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歷史，它的起源可能是在埃及、印度或是中國。即使到了今天，企業中某臥室的墻壁也被涂上了特殊的顏色，是為了能夠營造出某種氣氛：粉色能讓人們平服心里的憤慨，因此經常在牢房里使用；綠色能讓人平靜和保持鎮定，眾所周知能給人一種安逸感，促進康復，所以常用在醫院的墻壁上。教室經常刷黃色，因為它能在精神上給人一種激勵感，因此完善學習環境。

    許多年以前，顏色療法被應用在患者進入的一間天花板上帶有很小，很特殊窗戶的廟上。窗戶被各種顏色的玻璃裝上，患者會被在指定時期內用不同顏色的光來沐浴。在現代它是為要說明，藍顏色對高血壓是很有益的，可以迅速降低血壓，無需吃任何藥。有趣地是，它的正面影響會在接受了橙色療法之后，繼續一個蘭色療法時變得更加的長久和有效。這適用于所有的顏色，用在治療中的第二個顏色（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。）綠色，是彩虹的中心顏色，也是色譜中的中心顏色。它包括均等數量的黃，蘭色，也因此是一個平衡色調的顏色。綠色一方面屬于暖色系：黃色，橘色和紅色，另方面我們還有冷色系：蘭色，湛藍色和紫羅蘭色。紅色是熱情的顏色，給予我們很多的能量，而紫羅蘭色是最最安靜的顏色，讓我們與心靈的智慧和樂于沉思向結合，蘭色最適合用在臥室，是個很和平的顏色，因此可以有助于你的睡眠和放松。

    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）或者你可以穿一些你選擇的用天然材料制成的帶顏色的衣服。用新的顏色來粉刷你的房間或房子，這樣你就會對你的感覺有很大的影響，許多人們使用水晶-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系。