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Chromotherapy (also known as "color therapy") has been known to stimulate the psyche. Each color can evoke a particular emotion. Some studies have been conducted showing that babies cry more in yellow rooms, celebrity "green rooms" are known to have a calming effect and these findings merely scratch the surface. So, how can you and your partner pick the right wedding colors? Let the color findings below, guide you.
Red: Red is widely associated with love. It is a very powerful color and is linked with feeling confident, sexy and ambition. Think about how red is used in everyday life as an attention getter: stop lights and signs, Valentine's Day, red lipstick and nail polish. Red is known to heighten all five senses and to elevate blood pressure. Choose red if you and your fiance are dominant, adventurous and/or romantics.
Orange: Orange brings about cheery feelings and is linked to the possibility of new options and life directions. This color can bring the warmth of a fire to your wedding and encourages socialization. Orange is the color a couple should pick if they are socializer, indulgent and dedicated.
Yellow: Yellow, being the color of the sun, correlates with energy and life force.Yellow is linked with discovery, creativity, speaking and writing skills, memorization and travel. Choose yellow if you and your sweetie are cultured, into fine arts and world travel.
Green: Green is a color of healing, harmony and environmental awareness. It is a great color to choose if both of you are grounded people who are family-oriented and nature lovers.
Blue: Blue is calming, dreamy and magical. Blue is a color associated with truth and loyalty. Choose this color if you are both laid back, nostalgic and free-thinkers.
Purple: Purple is a royal color and associated with a higher power. It is mysterious because it holds the colors of ambitious red and passive blue; it is balancing. This is a go-to color if you and your beloved are spiritual/religious, activists toward a cause or want to add a royal flair to your wedding.
White: White is often worn as a color of the bridal gown and is connected with purity, simplicity and nothingness. White can be a great accompaniment to other colors, but is usually solely reserved for the bride.
Black: Black is a color of seriousness, secrecy and having it all and nothing at once. Usually, if black is worn, it is by the groom and groomsmen, but like white, it can be a great compliment to other colors.
Brown: Brown is a cozy, stable color, associated with loyalty to the family. It has strong connections with the earth, as does green. It is a great choice to tone down a bright color like yellow or orange.
Grey: Grey can be seen as neutral or non-expressive, but it also provides courteousness, refined taste and the assurance of knowing where one stands.
Metallics: Metallics have direct connections with luxury and wealth, for the obvious reason that they are used in coin form as money. Metallics also add brilliance, power, positive relations and intuition.
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