If therapy is, at least in part, about creating change, either in behavior, mood, thought or even physiology, then color has a role to play in helping bring about changes. Colors are generally categorized as hot or cold, warm or cool….Red, orange and yellow are consider hot and warm colors whereas purple, blue and green are are the cold and cool colors. Advertising and design professionals spend a great deal of time considering color for it really does affect the psyche.
Decades ago, when my son was just a few years old, he had a fever. We put him in his bedroom, put blue light bulbs in the light sockets, and let him be in blue light. Within a couple of hours his fever was gone…..
A lot can be said about color therapy and if you are interested, I suggest you Google it…there is some interesting information out there.