Color Cues

The following gives you a cue for how color can affect a person.

Red: Increases temperature, heart rate, blood pressure.
It also sensitizes taste buds.

Pink: Promotes a feeling of safety and being cared for.

Orange: Induces a sense of friendliness and supports warm communication.

Yellow: Bright shades stimulate aggression. Soft shades can induce a sense of calm.

Green: Enhances a sense of serenity, espicially when it is combined with soft blue. Green relieves home-sickness!

Blue: Decreases temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.
It aids in concentration and focus.

Purple: supports inward focus and the feeling of a disconnection from reality.

Brown: Promotes a sense of stability. And with blue, creates a feeling of trust.

(window fashions august 2008)