| The influence of color began very early in our lives | | | | throughout the decades impress their point of view |
| when our parents decorated our rooms in pink for | | | | upon us. Pink is just for ladies ... simply isn't true. |
| feminine or, blue for masculine. Every day we describe | | | | Pale pink is a great color for blonds and includes those |
| our emotions and impressions with metaphors: "I feel | | | | of the male persuasion as well. Let's not forget pale |
| blue," "She's green with envy," "He was red in the face | | | | blue and soft lavender either. So, don't tell the men in |
| with anger." When we consult with experts how to | | | | your life it makes him less of a man. Wearing pink and |
| choose the right shades for decorating our homes and | | | | lavender won't denounce his masculinity. Colors we |
| offices, coloring our hair and makeup applications, we | | | | see affect us just as much as colors we wear and |
| stress the sophistication and importance it has in our | | | | causes a reaction from people we meet. It reflects our |
| lives personally. | | | | individual personalities, desires and moods. A certain |
| Psychologists have proven many colors have special | | | | color we wear may say, "Hey everyone look at me!" |
| meanings of their own. While matching moods with | | | | Yet another may emphatically state, "Leave me alone, |
| colors, people have associated black with depression | | | | I don't want to be noticed." |
| and sadness, blue for security, peacefulness and | | | | How do you react to what others express about you? |
| serenity, green with envy and jealousy, red for love or | | | | A compliment of how great you look in a certain color |
| anger, yellow for cheerfulness and purple for dignity, | | | | is exhilarating and uplifting. Those cheery words |
| passion and regalness. | | | | spoken make us feel stupendous. We always feel |
| The difference in hues will change the meaning | | | | wonderful when a stranger and acquaintance |
| dramatically. Where soft blue may project comfort | | | | acknowledges how good we actually look and |
| and safety, an icy blue gives the impression of being | | | | reinforces how we feel about ourselves. Compliments |
| cold and aloof. Color and its effects play an extremely | | | | are meant to be received. So go out there and tell the |
| important role in our every day lives, even without | | | | world how wonderful a color looks on them even if |
| realizing it ... whether male or female, Caucasian, | | | | you don't know them. |
| Mexican or Black American. There has never been a | | | | A kindness given will always be passed along ... it's |
| written law dictating certain colors are either feminine | | | | infectious and will grow like ripples upon the water. |
| or, masculine. We have let opinionated individualists | | | | |