Nature-Color-People

I understand color. I know how to use it. When I am thinking about creating new color schemes for a painting or project, I often look at nature to seek inspiration. I am never disappointed. Nature, in all of its glory and wonder, is always exquisite. Colors in rocks, in flowers, in fish, in the sky playing against the mountains or plains, always provides fresh expressions of color and color combinations.

Color impacts our environment. It can be defining as to establishing a mood. It effects our personalities and level of performance, as well as our appetites and such things as our health and well being. My experience dealing with color and clients is that color affects virtually every aspect of our beings, so it is vital that the colors we select to live with enhance our health and the strength, beauty and goodness of our souls, and support a direction in life that allows us to fulfill our missions in life. I believe profoundly that we lived before we came here and in that pre-mortal world we were given purposes to accomplish here on earth, and then report back to our Heavenly Father about how we did and what we learned and who we became. I think that, viewed from this perspective, the environments we create for ourselves are even more important. Some people think that creating a harmonious environment happens when you bring the colors of the landscape around you inside. That creates a a natural flow between inside and outside and would likely give a feeling of expanse and oneness with nature. But, what if the individuals require different colors to experience a supportive environment? What if those colors of the nature around them actually drain their energy?? Two things need to happen. One is that the designer or whoever is making the decision about color, needs to identify the colors that should be used around each person in a family, and those that should not be used. Secondly, it needs to be established where each color or color combinations should be used and in what quantities. In commercial environments, color, of necessity will be applied more broadly, but still supportive of whatever activity is occurring in a space and hopefully. with an eye toward individual choices where possible, as in offices or cubical. So, while we draw from nature, we need to use and adapt nature's beauty to create environments that will support our personal growth.

I seem to have a sixth sense about people and color. I look at their physical colorings-hair, skin, eyes- but also I look into their souls and somehow, intuitively, come up with a very accurate diagnosis of colors they would thrive in and those they would not. In choosing colors for a person, I create a balance between the environment and the individual, almost the same way I pick fashion colors for someone. People don't need to match their environment. Personalities are important. For instance, I love red. I could easily thrive in a red room as well as in a red dress. But not everyone could do that. Maybe they can live with something softer like pink, or color toned down to burgandy or muted to lavender. Somehow I just look at a person and I know. I want to figure out HOW I know.