feng shui , Wood Picture Frame theories is a possible solution, this is a complementary solution to contribute to other more substantial feng shui , Decorating a Bedroom for the Subconscious Mind - Psychology of Colors counter measures like installing the element itself. The complete strategy of determining what elements you have in your composition is, unfortunately, beyond the scope of this article and should be performed by a properly trained feng shui , 5 Tips to Preschoolers Bedrooms, on a Budget consultant. He or she can give you a full analysis of your favourable elements and also what solutions you can use to maximise the benefits of colour , Decorating Your Kitchen With Accessories management. Feng Shui Colour , A "Wild" Idea To Make a Bold Decorating Statement Theory In Action Lisette is a water , A Luxury Featherbed Delivers The Ultimate Sleep Experience . person born in the spring season , Don’t Wait for a Mate, Feather Your Nest Now! Part 2 where wood , Blinds - Let Me Be Your Shield element is strongest. As water , Conservatory Furniture - Hints and Tips gives birth to wood, , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement the wood , Bar Stools Add Interest To Any Kitchen Decor will exhaust the energy , How to Buy Discount Roman Shades of the water , Fall Decorating in Just Minutes element and weaken it. Thus, she is considered a weak water , Oak Entertainment Centers person requiring the support of the metal , A Guide To Bedroom Decorating element and the reinforcement of the water , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement element itself in her environment. , Decorating Your Kitchen With Accessories If she decorates , Unique as Your Imagination: Oil Lamp Gifts her office of home, , Chandelier Lamp Shades then metallic colour , Chandelier Lamp Shades tones or white , A Luxury Featherbed Delivers The Ultimate Sleep Experience . (symbolising metal) and some black or grey furniture , “Too Much Stuff” Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity (symbolising water) would be most appropriate. Wood , Upholstered Ottomans and fire , Hurricanes are Perfect Times to Plan Interior Decorating elements are not too favourable for her, as they will exhaust her water , Decorating for Renters - Part 2: Focus & Color energy. Thus, she should use less red, purple and green , Antique Picture Frame and avoid having too many plants , Fabrics for Displaying and Protecting Collectibles in her working and living space. She may also wear more black and white , How to Buy Discount Roman Shades or metallic-hued clothes to balance her Four Pillars. WHITE - White is the colour , Conservatory Furniture - Hints and Tips of purity and innocence in western culture, but it is also the colour , Painting the Woodwork of mourning and despair for eastern cultures. Representing metal, , A "Wild" Idea To Make a Bold Decorating Statement white , Spice Up Your Bedroom With An Innovative Bedding Ensemble maybe used to give an air , Fabrics for Displaying and Protecting Collectibles of serenity or contemplation or to enhance the metal , Good House Painting Depends on the Paint Selection, Tools and Preparing the Walls element in a room. , How to Buy Discount Roman Shades More physical metal , Different Types of Contemporary Chandeliers cures like coins or metal , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement wind chimes may be preferred. GOLD - A universal colour , A Guide To Bedroom Decorating of luxury and wealth in any culture and contest, it strongly relates to the metal , Painting the Woodwork element. It can be used to introduce metal , Home Interior Design Tips on Decorating your Space with Wall Art and prosperity in an area, though it would be wise to be selective when using this colour. , Don’t Wait for a Mate, Feather Your Nest Now! Part 2 Unfortunately, excessive use of this would be considered tacky. GREEN - Green is the colour , Buying Down Alternative Comforters of growth, healing, and relaxation and relates to the wood , 5 Tips to Preschoolers Bedrooms, on a Budget element. Excessively used, it can bring about relaxation to the point of lethargy. Use this colour , Flooring Selection - Choosing Floor Coverings that Fit your Home and Lifestyle in a space to recharge and heal. Green , Antique Picture Frame is not often used as a colour , A "Wild" Idea To Make a Bold Decorating Statement tone cure, since powerful wood , A Guide To Skylights Vinyl Windows energy comes easier as a live plant , The allure of historical wall tapestries itself. BLUE - Blue is the colour , Oak Entertainment Centers of inner contemplation, spirituality, peace and trust. However, it is also a sombre colour , Kitchen Cabinet