To inform the audience what color therapy is and how we can use it too cure our emotional and physical unbalance.

"Color therapy, also known as chromatherapy, is based on the premise that certain colors are infused with healing energies. The therapy uses the seven colors of the rainbow to promote balance and healing in the mind and body." (Andrews 23)

We may "feel blue" on a dreary, rainy Sunday afternoon. We "see red" when an obnoxious driver cuts us off in traffic. When we are "in the pink", nothing can stop us. Believe it or not, there may be something to those common sayings.

There have been many studies done about how various colors can be very depressing and some can be very enlivening; some stimulate mental activity; and some stimulate a sense of cheerfulness. We do know that color affects our moods and affects physical aspects as well as emotional aspects of health says Ted Andrews, author of How to Heal With Colour. For example, fast food restaurants often use the stimulating shades of red, yellow and orange

Pink is a very soothing and healing color; it calms anger and is beneficial for skin condition

Brown is good for feeling more practical or grounded.

Purple helps to eliminate negativity.

White is the color of purity. It will purify the body and beings peace and comfort to the highest levels. White is the best reliever of all pain.

While you can't really prescribe certain colors to treat an illness (say, "take two reds and call me in the morning"), you can use colors for varying length of time as a way of calming or stimulating our body. Different colors promote different response. For example, red is a stimulating shade and can be used for unceasing blood flow while green is calming and soothes the nervous system.

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)