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Today’s Woman
Judy Burtner
Extension Agent,
Home Economics
COLOR AND YOU
Color has become one of the few ways that a homemaker has to express her own personality in her clothing, her furnishings, housing and food. Often, however, we cannot satisfactorily explain why we are immediately turned on by some colors-and remain completely indifferent to
' Although, we may not be always aware of it, we have a continuing emotional reaction to color. A grey day depresses us, a rosy glowing sunset fills us with delight. Furthermore, we invariably use the vocabulary of color to express our emotions. Haven’t you noticed?
often are “green with envy” or “purple with rage.” We also experience “black despair” . . . “get bogged down with red tape” . . . and can “look at the world through rose colored glasses.”
A “doer” type will be attracted to the excitement of red and warm colors, the quieter, more calm individual will respond to blues and cooler shades. “The woman who selects neutrals,” one color authority explained, is probably calm and self contained and enjoys a quiet, well ordered background.
According to home furnishings personnel, blue, red and green are at the top of the consumer color preference list - and in that order! Explaination? Well, according to the experts, red is positive, blue is tranquil and green provides a balance between the two.
Want to inject some color drama in your home? The following color personality outline will help you make choices which are to be true reflections of you. Blues: Usually takes top place in color preferences in general. The blue personality is apt to be very sensitive, a responsible person with a conservative nature. Greens: A color of wide apjreal, cool, fresh and comforting in its beauty; the “green” personality is usually a respectable neighbor, home builder, parent and good citizen.
We “see red” .... “feel blue,”
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