Color Me Pretty

parade.com colors “Color triggers a reaction,” she states. “That reaction produces a neurological state. And certain states—specifically alpha waves (eight to 12 Hz) and theta waves (four to eight Hz)—are the ones where intuitive processing lives. Alpha waves are the gateway between the conscious and subconscious mind. When they’re dominant, the brain’s analytical left-brain activity quiets, and the more intuitive, receptive depths become more influential.” Violet Lewis explains that in terms of wavelength, violet sits at the very edge of the visible light spectrum (the shortest, highest-frequency light our eyes can detect). “What makes it neurologically remarkable is that a 2020 neuroscience study found violet environments increase theta wave activity in the brain—the same brainwave pattern most directly associated with intuition and subconscious access,” she shares. Blue Lewis says that blue has a calming effect on the nervous system, connecting it to your intuition. Highly…