Fun Candle Stuff
Color and Moods
Research suggests that our choice of color is significant to our mood
and affects the decisions we make.
Want to set a particular mood with the use of colored
candles? Choose a color that creates calm... happiness... energy... or romance...
See the chart below to determine what moods the colors represent.
Then see pictures of the
gourmet candle colors to help you pick your desired mood.
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Blue
Promotes peace, tranquility, calms the emotions, and
relaxes the mind, aids in sleeping and healing, as it slows the pulse
rate, lowers body temperature, and reduces appetite. It's thought to
evoke trust, loyalty, dedication, confidence, and reliability.
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Green
Brings balance and harmony, relieves tension, fatigue,
and negative emotions. Attracts money, prosperity, good luck, and
generosity. Can increase fertility and has great healing powers. The
color of youth, nature, and renewal.
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Purple
The color of royalty, spirituality, mediation, and
enlightenment. Evokes wisdom, creativity, and mystery. It clears away inhibitions and acts as an
appetite suppressant.
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Red
Symbolizes vitality, sexuality, passionate love,
desire, and spontaneity. It also represents strength, power, assertiveness, and courage. Effective
in stimulating the nervous system, releasing adrenalin, raising blood pressure, and stimulating
appetite.
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Pink
Stimulates peace, happiness, joy, and laughter.
Strengthens a love bond by promoting affection. The most calming of all colors as it drains energy
and aggression. Thought to be soft, gentle, charming.
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Orange
The color of happiness, enthusiasm, laughter, and energy. Frees
mental and physical restrictions and aids in self esteem and ambition. Gives
courage and spiritual strength to cope with problems. Stimulates
appetite and conversation, as it is warm and inviting.
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Yellow
Symbolizes joy, hope, imagination, inspiration, and
idealism. Very cheerful, playful, and increases energy, as well as stimulates the intellect.
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White
Symbolizes purity, simplicity, cleanliness, innocence,
peace, clarity, and unison.
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Candle Poll Question
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