Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Using Colors in Feng Shui

Color is very important in Feng Shui. There has been an enormous amount of research and usage of color in science; frequency/waves, therapy, psychology, healing etc. You could spend the rest of your life exploring color. Color has been interpreted and used through cultural, symbolic and mystical orientation. What makes practical sense in Feng Shui? First and foremost colors are chosen to fit the individual, either to enhance ones energy or tone down an overactive energy. They are chosen to fit a room or common area usage and/or utilized through the Bagua (Feng Shui map of universal energy) and the 5 Elements. In short, color is used for regulating energy in your home. This process leads to enhancing your own energy where you become a magnet for positive abundant life. As we are all unique individuals we have different color requirements. The individual, their space(s), the bagua map and the 5 elements dictate color choice in every nook and cranny. A few general guidelines; 1) Choose bright colors that are pleasing to you. 2) Do not choose colors based on what other people might think, unless you are going to live in fear of trying to sell your house. (fear is useless) 3) In stairways and bedrooms, colors should be muted, a little darker or paler 4) Your front door outside color and foyer should be relatively vibrant first impressions. 5) There should be a balance and symmetry of color in all spaces. 6) Color can enhance shape and form or minimize negative shape and form. 7) Don't be afraid of adding bright festive colors as these will lift your life. Be an artist in choices. (fear is useless) 8) Really spend some time studying palate choices in correlation to specific room usage. 9) If you ask me as a consultant for a specific color change I will narrow down the choices for you, or decide for you. Often the only thing needed is some color enhancement through images and objects to bring color balance. 10) Most spaces I have consulted needed a little firey colors. Sometimes we don't resonate with them because our own vibrational make up is running in a lower pattern. This is not the case for every individual. 11) Color is going to work through you, your energy, feelings, senses, psychological make up. It helps heal, restore, nurture, motivate and helps you maintain a higher vibrational state of existence. Or it can do the opposite. Everything is made up of energy on a micro and macro level and color is no different. Color is the first thing that washes over you when you enter a space. It is one of largest impressions on the material plane once you're inside this space. Have fun with your color!