Got a favorite color? A color you despise? Or are you neutral when it comes to colors? When forced to pick a least favorite color last week, I chose brown.
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I don't really have a least favorite color so I quickly looked at a color wheel and chose the one that stood out as least interesting: brown. Our assignment once we chose a color was to seek it out. (See Monday's Shades of Brown post for the brown items I found around our new flat.) Excluding furniture and hardwood floors, a lot of brown was found in my closet. Most of my favorite clothes -- sweaters and dresses -- are brown, so I decided to take a closer look at the meaning or psychology of the color brown.
The color brown has both positive and negative meanings.
- Positives
- Associated with all things natural or organic
- Gives a feeling of solidity, family unity
- Creates a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness and dependability
- Says stability, reliability, and approachability
- Gives a feeling of relaxation and home coming
- Makes you feel cozy, safe, and warm
- Implies genuineness
- Symbolizes humility and poverty
- Negatives
- Shows no direction or attitude
- Hides your true nature
- Can be sad and wistful
- Can be a repressed personality or a lazy person
- Is the color of mourning because it resembles dead leaves
What's your least favorite color? Do you have it in your closet?
Ciao Bella!
Eden
