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Combining Colors

From Elizabeth Harper, for About.com

Combining Colors

When colors are combined each influence reflects off the other. Wearing green with red puts a different slant on the meanings. As green means stop and red means go, these colors together can signify a difficult decision, usually involving staying or leaving a situation. Wearing these colors can aid in the decision making process through the vibratory influence of each color.

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Whether it's a date or an interview, think about the impression you want to make. Use this information to plan your wardrobe and achieve the greatest impact. The truth of each color symbolizes potential, the challenges indicate blockage. Wearing a color can stimulate and/or counteract either of these energies. For example, if you are lecturing wear blue, for a steamy night of passion bring out the red dress, and if it's attention you are seeking opt for the limitlessness of yellow. If you wear more than one color combine the meanings and create your own new potentials and challenges.

Red

Symbolizing awakening red exudes power, energy, and a passion for life. Red is known to heal sexual difficulties and anemia.

Truth: movement,new beginnings, decisions, passion, love, energy, life, security.
Challenge: anger, frustration, lethargy, nervousness.

Wear red when:
  • You want your sexuality to exude from your being.
  • Your energy is low and you need a boost.
  • You want to be more assertive and want to make things happen faster.
Don't wear red when:
  • You are feeling nervous
  • You don?t want attention
  • You are feeling frustrated and angry with everyone.
Orange

Often worn by eastern aesthetics, orange is associated with vibrant health. It has the same vibrational frequency as DNA, the template of all human cells. This color is known to heal shock.

Truth: creativity, new ideas, confidence, joy; sensuality, ambition; sports, childhood
Challenge: shock, fear of survival, dependency, letting go, control

Wear orange when:
  • You want to have fun and your sensual circuits need the boost.
  • You need to heal your emotions.
  • You want to heighten your creativity.
Don't wear orange when:
  • You want to relax your feminine/masculine charms.
  • You feel restless.
  • You want to take a rest.

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