The Color for the month of January 2012 is Indigo
THE COLOR INDIGO
INDIGO IS THE COLOR OF THE DEEP MIDNIGHT SKY.
IT CAN HAVE ANEGATIVE EFFECT WHEN USED DURING A DEPRESSED STATE, BECAUSE IT WILL DEEPEN THE MOOD.
INDIGO SYMBOLIZES A MYSTICAL BORDERLAND
OF WISDOM, SELF-MASTERY AND SPIRITUAL REALIZATION.
WHILE BLUE IS THE COLOR OF COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS, INDIGO TURNS THE BLUE INWARD, TOINCREASE PERSONAL THOUGHT, PROFOUND INSIGHTS, AND INSTANT UNDERSTANDINGS.
WHILE BLUE CAN BE FAST, INDIGO IS ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS.
INVENTORS USE INDIGO SKILLS FOR INSPIRATIONS THAT SEEM TO 'COME OUT OF THE BLUE'.
THE MEANING OF THE COLOR INDIGO
THE COLOR
AND MATERIAL USED IN ELIZABETHAN CLOTHING WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE WHO COULD WEAR THE COLOR INDIGO WAS DICTATED BY ENGLISH
LAW!
THESE WERE CALLED THE SUMPTUARY LAWS.
THE COLORS OF ELIZABETHAN CLOTHES, INCLUDING THE COLOR INDIGO,PROVIDED INFORMATION
ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE MAN OR WOMAN WEARING THEM.
THIS WAS NOT JUST DICTATED BY THE WEALTH OF THE PERSON, IT ALSO REFLECTED
THEIR SOCIAL STANDING.
THE MEANING OF COLORS DURING THE ELIZABETHAN ERA REPRESENTED MANY ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFE - THE SOCIAL,RELIGIOUS, BIBLICAL AND CHRISTIAN SYMBOLISM WAS REFLECTED IN THE COLOR INDIGO!
THE SYMBOLIC AND RELIGIOUS MEANING OF THE COLOR
INDIGO
SOME INTERESTING FACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYMBOLIC, RELIGIOUS, CHRISTIAN AND BIBLICAL MEANING OF THE COLOR INDIGO
THE
COLOR OF INDIGO WAS A DEEP, RICH DARK BLUE
SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ROYAL BLUE WITH ITS OBVIOUS CONNOTATION THE SYMBOLIC MEANING
OF THE COLOR INDIGO WAS POWER, IMPORTANCE AND WEALTH
INDIGO WITH THE COLOR BLUE HAS A BIBLICAL MEANING SYMBOLIZING HEAVENLY GRACE.
THE VIRGIN MARY IS OFTEN DEPICTED
WEARING INDIGO OR BLUE CLOTHING
THE SOURCE WAS THE INDIGO PLANTS AND THE DYE WAS IMPORTED FROM INDIA –
EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND USED TO PRODUCE THE COLOR INDIGO
INDIGO DYE HELD COLORS FAST AND THIS RICH COLOR WAS WORN BY THE WEALTHY AND
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE COLOR BLUE WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY USING CHEAP BLUE DYE OBTAINED FROM WOAD
PEOPLE WHO WERE ALLOWED
TO WEAR THE COLOR INDIGO DURING THE ELIZABETHAN ERA, AS DECREED BY THE ENGLISH SUMPTUARY LAWS, WERE ROYALTY, NOBILITY AND MEMBERS
OF THE COUNCIL
THE DYE USED TO PRODUCE THE COLOR INDIGO
SOME INTERESTING FACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE DYES USED TO PRODUCE
THE COLOR.
THE SOURCE WAS THE INDIGO PLANTS (INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA OF INDIA) AND THE DYE WAS IMPORTED FROM INDIA AT GREAT EXPENSE.
INDIGO DYE WAS PRODUCED BY A PROCESS OF FERMENTATION, FILTERING AND FINALLY DRYING INTO CAKES OF DYE.
BECAUSE THE COLOR
FOR GOD’S PEOPLE IS INDIGO,
WE ARE:
FULL OF WISDOM
WEALTHY
IN RIGHT STANDING WITH THE HEAVENLY REALM
ROYALTY
NOBILITY
BLESSED BEYOND
MEASURE
WE HAVE:
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
INSTANT UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES
POWER
HEAVENLY IMPARTATION
HEAVENLY GRACE