Healing With Colour: Sorcery or Science?

Chromotherapy is still being called pseudoscience—but for how much longer?

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I was so bad at science at high school that my teacher, Mr Le Count (that’s not what we called him!), tried to get me suspended from class.

So he might be a little surprised at how interested I am in quantum physics and the new emerging area of bio-field science these days.

I don’t pretend to understand either by any means but I am captivated by certain concepts, such as:

• Consciousness doesn’t emerge from the brain but is a fundamental part of the Universe (panpsychism).

• The invisible field of electromagnetic energy surrounding every living being, called the bio-field (aka the subtle energy body or aura), the balance of which is crucial to our health and wellbeing.

• The mitochondria in our cells actually emit bio-photons to communicate with each other.

There is more and more scientific evidence to suggest that we literally are light beings—solar powered, radiant waves of light compressed into matter.

We receive energetic signals from natural light that are translated by the mitochondria and transmitted around our bodies.

And when that signal gets scrambled by interference from things like EMFs from phones and the evil blue light from screens we become frazzled, burnt out, riddled with dis-ease.

(This is where my conspiracy theory brain goes into overdrive—don’t get me started on why they want to ‘dim the sun’. It’s got f*ck all to do with climate change!)

Anyhoo, all that leads me to thinking that colour—aka wavelengths of light—is even more powerful than we give it credit for.

So let’s talk about chromotherapy.

What is chromotherapy?

Like a lot of holistic practices, chromotherapy (aka colour therapy) is labelled as pseudoscience but with research into the bio-field and quantum metabolism gaining momentum you have to wonder if, yet again, what was once deemed woo-woo or esoteric nonsense is actually metaphysical knowledge that we today, in our reductionist society, have lost.

If you’re into wellness and gimmicky gadgets to optimise and bio-hack your way to better health then you’ve no doubt seen the red light therapy masks that make influencers look like something from an Alexandre Dumas novel whilst they sit and tap out their TikToks.

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However, the concept of using coloured light for healing the body is by no means new—our ancestors were harnessing the power of colour several millennia ago (of course they were!).

Chromotherapy is a holistic healing practice that dates back thousands of years and can be traced back to ancient civilisations from Egypt, India, and China.

Those clever folk in ancient Egypt, used coloured glass to filter sunlight onto afflicted parts of the body, believing (or perhaps knowing) that the energetic frequency of the colour would interact with the cells and promote healing. They would also use coloured stones and crystals in their healing practices.

Meanwhile over in India, Ayurvedic medicine linked colours to the different chakras or energy centres in the body. When one is blocked or out of whack balance and harmony can be restored by using the associated colour.

Further east, in traditional Chinese Medicine, each organ is connected to a specific colour. Eating foods of those colours or wearing them was believed to keep your internal systems ticking over nicely.

Today we use colour psychology everywhere—in marketing, branding, interior design etc—but what about on a physiological level?

Could light, at different vibrational frequencies that we call colours, really be used to cure disease and even open wounds?

Types of light therapy

Although it’s still a new area of research, studies have shown that exposure to certain light frequencies can influence everything from mood and circadian rhythms to cell repair and inflammation.

Tools like bio-field imaging and electrophotonic cameras are starting to show measurable shifts in a person’s energy when exposed to specific colours or frequencies.

As I mentioned, LED light therapy is gaining popularity among the wellness community. It’s mainly used to treat surface level skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis, however red light therapy has been proven to lower blood sugar and mitigate glucose spikes.

Low-level Laser Therapy (LLLT) uses low energy laser light to interact with biological tissues. It’s commonly used to treat inflammation, muscle spasms and to reduce pain.

Infra-red light is used for wound healing and bone repair.

It seems to follow that if light can be used in this way already then surely different coloured wavelengths can be used to treat different injuries or diseases?

Fade to black…

With an open mind and a willingness to explore the vibrational frequencies of colour, we have the potential to unlock profound healing benefits that can positively impact every aspect of our being.

We already know that red light literally boosts our energy because of the way it interacts with our mitochondria.

And we know that LEDs dominant in blue light have a negative impact on our physiology—blue light reduces mitochondrial function and ATP production (the energy carrying molecule in all cells).

But what about the effects of other colour frequencies?

I just know that there is a lot more for us to discover when it comes to colour and light therapy. I’m trying to piece it together but as a non-scientist it’s a bit baffling!

I have so many questions (and a wild theory about light being the conduit for consciousness)….if anyone way smarter than me would like to shed some light on the situation—pun intended—then please do!

Just as we now know that sound does a lot more than make us want to dance, so colour does a helluva lot more than make things look pretty.

And perhaps using them together can create a bio-field coherence so strong we can become superhuman?

Put that in yer pipe and smoke it, Mr Le Count.