Colour - a powerful tool

 


Colours are everywhere we go, the fact is that as long as our eyes are open and we can see, everything that has a ray of light on them, has some level of colour reflection. One can experience colour when light waves come in contact with the eyes. You can never perceive colour if all light around you are absorbed.

 Colours mean different to different people, holds meaning in religion and various cultures, and it influences our emotions, 

For instance, the colour RED means different people hinge to different people, and different cultures. Red represents good luck in China, in South Africa, it represents mourning. One needs to be sensitive to the differences of these colours depending on where you are operating.


The above shows different general symbolisms of different colours , what do colours mean to you, do you feel that some colours were misinterpreted in the chart. Please do give us your feed back on the comment section, we love to hear from you.

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