The Colours of Nature

The universe is phenomenal, Nature is colourful. The colours of Nature have been set up in a particular way that our eyes can endure. If the cosmos was colourless; if the sky was any other colour instead of blue; if the soil was pure white across the earth in stead of the existing neutral colours; if the greenery was brownery (though that word doesn’t exist) it would look weird. Green colour is the symbol of fertility, it absorbs light; blue reflects. Green and blue are cool colours. While the blue sky acts as a reflector, greenery absorbs the strong sunlight. Thus it neutralizes. Otherwise, reflection of strong sunlight would be harmful to our eyes. Mountains look blue; ponds look green; the sea looks different coloured in each place though water has no colour. Water blends with the surface colour but what we see is not surface colour in the ponds and sea.

Trees and plants, animals and birds, fruits and vegetables all are coloured. But we are not coloured like other creatures. We have got colours of the soil. Perhaps, Nature has given it knowingly that we can make colours. Look at the trees, you can see the tree trunks are different in colour and texture, yet there is not much difference. Likewise, our skin colour is also different but there is not much difference.

Mother Earth is bedecked with different kind and coloured flowers. Colour of flowers varies according to the season. For example, the Gulmohar (flame of the forest) start flowering in April, which is the zodiac sign Aries. You can see red coloured flowers everywhere in april. So the colour for the zodiac, Aries is red. The end of April, in the cusp of Aries and Taurus, Hibiscus like deep red cloured flowers bloom. In May pink and deep pink flowered plants start blooming. In the end of May royal purple and yellow coloured flowers can be seen. So the colours for Zodiac, Gemini are purple and yellow. By the June end flowers become pale yellow and purple. In July flowers that bloom will be white. White flowers always bloom in the evening so as to see at night. There is nothing in pure white in the cosmos unless it is man-made. Blue and orange coloured flowers are for August. But in August, all coloured flowers will be seen together. For September, flowers will be light yellow and light purple. In the end of September, flowers with red and yellow combination can be seen. In October, flowers will be red and white as in April. In the end of October magenta coloured flowers like cock’s comb start flowering. Flowers will be pink and deep pink for November. There will be plenty of roses in November. December flowers will be purple and yellow as in September. Flowers for January are bright red and white. Pink and deep pink roses will bloom in plenty in February. And for March flowers will be deep yellow and deep purple. Not only flowers but also vegetables and fruits have got colours according to the months. If the season is not favorable to you that season’s vegetables and fruits also will not favourable. Certain vegetables and fruits may cause allergy to some.

The black and white era has gone behind. Films, TV, Computer and news papers changed from black and white into colour. People realized the value and elegance of colours only recently. We create colours artificially and make everything in colours. Colours can bring positive or negative vibes to your life. All colours don’t suit everybody. You can select colours for clothes, jewellery and accessories according to the flower colours for each month or zodiac signs that I have mentioned above. We can see colours because we have colour sense in our brains. There are seven colours in the Sun’s rays, so in the rainbow. Can we think a world without colours? Without colours life will be colourless.