Finishes and Design of mourning. It represents consistency, reliability and loyalty. Blue , “Too Much Stuff” Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity is related to the wood , Home Interior Design Tips on Decorating your Space with Wall Art element, but westerners adopt it as signifying the water , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement element. Personally, I associate it with water, , Decorating a Bedroom for the Subconscious Mind - Psychology of Colors but try it out yourself. , Canopy One multinational computer firm has their corporate colours , The Functions and Benefits Water Softener Salt in blue , Good House Painting Depends on the Paint Selection, Tools and Preparing the Walls to represent their reliability and dependability. DARK BROWN - Dark brown is one of the colours , A Luxury Featherbed Delivers The Ultimate Sleep Experience . of the wood , A Luxury Featherbed Delivers The Ultimate Sleep Experience . element unless it's mixed with orange, which would make it appear mud like. It gives a representation of ha rd work and industry. BLACK - Black is a powerful colour , Wood Picture Frame that represents the water , Oak Entertainment Centers element, strength and authority. It is a colour , Home Interior Design Tips on Decorating your Space with Wall Art that has Yin connotations and also symbolizes the night or winter. , Chandelier Lamp Shades It can be used to show intrigue and class, though painting , Good House Depends on the Paint Selection, Tools and Preparing the Walls it in a bedroom or living room , “Too Much Stuff” Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity would not be advisable. Best used with other colours , The Value of Antique Wedgwood China to express creativity. GREY - The colour , Canopy of neutrality and ambiguity, grey represents the water , Kitchen Design Trends: What's Hot for Your Kitchen? element. Excessive use gives a sombre air , The Oriental Vs. Contemporary Bedroom Design Theory to a space. RED - Red is the colour , Kitchen Design Trends: What's Hot for Your Kitchen? of prosperity and joy to the Chinese, represents the fire , Discount Bedroom Furniture element, and implies passion. It has the converse effect of possibly giving too much energy , 5 Tips to Preschoolers Bedrooms, on a Budget (and perhaps insomnia) if used in a space where you need to rest. PURPLE - A colour , Kitchen Design Trends: What's Hot for Your Kitchen? once used to represent royalty, purple is used to heighten spiritual awareness. Purple relates to the fire , Spice Up Your Bedroom With An Innovative Bedding Ensemble element, so a reading or meditation room , Antler Chandeliers would do well I light , Kitchen Cabinet Finishes and Design shades of purple. PINK - A colour , Shaw Rugs: Which Style Of Rug Fits Your Style that relates to the fire , A Luxury Featherbed Delivers The Ultimate Sleep Experience . element, pink , “Too Much Stuff” Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity has been associated in western cultures as a colour , Decorating for Renters - Part 2: Focus & Color of romance, often more so than red. It is a colour , Buying Down Alternative Comforters that calms and negates rage and may be used in spaces where you need to make rational or calm decisions. YELLOW - A colour , Beds In A Bag Make You An Instant Designing Pro! that represents energy , A Look at Cuckoo Clock Movement and eastern royalty, yellow is also a colour , Easy Dining Room Makeover of religious significance. Yellow depicts the earth , Spice Up Your Bedroom With An Innovative Bedding Ensemble element and may create feelings of cheerfulness, warmth and motion. If used in excess, however, it can actually give a sense of anxiety. BEIGE - Beige relates to the earth , A "Wild" Idea To Make a Bold Decorating Statement element and it portrays neatness and the concealment of emotions. FIVE ELEMENTS EXPRESSED IN COLOURS METAL - White, Gold, WOOD - Green, Blue, , Decorating Your Kitchen With Accessories Brown, WATER - Black, Grey, FIRE - Red, Purple, Pink, , Bar Stools EARTH - Yellow, BeigeJennifer Brand Palencia is a successful feng shui , Posh Pool Table Covers - The Latest Trend in Customized Decor consultant with many years of experience and her own consultancy. She is available for consultation and specialise in Destiny (Four Pillars Of Destiny) Reading, Feng Shui , Chandelier Lamp Shades Consultations for Residential and Commercial Properties, , Kitchen Cabinet Finishes and Design Water , Beds In A Bag Make You An Instant Designing Pro! Works and Feng Shui , “Too Much Stuff” Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity Courses. 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