The Power of Color

by Birren, Faber

• ISBN13: 9780806518572
• ISBN10: 080651857X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Citadel Pr

Summary

- What does it mean to "look at the world through rose-colored glasses"?

- Should you be concerned if your aura is blue?

- Why can red alternatively hinder your sanity and enhance your sexuality?

Color has been used as metaphor, energy source, and tool for healing. We are so saturated with color in our daily lives that we have become immune to its potentially great healing powers. Birren's monumental study traces the impact of color on human life from the dawn of civilization to today. Among his subjects are the historical aspects of color (how it inspired mystics while bewildering philosophers); its biological aspects (how color affects plant growth, and the healing power of color); and color's psychological aspects (our emotional reactions to color, and the proper use of color schemes in our personal appearance and environment).

Ultimately The Power of Color explains how manipulating something as seemingly insignificant as color can greatly influence and enhance our lives.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Revised Edition
Preface
The Historical Aspects
The Inspired Mystics	p. 3
The Bewildered Philosophers	p. 14
The Amulet Wearers	p. 27
The Aural Healers	p. 41
The Eager Chromopaths	p. 52
The Biological Aspects
Electromagnetic Energy	p. 69
The Growth of Plants	p. 81
Invertebrates and Vertebrates	p. 90
Diagnosis through Color	p. 107
The Effects of Visible Light	p. 120
The Psychological Aspects
Emotional Reactions	p. 137
Neurotics and Psychotics	p. 151
Associations and Analogies	p. 162
The Anatomy of Beauty	p. 174
This Illusory World	p. 188
The Visual Aspects
The Anomalies of Seeing	p. 205
Color Blindness and Night Blindness	p. 218
Problems of Eyestrain	p. 231
Functional Color	p. 242
The Prescription of Color	p. 255
New Biological and Psychological Findings
New Biological and Psychological Findings	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 293
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