Colors

Science was never a favorite
subject for me. I was always
more into literature...and history.

So, you can imagine my angst when
in my senior year of high school
I was informed I would have to do
a science project and display board.

So, while others were hatching schemes
to solve the world's problems with
experiments involving rats and other
fantastic processes,you know like extracting
electricity from some strange liquid...
I was totally
stumped.

Finally, it hit me! I could study how
color effects people's emotions.
Anyone surprised at this?
I would study people!

I got permission to "interview" about
30 of the elementary students and showed
them pictures which were dominant in one
color or another. This was so much fun!

I will never forget sitting in the hallway
of our small Christian School with these
kids one at a time. Documenting my research
results.

To see the pattern of how the different
colors consistently made most kids feel
one way or another.

My display ended up being featured which
caused me to have to do a little bit of
public speaking for the first time.

Anyway...I was thinking how much that experience
over a couple of weeks has carried over into my
life over all of these years. I do think of that
when choosing paint colors. I notice when I am
in other buildings and homes. It makes me want
to offer my opinion sometimes in Doctor's offices
or other places where people meet. (I don't, I am
just very tempted.)


But, mostly this morning, it made me think of the
"Coloring Song" by Petra.
This is a favorite of some at Church.
We sing it regularly in our Small Group.
Here are the words...

Red is the color of the blood that flowed
Down the face of Someone Who loved us so
He's the perfect man, He's the Lord's own son,
He's the Lamb of God, He's the only one
That can give us life, that can make us grow,
That can make the love between us flow.

Blue is the color of a heart so cold
It will not bend when the story's told
Of the love of God for a sinful race
Of the blood that flowed down Jesus face
That can give us life, that can make us grow
That can keep our hearts from growing cold.

Gold is the color of the morning sun
That shines so freely an every one
It's the sun above that keeps us warm
It's the Son of love that calms the storm
That can give us life that can make us grow,
That can turn our mornings into gold.

Brown is the color of the autumn leaves
When the winter comes to the barren trees
There is birth, there is death, there is a plan
And there's just one God, and there's just one man
That can give us life, that can make us grow
That can make our sins as white as snow

That can give us life, that can make us grow
That can turn our mornings into gold.
That can give us life, that can make us grow
That can keep our hearts from growing cold.
That can give us life, that can make us grow
That can make the love between us flow.

This goes along perfectly with the results I
got back in 1985.

The YouTube version...


Just a walk down memory lane this morning.
Thanks for walking along...

Edited to add: I just saw this on Yahoo...The featured color for 2009! Does that particular shade say 1070's to anyone else??? That is the color that our entire lower level was when we moved in...should we have kept it??? Oh, the money we have wasted...lol!
♥♥Becky K.♥♥