The hidden meaning of colours:   the peacock .The   Bridge MAG image

Mother Nature is the most talented artist. The colours we find in flowers, butterflies or rainbows are difficult to match in a studio. Moreover, we can only mimic these colours to add more beauty to our lives and the environment we live in, if we know which colours inspire positive thoughts and feelings and which do not.

Using this knowledge, we can try to use our imaginations to bring out the colour combinations that will have the best impact and trigger the most positive emotions.

All of this this can only be achieved if we understand the ‘meanings’ behind colours. Although these vary from one culture to another, most instinctive reactions inspired by colours arguably have some universal qualities.

As a powerful form of communication, colours have the potential to project universal messages:

Purple tends to signify feminine and fragile- though combined with navy- blue or black, can convey powerful emotions .

Pale pinks, white and pale lavender also represent fragility: pale pink are usually use for babies girls or for  girls at a tender age.

Red

Carries connotations of power, romance, strength, love, courage. fire, goals, sex, desire and love. However, red can also be perceived as war, danger, revolution or mourning . It is a strong masculine colour that has the power to stimulates the metabolism, respiration rate, appetite, and blood pressure.

In China, red is a bridal colour: there it means luck and fame. In Japan, red means life. In India, it symbolises purity

Companies such as Coca Cola, Ferrari, and top tabloid newspapers in UK, have successfully promoted their brands, using red.

Seamless Repeating Tie Dye Background.                                                                         The Bridge MAG image

Combining red with other colours can be a tricky business however, although black and red are widely seen as a classic colour combination. Wearing these colours together  in Cameroon, central Africa, you would be attending the funeral of someone who had died in a violent and/or accidental way.

Unlike red alone, the black and red combination carries both positive and negative connotations…

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Rachel Tcheungna, Author, Writer of 

The Bridge Books and 

The Bridge Magazine Editor.