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Vol. 2, No. 4
Fall 2008: “Boldly Burgundy”
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Cynthia A. Moyer
ART DIRECTOR
Robert Matheson
COPY EDITOR
George Zador
EDITORIAL ADVISOR
Esther Konigsberg, MD, CCFP
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Mark Stirling
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Steven Buehler
Michael Wile
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James A. Moyer
PHOTOGRAPHER
Robert Nolan
Cover Shot - Robert Nolan
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Sheryl Moran
EVENT CO-ORDINATOR
Wendy Smith
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Since the 1930s, researchers have been studying the effects of colour on
human psychology and emotion. Ask anyone “what’s your favourite colour?” and
you’re likely to get as many different answers as there are colours. However, the
connection is much more significant than mere preference; colours represent
something to each of us in varying and interesting ways.
Sages of long ago believed that our bodies radiated an aura or coloured
energy field that could be “read” in order to determine a person’s state of wellbeing.
The practice of aura reading continues today in many cultures around the
world. Colour Therapy or Chromo Therapy is a healing modality that has been
practised in Asian cultures for thousands of years and is now beginning to gain
popularity in the west. Colour therapy incorporates colour, or rather colour
energy, to heal the body. Today, we are likely to see the use of colour therapy in
environmental design to affect our health and behaviour. For example, hospitals
and clinics choose décor that is muted, pleasant and calming to aid in patients’
recovery and psychological state. The colour red is prominently used in marketing
food as it invokes hunger in most individuals. Green is widely used in produce marketing
as it is representative of freshness.
Studies and research continue to uncover the mysteries of our psychological
connection to colour. What does your favourite colour say about you as a person? How
do certain colours make you feel? You’ll be surprised to learn that in addition to having
a favourite colour, there is a commonality amongst most individuals. Red makes us feel
hungry and also pay attention; dark blue (police uniforms) help us to feel safe and secure;
and light blue gives us a sense of peace, calm and serenity (the same feeling when we
gaze up at a clear daytime sky).
Colour is everywhere and we humans are fortunate to have developed the ability to
perceive it both visually and emotionally.
Within the pages of OPEN, we have provided you with an oasis of colour. This
magazine is the first of its kind to marry the science and health benefits of colour with
health information. Explore each issue’s ”theme colour” and discover your personal
connection to each. How does this issue make you feel? You’ll learn something about
yourself that you did not know before. Discover and enjoy!
Publisher Cynthia
Colour Theory
Editor’sMessage
Compliment a man on his tie and he’ll likely
say, “Thank you, my wife bought it for me,” or “It
was a gift.” Compliment a woman on her shirt and
she’ll tell you where she bought it, how much it cost,
what sizes and colours it came in as well as washing
instructions.
Photo by Robert Nolan
We women are natural communicators. It is one
of our greatest strengths. We are communal by nature, following our women ancestors
who worked in villages, farming, child rearing and sustaining family life.
Girls listen in pre-school when the teacher talks about the importance of “sharing.”
When we find something we like, we tell our family and friends. Conversely, if something
displeases us, we tell everybody about it!
We often solve issues “in community” by first seeking others’ opinions and then
making up our minds. Our ability to communicate (sometimes too well, according to our
male partners) is one of the female gender’s great attributes.
What knowledge, information or wisdom have you shared with others today?