Colour, matters.

I had a conflicted youth. I was an angry teenager and now I can see I went through some depressive episodes. Back then, I mostly wore two colours, black and army green.

Black because I wanted to deny anything feminine and girly in me.

Army green, because I have green eyes and it would briefly highlight the colour of my eyes, the only thing I thought I had, that was beautiful. Wrong.

When I look back sometimes, I feel sad for that kid. Most of the times I am happy with my own path, how I have grown and changed. You should see my wardrobe now, there is so much colour, wow!

I always reacted to colour. One of my early memories of me enjoying colour was going to the local haberdashery. Me looking at all the buttons, sequins, stacked on the shelves, the seed beads in glass jars, all those colours, was pure joy for me.

Colours do have an impact on the human beings, we react to it, either if we don’t acknowledge it.

Colour is used in religions, politics, marketing strategies, etc, etc. Colour sells, colour gets you votes.

The reason why I mostly used dark colours during my teenager years, was a reflection of my spirit and mental state at that point.

Now, after many years, after doing therapy, doing sports regularly, investing in me a lot, my mental state and confidence has improved so much. And this thing that comes with ageing called maturity 😊 also helps.

My wardrobe now is full of colour and makes me so happy, but also makes other people happy. I know because they tell me, they give give positive feedback.

Colour not only reflects your personal taste but can show your personality, can set the mood for that day, for that special meeting, etc. Either we like or not, people will react differently if you show up on an interview with jeans and a hoodie, or if you show up with sharp power suit.

My request to anybody reading this is, embrace more colour into your life. If you do it consistently, you will see the positive change in your life, plus the increase on the compliments you will get, is not bad either.