Musings in July: Spotting Yellow

The color yellow fits right in in bright, sunny days. And the best thing is that one can find all shades of yellow all around us. There’s the cool, luminous hue in the middle of a frangipani (plumeria), or the warm, hearty shade of an egg yolk. In color psychology, yellow is a cheery, uplifting [...]

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Need Some Orange…

Last week, I had orange on my mind. I was thinking of ways to update or change the look of my living room with the coming of fall. I was not quite ready to give up the bright, sunny colors of summer, and I still wanted bright, uplifting hues in my surroundings. Then it occurred [...]

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Blue for Creativity: Red for Details

Color affects how our mind works. I have always been interested in color psychology, and how different colors can influence our moods and feelings. I came across this study by a team at the University of British Columbia . It was published earlier this month and it highlights how the brain reacts to the colors [...]

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