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BROWN colour

Brown is the colour of safety, security and material wealth. It means stability, structure and support.

It is the colour of physical comfort, simplicity and quality. It is the colour of physical security and the accumulation of material goods.

 

It promotes a sense of belonging, especially to a family and friends. It is friendly and approachable, faithful and trustworthy, dependable in a practical and realistic way.

 

The psychology of colour treats brown as sincere and genuine. It refers to the diligence and reliability. It is sensual, sensitive and warm, practical and meaningful and represents a healthy heart. It is materialistic because it promotes quality. Brown, together with green, is the predominant color on our planet. It offers comfort and stabilization, while green colour provides balance and youth. it isn´t carefree and spontaneous, it does not like surprises. Therefore, it may seem boring and uninteresting for many.

 

Some shades of brown show a certain degree of sophistication and elegance.

 

Brown is the colour of the structure, although, in no way, it encourages perfectionism, tidiness and organization.

Together with orange and yellow, brown is among most popular colours in the western world.

 

The psychological importance of brown may vary, depends on the colours that are mixed together to form brown.

 

Positive properties of brown are: good quality, practical, affordable, stable, reliable, protective, sensual, sensitive, warm, reassuring, honest, sincere.

 

Negative characteristics of brown are: dull, lackluster, materialistic, predictable, inexpensive, ...

 

 

 

 

 

PHYSIOLOGICAL MEANING OF COLOURS

Brown colour calms us down. It is present in everyday life, so it works nice, motherly and protective.



 

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING OF COLOURS

The psychological effects of brown: support, narrow-mindedness, nutrient status.

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SOUL COLOURS

If you like to dress in brown, you're honest and realistic and likes to live orderly lives. You are sentient and appreciate good food, drink, company. Brown colour gives you a sense of emotional security. It is closing you into shell, because you are afraid that your outer world would not accept you.

If you do not like brown this is due to a change in attitude and due to your tendence for independence.



 

COLOUR MEANING IN ROOM

Brown colour is best suited for living rooms.

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COLOUR MEANING IN FENG SHUI

Brown colour in Feng Shui is very earthy colour. It can bring stability and creates a pleasant feeling. It is associated with roots, earth and wood therefore also it gives a sense of depth.



 

COLOUR MEANING IN DREAMS

Brown colour in the dream means practicality and soial, earth.



 

COLOUR MEANING CLOTHES

Brown is the colour of earth, it means strength and reliability.

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COLOUR SYMBOLISM

Brown colour symbolizes the earth, stability, hearth, home, security, comfort, durability, ease.

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COLOUR MEANING IN CULTURES AND RELIGIONS

Brown is the colour of Aboriginal land. In India it is the color of mourning.



 

COLOUR SHADES

Shades of brown: light brown (harmony, material goods), ocher / beige color (associate gold), dark brown (clear assessment,, selfishness), red-brown (calmness, passivity, acceptance, relationship to the body), chestnut brown (planing, resistance, depth of power).


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