- Impact of colours
- Black: Cold, colour of death, grief, and depression. Has a mysterious, obscure, inapproachable and interesting effect. Easily combined with other colours. Makes you look slim.
- White: Cleanness, clarity, virginity, aloofness, distance. In Europe and America colour of happiness, in Asia colour of grief.
- Red: Activity, power, enjoyment of life, vitality. Has a fierce, aggressive, exciting and erotic effect. Also symbol of warmth.
- Lilac: Inspires; colour of transcendence, of metamorphosis, magic and mysticism.
- Green: Has a refreshing and animating effect; stands for harmony, peace, nature, confidence, regeneration, and reassurance. Helpful for overexcitement and restlessness.
- Yellow: Makes you happy, balanced, and diligent; appetizing. Bright and eye-catching. Colour of light, gold, and glory.
- Orange: Colour of warmth, cosiness, security, joy and groove. Facilitates contact and lifts one's spirits; appetite enhancer.
- Indigo: More intense than blue; mystic colour with impact on the subconsciousness; supports spiritual energies. Stands for balance, calmness and peaceableness. Used to reduce pain, to heal and has a calming effect.
- Blue: Has a serious, reliable and harmonic effect. Cold, relaxing, brings down blood pressure. Stands for hope, faithfulness, vastness.
- Brown: Colour of the soil, conservative, cosy. Stands for tradition, gives you a feeling of security and stability. Sometimes gives a dowdy, motherly impression, can denote strictness.
