Colour Therapy has been used for thousands of years, probably having it's origins in either Egypt, India or China. Even today, the walls of certain rooms in establishments are painted with particular colours in order to create a certain atmosphere: pink is known to calm aggression so is often used in prison cells; green is calming and balancing and is known to promote a feeling of peace conducive to healing so is found in many hospital wards; classrooms are often painted yellow because it's mentally stimulating and therefore perfect for a learning environment

    Many years ago, Colour Therapy was given by means of the patient entering a temple with a small, singular window in the ceiling. This window would be filled with coloured glass and the patient would literally bathe in the coloured light for a given period of time. It's been demonstrated in modern times that the colour blue can have a beneficial effect on high blood pressure, reducing it quickly and without the need for any drugs. Interestingly, the positive effect will last far longer if the blue treatment is followed up by an orange treatment - orange is the opposite colour on the colour wheel. This is true of all colours and the second （or opposite） colour used in a treatment is known as the complimentary colour.

    So, how do colours affect our moods or physical well-being? Colour is vibrational and can be measured on a spectrum; some colours are visible to the naked eye but others are not, such as ultra-violet. （In this article we're concentrating on those we can see.） Green, being in the centre of a rainbow, is also at the centre of the colour spectrum. It contains equal amounts of yellow and blue and is therefore a balancing colour. On one side of green are the warmer colours: yellow, orange and red and on the other side we have the cooler colours: blue, indigo and violet. Red is the most stimulating colour, providing lots of energy, and violet is the calmest and is associated with spiritual wisdom and the practice of meditation. Orange stimulates the digestive system so is great for dining rooms and restaurants, while blue is perfect for bedrooms, being a very peaceful colour and, therefore, helpful for sleep and relaxation.

    There are many ways to bring the vibrational qualities of a particular colour into your life, and all without the need to visit an ancient temple: you can eat fresh, natural foods in the colour you feel you require （we often do this subconsciously, anyway） or you can wear clothes made from natural materials in the colour of your choice; painting your room or house a new colour can have a tremendous impact on how you're feeling and many people use crystals - another natural source of colour - in their home or placed/worn on the body.

    If you enjoyed reading about Colour Therapy please watch out for articles I'll be writing soon, focusing on each colour in turn and discussing it's properties and associations in far greater detail.

    顏色療法已經有了它上千年的曆史，它的起源可能是在埃及、印度或是中國。即使到了今天
，企業中某臥室的牆壁也被塗上了特殊的顏色，是為了能夠營造出某種氣氛：粉色能讓人們平服心裏的憤慨，因此經常在牢房裏使用；lvsenengrangrenpingjinghebaochizhending，zhongsuozhouzhinenggeirenyizhonganyigan

，cujinkangfu
，suoyichangyongzaiyiyuandeqiangbishang。jiaoshijingchangshuahuangse，yinweitanengzaijingshenshanggeirenyizhongjiligan
，yinciwanshanxuexihuanjing。

    許xu多duo年nian以yi前qian，顏yan色se療liao法fa被bei應ying用yong在zai患huan者zhe進jin入ru的de一yi間jian天tian花hua板ban上shang帶dai有you很hen小xiao
，很hen特te殊shu窗chuang戶hu的de廟miao上shang。窗chuang戶hu被bei各ge種zhong顏yan色se的de玻bo璃li裝zhuang上shang
，患huan者zhe會hui被bei在zai指zhi定ding時shi期qi內nei用yong不bu同tong顏yan色se的de光guang來lai沐mu浴yu。在zai現xian代dai它ta是shi為wei要yao說shuo明ming，藍lan顏yan色se對dui高gao血xue壓ya是shi很hen有you益yi的de
，可ke以yi迅xun速su降jiang低di血xue壓ya
，無wu需xu吃chi任ren何he藥yao。有you趣qu地di是shi
，它ta的de正zheng麵mian影ying響xiang會hui在zai接jie受shou了le橙cheng色se療liao法fa之zhi後hou，繼ji續xu一yi個ge蘭lan色se療liao法fa時shi變bian得de更geng加jia的de長chang久jiu和he有you效xiao。這zhe適shi用yong於yu所suo有you的de顏yan色se
，用yong在zai治zhi療liao中zhong的de第di二er個ge顏yan色se（或者對立的）被認為是主光的補色。

    因此，顏色是如何影響我們的情緒或者身體健康的呢？顏色是不穩定的，它能夠在光譜中被側出
；有些顏色是用肉眼可見的，但是其它的則不是
，比如紫外線。（在這章中，我們要集中說那些我們能看到的。）綠lv色se，是shi彩cai虹hong的de中zhong心xin顏yan色se，也ye是shi色se譜pu中zhong的de中zhong心xin顏yan色se。它ta包bao括kuo均jun等deng數shu量liang的de黃huang
，蘭lan色se，也ye因yin此ci是shi一yi個ge平ping衡heng色se調tiao的de顏yan色se。綠lv色se一yi方fang麵mian屬shu於yu暖nuan色se係xi：黃色，橘色和紅色，另方麵我們還有冷色係：蘭lan色se，湛zhan藍lan色se和he紫zi羅luo蘭lan色se。紅hong色se是shi熱re情qing的de顏yan色se，給gei予yu我wo們men很hen多duo的de能neng量liang，而er紫zi羅luo蘭lan色se是shi最zui最zui安an靜jing的de顏yan色se，讓rang我wo們men與yu心xin靈ling的de智zhi慧hui和he樂le於yu沉chen思si向xiang結jie合he
，蘭lan色se最zui適shi合he用yong在zai臥wo室shi
，是shi個ge很hen和he平ping的de顏yan色se
，因yin此ci可ke以yi有you助zhu於yu你ni的de睡shui眠mian和he放fang鬆song。

    有很多種方法可以將更多品質的特殊顏色帶入你的生活

，無須觀訪那個古代寺廟：你可以吃你認為是自身需要的新鮮的
，帶有顏色的天然食物（不管怎樣
，我們經常無意識的在做它）huozhenikeyichuanyixienixuanzedeyongtianrancailiaozhichengdedaiyansedeyifu。yongxindeyanselaifenshuanidefangjianhuofangzi
，zheyangnijiuhuiduinideganjiaoyouhendadeyingxiang，xuduorenmenshiyongshuijing-另一種顏色的天然原-用在他們家中或是帶在身體上。

    如果你喜歡閱讀顏色療法，請留意這篇文章，我馬上開動了哦，要依次注意每一個顏色，要針對更多的細節來討論它的特點和聯係。