THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF COLOUR
- RED: Raw base
energy, our fight or flight responses. Red is the colour of blood, passion
and aliveness, heat/red hot, anger/seeing red, embarrassment, red-handed,
red-light and red means stop. A red-letter day is a feast day or specially
memorable day
- ORANGE: Emotional
energy, impulsive responses, reacting rather than acting, sex rather than
love. Orange is one of the colours of health and happiness.
- YELLOW: The
sun, confidence, intelligence, wisdom and knowledge, concepts and beliefs,
choice and decision. Yellow is connected with cowardice, (i.e. yellow-belly).
