Feng Shui

Feng Shui is a Chinese version of Vaastu. Feng Shui is reportedly 4000 years old. Some historians believe that it was born in 600 A.D. Originally it was practiced by the Emperors and members of the Royal Families.

The word Feng Shui which is normally pronounced as 'Foong' means 'Wind' and 'Shui' is pronounced as 'Shway' and means 'Water.'

As per Feng Shui, there are three components on which universe is made of. Every living being, every plant and every object is supposed to represent one of the three. These are the Yin, Yang and Chi. Yang is male in nature where as Yin is female in nature. Basically Yin and Yang are two forces, which are responsible in creation and sustenance of all living, and non-living objects on earth. Chi is the force, which is produced due to the interaction of Yin and Yang. The understanding of Yin, Yang and Chi is essential to understand the concept of Feng Shui where Yin and Yang are in balance, Chi is also balanced. There is no plant, animal or object, which cannot be classified under Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang interaction brings about energy, alertness, health, strength as well as sound sleep and relaxation.

The Feng Shui theory for using colours

According to Feng Shui every colour has a unique frequency and the objective is to bring them all into balance with each other and all other energies in the environment. Use the colours of the five creative elements in Feng Shui, which would be Green (wood), Red (fire), Yellow (earth), White (metal), Black (water). According to this theory you would incorporate one of each of these colours in each room. This could be in the form of a picture frame, rug, bedcover, wall colour etc. Pay attention to the exterior colours also. If you had a maroon roof, maroon siding, maroon trim, maroon door your house would not be in good colour balance. The solution in this case would be to paint the trim in another colours and then the front door could be painted another contrasting colours.