Mindful Relaxation: Engage in a therapeutic activity that allows you to unwind, destress, and find peace in the present moment. Bold colors had a resurgence in popularity circa 2016, around the time when shows like Stranger Things brought vibrancy to the forefront of popular media. This allowed them to be accepted as professional colors that could be used across industries. Although that year Rose Quartz and Serenity took the Pantone crown, Pantone’s spring color trends were sprinkled with a line-up of strong colors. We've even started producing mindfulness colouring activities with different children's names on, so that you can personalise their colouring time, like our Ivy Mindfulness Name Colouring Activity and Roman Mindfulness Name Colouring Activity. Benefits of mindful colouring

Going into the new year you'll be seeing an influx of muted color palettes, so our go-to tip will be for you to do your research and figure out what blend works best for you and your brand. If you take this into consideration, you might just find the perfect recipe! Amawi RM, Murdoch MJ. Understanding color associations and their effects on expectations of drugs' efficacies. Pharmacy (Basel). 2022;10(4):82. doi:10.3390/pharmacy10040082 You can learn more about Thunderstorms and what causes them with our informative Teaching Wiki. How does colouring help a child’s development? More recently, muted colors have emerged as some of the most prevalent in the design industry. As evidence, you need only sift through Pantone’s past colors of the year - Rose Quartz and Serenity in 2016, Greenery in 2017, and Ultimate Gray and Illuminating in 2021. From 2000 onward, there’s a clear move towards more subtle colors. This year’s ‘Illuminating’, for example, is not a highlighter yellow, nor the yellow of sci-fi, but more of a sunshiney glow indicative of a bright future. Blue: People often describe blue as the color of stability and safety. Driving a blue car or SUV might indicate that you are dependable and trustworthy.While bold colors oftentimes get a negative reputation, they are not without perks. On an obvious note, they are useful for attracting the eye. They stand out in the visual plane, which is why animals of prey generally do not use them to camouflage themselves. This means that incorporating them into designs can make them more dramatic and impressive, leaving audiences feeling energized. Red, orange, pink, bright green, and others have become key colors in bringing designs to life and creating fun visuals. In particular, minimalistic designs with few images or elements can do well with playful color palettes.

Yellow: According to the experts, driving a yellow vehicle might mean you are a happy person in general and perhaps a bit more willing than the average person to take risks. O’Connor Z. Colour psychology and colour therapy: Caveat emptor. Color Res Appl. 2011;36(3):229-234. doi:10.1002/col.20597 The re-popularization of these colors has indeed made a big mark in our advertising world. They permeate our social media, billboards, fashion, movies. Companies like LinkedIn and ClassPass, amongst hundreds of others, have gone full steam ahead and embedded them in their core marketing strategies. Elliot AJ, Aarts H. Perception of the color red enhances the force and velocity of motor output. Emotion. 2011;11(2):445-9. doi:10.1037/a0022599 With all that being said, many designers opt out of using an ‘all in’ approach. They very cleverly mix small bursts of bold colors with an overall muted palette to achieve a happy medium. Although bold colors have their place, it is far more beneficial to use them sparingly. In doing so, they are more in control of where they guide their audience’s gaze and how they highlight the focal point.This Lightning Bolt Colouring Sheet is a great way to develop a range of skills in young children. Completing it has a wide range of developmental benefits including: An added benefit for this mixed approach is to increase legibility of the design. Because vibrant colors create contrast, this makes them easier to read, but too much contrast and they end up an eye sore. For this reason, it is often recommended that designers create a mild level of contrast by using bold colors only for the most important elements (eg. CTAs, updates, etc.). Yang J, Shen X. The application of color psychology in community health environment design. J Environ Public Health. 2022;2022:7259595. doi:10.1155/2022/7259595

Endless Fun: With an ever-expanding collection, there’s always something new to discover, ensuring countless hours of joyful coloring. Seeking more adventures? Embark on epic quests with our thrilling adventure printables, where heroic tales and daring challenges await. Indulge your love for stories with enchanting storytelling resources that captivate hearts and minds alike. Whether you prefer the wonders of science, the beauty of nature, or the enchantment of folklore, our extensive collection has something to enthrall everyone. The Fun Never Ends! This activity is the perfect way to improve children's fine motor skills. They will learn how to grip and move a pencil or pen while staying in the lines of the outline. Looking for other lovely colouring sheets? Love pets? Try this one with a cute cat and a dog, too! More resources like this

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Elliot AJ. Color and psychological functioning: a review of theoretical and empirical work. Front Psychol. 2015;6:368. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00368 Emani R, Ghavami H, Radfar M, Reza Khalkhali H. