Author: Victoria Sutton, MS Psychology

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The Colorful World We Live In

Changing Minds (2019) provide tables of various colors and their Western and Non-Western meanings:

 

Color Western meaning
RED: warmth, love, anger, danger, boldness, excitement, speed, strength, energy, determination, desire, passion, courage, socialism, republicans, chaos
PINK: feminine, love, caring, nurture
ORANGE: cheerfulness, low cost, affordability, enthusiasm, stimulation, creativity, aggression, food, halloween, liberal (politics)
YELLOW: attention-grabbing, comfort, liveliness, cowardice, hunger, optimism, overwhelm, Summer, comfort, liveliness, intellect, happiness, energy, conflict
GREEN: durability, reliability, environmental, luxurious, optimism, healing, well-being, nature, calm, relaxation, Spring, safety, honesty, optimism, harmony, freshness
BLUE: peace, professionalism, loyalty, reliability, honor, trust, melancholia, boredom, coldness, Winter, depth, stability, professionalism, conservatism, democrats
PURPLE: power, royalty, nobility, elegance, sophistication, artificial, luxury, mystery, royalty, elegance, magic
GRAY: conservatism, traditionalism, intelligence, serious, dull, uninteresting
BROWN: relaxing, confident, casual, reassuring, nature, earthy, solid, reliable, genuine, Autumn, endurance
BLACK: Elegance, sophistication, formality, power, strength, illegality, depression, morbidity, night, death
WHITE: Cleanliness, purity, newness, virginity, peace, innocence, simplicity, sterility, snow, ice, cold

 

Color Non-Western meaning
RED: Eastern: luck, prosperity, happiness, long life, fertility, powerSome Africa: mourning
PINK: Belgium: boys (rest of Europe is girls)
ORANGE: Eastern: happiness, spiritual
YELLOW: Eastern: sacred, imperial, wisdom, maleSome Middle-East: mourning

Africa: high rank

France: jealousy

Greece: sadness
GREEN: Eastern: birth, hope, new beginnings, youth, immortality, fertilityMiddle East: Islam, strength, luck, fertility, prestige

Africa: corruption

South America: death
BLUE: Eastern: immortality, life, feminineMiddle East: protection

Mexico: mourning
PURPLE: Eastern: wealth, privilege, sorrow, mourningBrazil: death, mourning
BROWN: Eastern: earth, mourning
BLACK: Eastern: wealth, health, boys, mystery, evil
WHITE: Eastern: death, mourning, funerals, sadness, purity, age, misfortuneMiddle East: purity, mourning

 

However, the article suggests that all of us wear certain colors because of our own life experiences, and favorites.

For example, several people could enter a room wearing similar colors, and yet each one has varied reasoning for wearing that particular color:

 

• Their go-to color;

• Reminds them of a loved one, for whatever reason;

• Brings comfort, relaxing;

• Was their nickname growing up;

• Enhances their appearance;

• Appeals to their sensibility;

• Reminds them of their favorite song, movie, publication, artist;

• Has that ahhhhhh appeal,

and many other explanations.

 

What are your favorites, and why?

 

Vikki

 

Reference

Changing Minds (2019).  The Meaning Of Colors.  Retrieved From http://changingminds.org/disciplines/communication/color_effect.htm

 

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Important Literature Concerning The Aging Population

In Psychology And Aging. Addressing Mental Health Needs Of Older Adults, The American Psychological Association (2019) talked about the numerous health challenges older citizens can experience, and how current mental health professionals and those entering the discipline can reduce those problems.

 

Reference

American Psychological Association. (2019). Psychology And Aging. Addressing Mental Health Needs Of Older Adults. Retrieved From

https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/guides/aging.pdf

 

Vikki

 

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Brain Stimulation As A Form Of Pain Management, Potential For Reduction of Opioid Usage (Addiction, Early Deaths)

Ahn, Prim, Alexander, McCulloch & Frohlich (2018) talked about the future ability to reduce opioid prescriptions by utilizing a brain stimulation method in the article, Identifying And Engaging Neuronal Oscillations By Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation In Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Crossover, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.”

 

Reference

Ahn, S., Prim, J. H., Alexander, M. L., McCulloch, K. L., & Frohlich, F. (2018).  Identifying And Engaging Neuronal Oscillations By Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation In Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain:  A Randomized, Crossover, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study. Retrieved From https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108130546.htm The Journal of Pain, 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.09.004

 

Vikki