What is Color Therapy? How does it work? How can it make you feel better?
This page explains what Color Therapy is and provides links to the leading scientific research papers.
It's worth a read, as it can change your daily life.
Color Therapy
Color (Chromo) Therapy is a method of treatment that uses the visible spectrum (colors) of electromagnetic radiation to cure dis-eases. It’s a centuries old concept used successfully over the years. From ancient Egypt to the contemporary treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a form of depression.
Both light and colors are composed of electromagnetic energy. Each color represents a different intensity, or pulse, of energy. These energy waves are being taken in through the body and especially the eyes.
Through your eyes, these energy waves connect directly with your brain and your blood. Out of all muscles in our body the eye muscles move the most (100,000 per day) and consequently our entire blood passes through the eyes approx. every 40 minutes. As the thinnest membrane between light and our blood, the eye allows light frequency to enter the body and help program our cells.
Orange
- Filters blue light from phone & computer screens and unnatural LED lighting.
- Shown to impact melatonin production and makes you sleep better.
- Protects the eye from macular degeneration.
- Helps with anxiety & depression (SAD).
- Enhances your mood on a dull and grey day.
- Can help with Irlen syndrome, a visual perceptual processing disorder.
Pink
- Enhances mood & happiness.
- Relaxes the eyes.
- Shown to influence serotonin and melatonin production - a crucial nerutransmitter and hormone that interact and regulate important bodily functions from happiness to sleep.
- Can help with anxiety and depression.
- Gives greater definition to visual experiences - great for the beach, skiing and walking.
If you want to learn more...
Here are some useful links to some of the contemporary scientific research and studies into the effect of Color Therapy on wellbeing and to treat conditions.
A Critical Analysis of Chromotherapy and Its Scientific Evolution
The National Center for Biotechnology Information
Colored light therapy: History, theory, recent developments and clinical applications combined with acupuncture.
The National Library of Medicine
Chromotherapy in the regulation of neurohormonal balance in human brain-complementary application in modern psychiatric treatment.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information
Effects of blue light on the circadian system and eye physiology
The National Library of Medicine
Evening use of eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences