color your world!

• What do you think your favorite color is? Just off the top of your head! Blue, Red? Yellow? Turquoise? Give your favorite a name.
• Now . . .look at your closet. What is the predominant color in your closet? Red? Blue? Black?
• If you chose it, what color car do you drive?
• Do you have a garden? What is the predominant color in the flowers you chose?
• Look around your house? Is one color more predominant than others? What color did you choose for your bedroom? Kitchen?
• What is your favorite outfit? The one that makes you feel terrific every time you wear it?
• What outfit do you get the most compliments when you wear (this may not be the same as your favorite!)
• What color lingerie do you wear? (if you wear lingerie!)

Are you seeing any trends? Are you seeing the lack of trends? A test was done on color psychology with children. In it, the children were put in a room with literally hundreds of color swatches and asked to choose their favorites. The children were analyzed by "color specialists" to determine the most flattering color choices for them. The children had a 93% match in colors between what they chose and what was chosen for them. The bottom line, you know the best colors for you! If you tend to wear a lot of red because you think it is a power color, but the blue outfit is the one that gets compliments - guess what, BLUE may be your power color!

I don't wear colors very often. I do surround myself with my favorite color - pale, soft yellow. The color makes me happy and helps me think and be creative. Be aware of color! Colors can irritate or inspire. I painted my bedroom soft yellow and then found that whenever I needed to really think, I'd head up to the bedroom to work! Guess what, I now surround myself with yellow and am much more productive.

There is an interesting article on the significance of colors, here, if you are interested in learning about the psychological significance of color.