Paint by Numbers – Colours Can Heal Your Brain
Colouring is not just visually appealing — it has power and can evoke emotions. In past times, it was widely accepted that colours affect one's mood and health, and even neuroscience nowadays supports it. Various colours stimulate different areas of the brain, thus leading to emotional and cognitive changes, which eventually result in healing and relaxation. So, if this is combined with the meditative aspect of painting, it is indeed very healing — this is the real magic of Paint by Number. There is so much stress and screen time in the world today that painting is a way through which your brain can still breathe. And paint by numbers, with its simple, colour-coded instructions, is a means through which anyone can easily and comfortably have this therapeutic experience. 1. How Colours Influence the Brain Colors that you see are the things that your eyes transmit signals to the brain's emotional area. Colours of the sun, like red...