How flowers impact, improve and promote your emotional wellbeing
The power of flowers
All pictures of flowers in this blog were taken by Julia.
The wonderful world of flowers is extraordinary in impacting how you feel. From texture to smell to colours, flowers present a powerful way to enhance your mood and bring levity to your life. Flowers are a great addition to any space, indoors or outdoors and acts as a natural, subconscious mood enhancer for women, men and everyone in between.
Imagine walking through an empty hallway; how does that make you feel?
Now imagine that same hallway lined with bundles of brilliant yellows, bushels of sensual reds, mounds of silky, smooth and soft purples, pinks and oranges.
How does that hallway make you feel now?
It’s no question that flowers have the ability to evoke emotions and reactions and give life to empty spaces both physically and emotionally.
Flower colours and their meaning
Colours have the powerful capability to evoke a range of emotions. Flowers can be used strategically to decorate your space to create an environment conducive to the feelings that you want to encourage in your life.
“The science of color psychology is the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior and color theory involves the messages colors communicate… science has proven that flowers and plants naturally have a positive impact on our well-being” (Meulenbroek, 2024)
In order to strategically decorate your space to make you feel any certain way, understanding what different colours mean and how they can make you feel is a good place to start.
Below we’re going to dive into the meanings of different colours and flowers that correspond with those colours.
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Flower colours and their meanings
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Pink
“Pink stands for tenderness, vulnerability, and youth. It is a calming, non-threatening color. It is linked to innocence, hope, and optimism. Pink can be linked to childhood sweetness and innocence, appearing sometimes as naïve or silly” (Van Braam, 2024)
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Orange
“Combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. Associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation” (Van Braam, 2024)
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White
“Associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. Considered to be the color of perfection. Signifies safety, purity, and cleanliness. Usually has a positive connotation. Can represent a successful beginning. Depicts faith and purity.” (Van Braam, 2024)
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Red
“Associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination, as well as passion, desire, and love. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure. It attracts attention more than any other color.” (Van Braam, 2024)
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Yellow
“Associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy. Produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. When overused, yellow may have a disturbing effect. Yellow indicates honor and loyalty.” (Van Braam, 2024)
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Purple
“Combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. Conveys wealth and extravagance. Associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.” (Van Braam, 2024)
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All pictures of flowers in this blog were taken by Julia.
Flower Misconceptions
Historically flowers have been treated as a gift primarily for women. There are some studies to show otherwise.
“While in general, women displayed a greater level of emotion in their study, the effects are equal. When it comes to receiving flowers, men and women are on the same playing field” (Haviland-Jones, 2016)
Flowers are colourful, fragrant and when given as a gift can show any person that another is thinking of them. No matter if you’re a man, woman or anyone in between, it is natural to have your spirit lifted with the gift of a flower.
If you’re stuck on a gift for the guy in your life, why not grab a bouquet and surprise him with natures mood enhancer?
All pictures of flowers in this blog were taken by Julia.
Flowers impacting our emotions
During the covid-19 pandemic sales of flowers skyrocketed, “Flowers aren’t essential, but they’re emotional: as society capsizes around us, we search for even the smallest slivers of joys. Beautiful blooms—with their color, smell, and symmetry—provide the brief solace we desperately seek.” (Taylor, Okuyama, 2020) Even during a time when job stability and life stability in general seemed unstable, people still flocked to nature to gain some kind of control over their world and create a place of emotional freedom through decorating their space with the vast world of flowers.
All pictures of flowers in this blog were taken by Julia.
Works cited
Meulenbroek, Molly. (2024, November 26). Color your mood with flowers. Studley’s Flower Gardens. https://studleys.com/blog/color-your-mood-with-flowers?srsltid=AfmBOoq92kAp-ne8EI95rtXhzsX-alGOB0UAPR1mE-j-Uy6rPbDoMVN1
Van Braam, Hailey. (2024, September 20). Color Psychology: A guide for Designers, marketers & students. Color Psychology. https://www.colorpsychology.org/cite-reference/
Haviland-Jones, Jeannette Ph.D. (2016, November 21). Emotional Impact of Flowers Study - About Flowers. (2016, November 21). About Flowers, The Society of American Florists. https://safnow.org/aboutflowers/quick-links/health-benefits-research/emotional-impact-of-flowers-study/
Taylor, E., & Okuyama, Y. (2020, May 18). It’s scientifically proven that flowers make you feel better. Vogue. https://www.vogue.com/article/its-scientifically-proven-that-flowers-make-you-feel-better
