The Colours Of Flowers

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The Colours Of Flowers

Human beings first used natural colours centuries ago. During those times synthetic colours were not available. Flowers were the main source of colour. This article does not intend to go into how the colours were extracted and so on, but how colours of flowers can make our life a better living experience. Let us examine.

Look at flowers. You will find a range of colours -from purest white to black. Some flowers are single coloured while many have colours so beautifully mixed that no painter can do something similar. The first observation we can make is – all colours look good on flowers. We may hate a colour, for example you may dislike yellow. But if you pick up a yellow coloured flower, you may not dislike it. Why? Because the colour merges so well with the structure and texture of the flower that it does not remain separate but merges totally in the flower. I hope I am making myself clear. What I mean to say that even if you hold a yellow coloured flower, you will not be noticing only the colour, but the touch, the shape, the fragrance and the symmetry of the flower. Colour has merged itself with other qualities to create something beautiful. Is this making sense?

I have been talking about the colours. But I could have been as well talking about any other quality of the flower. My contention is simple. If a quality does not overpower other qualities but merges with them the result can be great. We as human beings can do the same – as the members of a family, a team or a part of business group or as citizens of our nation. Instead of overpowering others with our qualities, if we try to merge and create a whole, the outcome will always be much better. The focus is to dissolve one’s individual ego and work together in tandem.