the effect on the psyche 

because of the recent research on psychosomatic diseases is attracting more and more to reach the insight that all physical states with the soul of life are linked. one can therefore assume that colors are not only physical reactions, but also impact on the psyche. the dynamic psyche is even easier to influence than the body, they respond so quickly to the optical pulses and vibrations of the colors.
colors correspond to the temperament
many painters, child psychologists and educators have the connection between psyche and color investigated to clarify the interaction between emotions, moods and colors to give. the simple light irradiation is the original form of this interaction. next follows the color vision, but faster, albeit primitive affect the perception and experience of different forms.
in general, colors are an expression of vitality, intensity of feeling and temperament. extravert people generally respond more strongly to colors, while passive and depressed people is less interest in them and to show gray and white tones appeals. black and white are not colors, but strictly and have therefore not stimulanzwert. as part of the already mentioned rorschachtests example, lack of color as a sign of pedantry, blocking or schizophrenia rated.
with the help of experiments in which patients' feelings with colors could freely express, you have some basic trends are identified. for example, used both hysterically when designing mosaics as well as painting them available colors completely unstructured and haphazard. schizophrenic patients ignored colors, they often behaved as completely farbblinde. aggressive or manic patients used only a few favorite colors and then red or orange. people with alzheimer's disease suffered, however, chose mostly green shades.
but even perfectly healthy people may be prone to striking color display. the choice of extreme colors is not necessarily an indication of mental or physical disorder. an extravert prefers humans in general clear and brilliant colors, while a shy and introverted person to soft pastel colors and shades of gray discrete inclined. the farbpsychologie assumes that the preference for muted colors for a more feminine character points, while clear, vibrant colors on a more masculine character suggest.
children like a clear color
color have found that an excess of rich, bright colors, for example in a work room or office, in adult concentration can cause. in children and young people take more to the contrary, their desire for bright colors is very large. not for nothing is so colorful children's toys. children aged four to seven years, striking out all the sounds dull pastel colors or neutral shades of gray before.
in a classic psychological tests to children confronted with different geometric puzzle stones and invites them to that sort. normal children put the pieces together by color, which is an emotional and spontaneous personality points. when adults perform this test, they concentrate mostly on the shape of the puzzle stones and betrayed by a more intellectual and dominated character.
only with age developing an interest in spatial thinking and aspects of shape, with the intellectual power which replaces impulsivity. a precise and nuanced color vision and its high level of discernment, however, in no case prior to the fifteenth year of life to be completely unfolded.
the influence of the psyche through colors
apart from these rather general considerations, we want to farbpsychologie hereinafter also on the effect of specific colors received.
red and enabled us excited, but it can also upset us and cause unrest. in experiments with children has shown that children who played with red building blocks to nervousness and aggressiveness tended. in adults, has been found that those who prefer red, are more inclined to take risks, and therefore the attraction of the unpredictable, perhaps in the form of gambling, love. consequently, game halls and casinos often with a good dose of red equipped. red increasingly luxurious and spacious atmosphere and mood - because you are not fussy and does not turn around every penny.
wherever we also are surrounded by colors, they always manage our emotions and influence our perceptions of time and space. red objects appear to us in size and heavy, and is running the subjectively experienced faster time of it. red areas appear on the viewer zuzubewegen, and thereby affect us much closer.
these phenomena are consistent with the farbmedizinischen research findings, which we have already reported: red increases muscle tension and heart rate. thinking about how difficult an object is in the hand, it is actually the muscle tension in the arm, the rate automatically drawn. increase in muscle tone, my
we question the subject was serious. in (erro subjective time-determination, the heart as the internal clock is used. and if the pulse is faster, it also seems the time out. red light is also focused behind the retina, and in order to compensate for the eye to the inner image "after next »holen. the result is that red images us something seemingly geographically closer.
obviously, our normal perception of reality is not as objective as we generally think. our physical and emotional sensations are subjective meßinstrunrente with which we explore our environment, and clearly is that they are mainly influenced by colors. if you want to as closely as possible and observe neutral, it is not advisable to deal with too much red to be surrounded.
green colors seem best suited to be precise and purposeful work to support them. they create an atmosphere of emotional balance. green relaxes the eyes. in all areas where people have concentrated their activities are predominantly dark green tones. the example of the operating room, we have already mentioned. other possible applications include specially tinted windows and sunglasses as well as table tennis, billiards and poker tables are also included.
