As the festival of Holi comes it brings with it the colors of life and
colors of love. Colors fill our world with beauty. Wherever we see
colors we see life. The beautiful colors of nature fills our life with
joy. There is lot of significance of colors in our life. We blend our
life with colors in various ways. Colors have long lasting impressions
on our mind. They play an important part in our lives. Nature is a
spectrum of colors. It portrays every shades of colors through flowers,
snow peaked mountains, green trees, sea, rivers and muddy lands. We
communicate our feelings and emotions through colors. A painting becomes
real only when the artist knows the actual use of colors. Different
colors describe different moods and feelings. Traditionally Holi was
celebrated with dry colors known as 'Gulal', which were prepared
naturally from the flowers and other products that had dyeing
properties. However with time, those natural colors have been replaced
by strong colors, chemically enhanced and artificial colors. To avoid
these strong chemical colors you can use prepare natural colors at home.
Different colors have different implications. They are as follows. The
color Red signifies danger, passion, blood and fire. It induces the
feeling of strength and power. It also portrays anger it is considered
the color of the Mars, the Roman God of war. Red signifies happiness
too.
Blue signify sadness. It is the color for peace and heavenly living.
Blue signifies soberness and happiness. Green is the color of envy, the
jealousy for others. Green is poisonous but amazingly green is the color
of Nature. It sustains life. Yellow color reflects cowardice. It makes
one weak & sick. However, some believe Yellow is brilliance and
brings warmth. Year before, tribal people believed that success came
from west which is red, north is blue which brings trouble. Person who
loves yellow has vivid imagination. Clear thoughts and well organized
and a person with pride. Black is bad luck, white is peace; black is
evil, white is virgin; black is sorrow, white is happiness; black brings
depression; white is dignity and purity. White is revealing of truth,
black is worst crime. Orange portrays ambition and motivates one's
creativity. Violet is royal. It is mystery. Grey suggests retirement and
quietness. So this Holi remember the significance of the colors before
you apply them on your friends and relatives.