Intro:
Hi everyone, today I will be discussing the colour Purple, This is an interesting colour to discuss. It is a Secondary colour made up of Red and Blue. It relates to the imagination and spirituality. It stimulates the imagination and inspires high ideals. It is an introspective colour, allowing us to get in touch with our deeper thoughts.
It has different meanings according to its shade and covers two Chakras. Indigo is a bluer Purple and is the third eye chakra, and Violet is a Redder Chakra that sits on your crown.
Purple assists those who seek the meaning of life and spiritual fulfillment – it expands our awareness, connecting us to a higher consciousness. For this reason it is associated with transformation of the soul and the philosophers of the world are often attracted to it.
Purple shades represent the future, the imagination and dreams, while spiritually calming the emotions. They inspire and enhance psychic ability and spiritual enlightenment, while, at the same time, keeping us grounded.
From a colour psychology perspective, purple promotes harmony of the mind and the emotions, contributing to mental balance and stability, peace of mind, a link between the spiritual and the physical worlds, and between thought and activity.
Purple encourages creative pursuits and seeks inspiration and originality through its creative endeavours. It likes to be unique, individual and independent, not one of the crowd. Artists, musicians, writers, poets and psychics are all inspired by purple and its magic and mystery.
Purple is the colour of the humanitarian, using its better judgment to do good for others. It combining wisdom and power with sensitivity and humility. The colour purple is specifically associated with royalty and the nobility, creating an impression of luxury, wealth and extravagance.
Purple has power. It has a richness and quality to it that demands respect. Purple is ambitious and self-assured, the leader.
Positives and Negatives:
The positive use of the colour purple, based on universal philosophy and mythology, is said to symbolise:
Royalty
Transformation or reincarnation
Passion and reason
Passage from life to death
Artistic temperament
Faithful
Sense of Unity
Practical idealists
Articulate
Unusual and individual
Creative and inventive
Psychic and intuitive
The negative use of the colour purple, based on universal philosophy and mythology, is said to symbolise:
Aloofness
Overbearing nature
Secrecy based on egotism
Emotionally rigid
Inconsiderate
Judgemental
Impractical
Intolerant
Separateness
Pompous and arrogant
Delusions of Grandeur
Preference for purple: This Colour is used for meditation, contemplation, mysticism, spirituality and religious power. Therefore a person with a preference to purple has a longing to ascend and dissolve polarities (purple consists of the active red and passive blue), to improve the world. They have a reservation, mystery and dignity. Soft, sensitive people with possible paranormal abilities or an openness to them.
Aversion to purple: A person who has an aversion for purple may have a very serious attitude towards life; and may find it difficult to give dreams, fantasies, vague fears or memories a place in it. They may have a tendency to reject everything he regards as unnatural or unrealistic.
Shades:
There are many shades of Purple, all with their own subtle different emotional meanings.
Indigo is a great purifier of the bloodstream and also benefits mental problems. It is a freeing and purifying agent.
Indigo combines the deep blue of devotion with a trace of stabilizing and objective red. Indigo is cool, electric, and astringent.
Indigo links with and stimulates the brow chakra (third eye) and controls the pineal gland. It governs both physical and spiritual perception. It can be of great assistance in dealing with ailments of the eyes and ears.
Magenta which is more like a purple red, is an emotional balancer and the colour of ‘letting go’. It aids in moving beyond old emotional patterns and feelings no longer relevant to our current situation. It is lighter and more vibrant than red and a more spiritual colour.
It has the healing properties of strengthening contact with your life purpose. Stimulates adrenaline and heart activity.
The colour violet relates to the fantasy world, and a need to escape from the practicalities of life. It is the daydreamer escaping from reality. Violet relates to self knowledge and spiritual awareness. It is the union with your higher self, with spirituality, and your higher consciousness. It is the highest colour in the colour spectrum.
Healing Qualities of the shades of Purple:
Healing properties: These shades of purple are colours of transformation. They heal melancholy, hysteria, delusions, alcohol addiction and bring spiritual insights and renewal. They slow down an over-active heart; stimulate the spleen and the white blood cells (immunity). Bring sleep. Soothe mental and emotional stress. Decrease sexual activity. Decrease sensitivity to pain. They help in detoxification.
It has a very calming effect on us and is, therefore, very helpful for those people experiencing sleep difficulties or stress. However, it can do the opposite for those suffering from depressive disorders.
How to use:
Purple being the colour relating to our spiritual connection, can be very helpful for meditation and any spiritual matters.
Leonardo da Vinci proclaimed that you can increase the power of meditation ten-fold by meditating using colours like purple as a way of creating a balanced environment.
Purple is a sedative and helps to open up our intuition. The colour of divine knowledge and the higher mind. It’s not suitable for areas for entertainment but for more ‘quiet’ places. Bedrooms or treatment rooms for example. Some people find indigo is helpful for studying so this colour could be used as part of the decor of a library or study under the gentle rays of Violet, as found in Church windows. As a complimentary to the colour Yellow, it could be used well in a study room to not overstimulate with yellow.
Too much of the colour purple can promote or aggravate depression in some. It is one colour that should be used extremely carefully and in small amounts by those who are vulnerable to depressed states.
That is the end of the spectrum or rainbow colours. For the last three days of this intro to colour therapy series of lives, as we have covered the main Primary and Secondary colours, I will be covering two or three colours of interest each day. Tomorrow I will be covering Pink and Turquoise, then the next day Silver, copper and Gold, Then the last day we will cover Black Grey and White. What do you think the meanings behind Black and White are? You will have to wait and find out. See you tomorrow at 10am
Don’t forget that you can always re-watch the video to remember details about the colour