Feng Shui Tips for Using Color Combination will Hike Energy and Heal

December 8, 2009 | Posted by admin

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Designer Jayne Pelosi helps you transform your home with tips on using color combinations that will hike your energy and heal. Here’s a design principle that has definitely stood the test of time: feng shui, the Eastern practice of analyzing where things go to create the most healthful and beneficial energy flow. Jayne Pelosi, who has her own design firm, Renaissance Interior Design is a big believer in feng shui and has more and more clients who are interested in it. “They may not always be able to pronounce it, but lots of people have heard of it and are more accepting of it,” she says. “It is a simple way to make a change in your house and see if you feel different.” How to start? Jayne, author of the book Interior Divine, Walking You Through the Transformation of Your Home, has a number of easy solutions:

Get rid of baggage. Clean your house of items whether it’s furnishings or art that have negative connotations, say from an old marriage or friendship. “For years I had an end table that was a gift from an old boyfriend, right next to my husband’s head!” Jayne says. “No wonder every time I walked into the bedroom I was annoyed.” Clearing out such items is like removing a splinter that constantly antagonizes you at some low level.

Watch your back. When you can’t see what comes up behind you, whether you’re at the stove or at your desk, you’re at a disadvantage, Jayne says. The feng shui way to fix this is to hang a mirror, even a very small one, so that you don’t feel that you’re being snuck up on. “It’s more symbolic than anything else. You may not really be able to see everything behind you, but that mirror will be reflecting good energy.”

Color your world. Designers always say to use the colors you love and respond to in your home, and that is a great idea, says Jayne. But she has learned to also respond to the energy of the colors. “My feng shui consultant came into my living room and said instantly that it reflected me. I’m high energy, and my living room is full of hot fiery colors. But sometimes the fiery side of me burns out, and that was true of my living room, too. It needed cool relief.” Jayne spent less than $100 on new accessories carefully chosen to bring down the heat in the room: silk blue pillows, blue blown glass, pumpkin instead of red candles. “It made a huge difference,” she says. “Sometimes you can’t tangibly see the effect, but you know it’s working, like vitamins.” In a client’s kitchen that was dominated by warm granite, Jayne was going to use coral or butterscotch on the walls. But her feng shui expert pointed out that the room already had a lot of earth energy. “There I am going to a palette that matches the room with complementary colors, when what the room needed was some relief from the energy associated with those colors,” she says. They settled on a cooler eggplant color that helped balance the room’s energy. “You have to learn to go with your gut,” Jayne says. Remember that a room with too much fire energy may be frenetic, not relaxing. A room with too much blue, however, may be too cold and uninviting. To help understand feng shui energy, Jayne offers the following primer.

Primary Colors
In her book, Pelosi identifies five elements and their associated color that elicit specific energies in your home:

• Black or blue, associated with water energy, support inner work, helping us to concentrate, contemplate, mediate and handle creative endeavors. Blue can slow the heart and breathing rates and lower blood pressure. It can be used to increase coolness, to calm and to create privacy.
• Green is associated with wood energy, that of growth, decisiveness and action. It can motivate internal change.
• Red is associated with fire, which supports life energy. It’s the color of blood, and can increase heart rate, respiration and blood pressure. It also can promote activity and alleviate depression. It’s clearly the color of passion and love.
• Yellow is associated with earth energy, representing Mother Earth. It can cheer, infuse with hope, clarify and elevate mental activity. It also creates a sense of stability and nurturing. Yellow is often used for children with dyslexia to help improve focus.
• White and metallic colors are associated with metal energy. They can support carefulness and focus, as well as purity.

Combination Colors
Mixing colors also mixes the feng shui energies related to them.

• Salmon, a combo of yellow/orange and red/orange, is a unique balance of earth and fire elements that’s quite harmonious. Use salmon to call attention to the heart of a space, create a sense of abundance and encourage conversation.
• Turquoise, a blue-green combo, evokes the qualities of wood and water. It has both the contemplative qualities of blue and the life of green, making it a great choice for spaces that allow movement and growth.
• Lavender, a mix of the qualities of blue and purple, can evoke a sense of calm, spirituality, contemplation and quiet. Use lavender to minimize high activity, calm a stressful situation or create a special spiritual space. Lavender is best not used in spaces where conversation or high activity is encouraged.

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