Do you know where you want to go in life, which direction you want to take? In my work as a color coach I come across many clients who find it difficult to actually live according to their heart’s desire. Often they will not give themselves the ‘green light’ to go forward. The color for knowing and following your heart’s desires is green.
The color green can be a great support whenever you need to make decisions, especially in matters close to your heart like relationships, family and work. Which direction should I go? A question we sometimes ask ourselves and is not always easy for everyone to answer. When you struggle with making decisions or finding your personal sense of direction, go out in nature and let yourself be surrounded by the color green. Let nature’s color green help you to make decisions and choices, following your own emotions rather than the opinions of others. The frequency of our heart corresponds with the frequency of the color green and so this color encourages you to follow your heart’s feelings. ‘Eat your greens’ has been sound advice for generations. Green vegetables are rich in antioxidants and contain important phytochemicals as Vitamin C, flavonoids and carotenoids.
Green vegetables are especially good for heart conditions and lungs.
Green is in the middle of the color spectrum (rainbow) and has a balancing, healing and calming effect on people. This is one of the reasons that operating staff in hospitals often wear green uniforms. Green is also the complementary color of red and in order to balance the eyes of the operating staff after seeing all that blood (red) the use of green uniforms and / or walls are used in operating rooms.
Green is even of use in industry, as this article I recently came across explains: “Land birds migrating at sea during inclement weather frequently become disoriented and are attracted to the lights of off shore oil platforms. In the Gulf of Mexico, a 2005 study showed that as many as 300,000 birds die in collisions with pipes and wires on rigs each year. These deaths could be avoided if it were possible to develop lighting that did not attract birds.” Studies indicate that it is the red portion of the spectrum that most attracts and disorients birds. Hence, red or white lighting is disruptive, while blue or green light is much less so.
A Dutch petroleum company has teamed up with Phillips Electronic to develop a new light bulb with a greenish light that provides good visibility for workers, yet apparently does not attract birds. The lighting system is currently being tried on one major platform in the North Sea of the Dutch coast. More scientific results will be available after this year’s fall migration to quantify the reduction in birds landing on the platform. More than 380 floodlights have been changed to the new green lights, and far fewer disoriented birds have been observed so far.
“This is a good example of how different industrial organizations can jointly solve an environmental problem,” said Michael Fry, ABC’s Director of Conservation Advocacy. “More research is needed to see if these lights really work, and whether or not they can be applied to other uses, such as lighting on communications towers, that also threaten millions of birds.”
Birds are also influenced by color and green is helping them to find their ‘migrating sense of direction’. Give yourself the ‘green light’ to go forward in the direction you choose. Whenever you see the traffic light turns green, just think a moment if you are following your heart’s desires!
By Thelma van der Werff
Thelma van der Werff has had a lifelong interest in spirituality and first began working with color using the Aura Soma color system several years ago. Color coaching came out of her desire to make an awareness and knowledge of the power of color more easily accessible. She has self-published five books about her work: Why Are You Wearing Those Colors?, Dress to Impress, The Power of Colour in Black & White, Colour First Aid Book and most recently How to understand children through the colours they choose. - More info
Pictures: Flickr (Tanaka Juuyoh / Deven Rue / John Spade)
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