compared with the correct green color is blue, like the red of our senses systematically deceive the interview. weights and measures are under the impression of blue is always underestimated. in blue light objects are smaller and lighter. the event is seemingly slow in a very different, far from peaceful sphere. we remember that blue on the muscles and the heart is relaxing, so the phenomena described are hardly surprising. medical and psychological experiments have shown that the effects of blue exactly where the opposite is red. blue coated surfaces to create the illusion of width and distance. blue spaces are therefore also larger, which in perspective by painters compositions will be exploited. a blue background paintings for our purposes seems ethereal in the distance, to float.
the psychologist wilhelm wundt said already a hundred years ago that called for restraint and blue "inhibition" leads, while yellow excitation or "arousal" cause. the russian painter wassily kandinsky in turn chose other words, the dynamics of both colors to be characterized by a concentric blue and yellow described as eccentric. in his opinion, have people who are attracted to certain colors feel their properties. according to kandinsky, a cautious man prefer green or gray, colors, he was passive and civil matters.
goethe described the moral dimensions of poetic colors: yellow stimulate a rapid apprehension, while orange lively sense. red activated after his theory excited action, and green calls out sentimental dreams. blue is ideal for serious reflection, and purple is the color of nostalgic viewing.
warm and cold colors
farben also control the temperature sensitivity in humans. for an experiment, two identical offices teal orange red or deleted. in each room we placed a test person, the office had to do. then without notice of the trial after leaders in both rooms the temperature lowered to about the relationship between warmth and color to find. for fifteen degree temperature accused the test person in the blue-green room about the cold, while the temperature in the orange-red office to eleven degrees could fall before the person attempting it felt cold.
what color testify
very extensive studies have shown that blue around the world - regardless of race, age, sex or occupation - the most popular color. then follow the red, green, purple, orange and finally yellow at the bottom. it is only by statistical values. however, there are numerous individual color to specific personality traits to explore, because only the colors, of which a person really feels attracted, also have a significant.
disregarding, for example, a person from a wrap color samples of their favorite colors draw, three typical reaction pattern may occur:
1. the test person hesitates, and you like only one or two or no color samples. this is seen as a sign of emotional congealing rated. in the language of freud, it is an overdeveloped or tyrannical over-i.
2. the test is a handful of favorite colors, wanted, which generally indicates a harmonious character. when the test is the person i am and the forces driving it in equilibrium.
3. the subject quickly take their choice, and like all existing colors - usually a reference to a boisterous and childish sense of life, in which it dominates.
the swiss psychologist max lüscher color because research has a very well-known test developed in a simplified form in the medical field, human resources and the pedagogy used. the subject has taken twice a series of eight color according to the personal popularity order. used the colors red, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, gray and black.
because of the importance of the different icon colors obtained with the individual ranking of the eight color a very powerful personality profile. interpreted the first two color as a statement on the positive identification

and, finally, the last two than what the person rejects or denies. where the first two colors of yellow and red, for example, this is a sign of curiosity and strength of will. a series, which, however, with brown and black
starts, indicates an ambitious person with depressive tendencies out.
the test is then repeated, and interesting is that the second choice is the more reliable information.
max pfister, another swiss psychologist, has a farbpyramidentest developed, which mainly serves the purpose to diagnose mental disorders. the pyramid consists of fifteen squares, where the base consists of five squares and a square represents the tip. this pyramid is from the test person with twenty-four colorful three different colored cards.
the color will be interpreted in its entirety, although the uppermost square greatest attention. this square is indeed the main tone of the rest of the composition dominates. can be found at the top, a red square, it is impulsivity. an orange square at this point reflects affability, kontaktfreudigkeit yellow, black depression or aggression. violet, the supreme square indicates that anxiety. brown reveals dissatisfaction. blue stands for self-observation and logic, while green symbolizes sentimentality.
i) he test pyramid structure is quite interesting, due to its cumbersome nature, it has not spread far. this is also cl (-r • case for the complex color of the german psychologist frieling. the test person is here from small pieces of colored paper farbmosaik a harmonious together and, once on a black, then on a wc • il3en square, because the colors for each after subsoil varies. but at least twenty-six mosaics for a single assessment is required so that this test, unfortunately, very rarely used.
by biological evolution and cultural influences have colors too powerful symbols developed. through the centuries, they are to become clear information carriers, and they have a strong psychological receive summons. a farbstimulanz affects conscious and unconscious level, and nonverbal intercultural, and it speaks to our emotions intensely. as with its aid limits can be exceeded, it paints a much larger scale as a diagnostic tool to use.
therapy of color of karl ryberg mosaik verlag 1992 page 59-68