The art of Feng Shui shows us how to apply color in our life in order to achieve a healthier flow of chi for body and mind balance. Our chi is influenced by our surroundings and by the colors we consciously choose to surround ourselves with. The colors we wear on our bodies can have a significant effect on our state of being. There’s good reason why color is often used to describe our mental states. Expressions like red with rage, feeling blue, peachy and green with envy not only express our moods, but can also accentuate or curb them.

Experimenting with this concept is simple. Try using the colors covered here in your wardrobe and surroundings to influence your chi. To subdue rage or calm anger, apply the colors black or green. Light green and purple can help to lift a depressed mood. When you you feel a headache coming on, bring in green or pink. For stomach pains use yellow or red. White, black, baby blue or light green may ease hypertension. In working with obesity, fill your world with white. If you’re feeling trapped by the external circumstances in your life, try green as it represents growth, expansion and upward movement. Bluewill help to enhance communication skills as it evokes calmness and peace. Indigo strengthens intuition and encourages objectivity in challenging situations. It helps to relieve emotional and mental turmoil by facilitating openness to new insights. The lighter shades of pink induces relaxation and calmness while the darker hues of this color enhance optimism and confidence in oneself. Yellow helps to strengthen attention and alertness as well as memory improvement. Yellow can also assist you decision making as it encourages discermenment. Orange leads to mental clarity practical problem solving. Orange can help to balance disrupted chi after a period of stress or a shock and allows you to let go of the past. Red stimulates and increases chi, boosts self esteem, stimulates energy and vibrancy. Long considered a lucky and auspicious color, red also banishes insecurities and stimulates enthusiasm. However, those with high blood pressure should avoid this color and instead resort to using black, white or lighter shades of blue and green as alternatives. The color white symbolizes purity, clarity and openness and to address eating disorders. You may use this color when you feel the need to let go of mental and emotional clutter from your psyche. White signifies new beginnings and unbias attitude.

Source: adapted from article by Rossi Davis, from http://www.ehow.com/how_4901491_use-color-wellbeing.html