ust like certain smells, colour has the ability to change our mood. So I was interested in our item in Living Well (Page 64) about the effect different colours can have on theteam found a range of favourite hues. Amber H was quick to name blue as hers. ‘Growing up, my big sister Melanie was always dressed in blue, and I had to wear pink,’ she said. ‘So when I could choose my own clothes, I wore lots of blue.’ Same here! Except in reverse. As a brunette, my sister Lenore got to wear lots of reds and pink. While red-headed me was stuck with blues and greens. I longed for her hand-me-downs, but didn’t dare to wear pink as a grown-up until I was in my 30s. I spotted a hot pink woollen skirt and matching jacket in a shop window and I had to have it! Sadly, Mum was right, pink doesn’t work with my colouring, but I didn’t care. It never failed to make me happy and I wore it until it could be worn no more. Jude’s favourite colour is yellow. ‘I love it for no other reason than it makes me happy,’ she said. ‘Like sunshine.’ I have to agree it’s a great mood booster for me as well. For Lisa, nothing comes close to lilac for giving her positive vibes. ‘I’ve loved it since I was a teenager,’ she said. And just to prove she wasn’t telling fibs, she proudly pointed at her polished lilac toenails! I did a bit of googling to find out if there was one colour more popular than others. And it turns out that it’s blue! Weirdly, it’s the rarest occurring colour in nature. Think about it. When did you last see blue food? But it is the colour of the sea and the sky, so what’s not to love!
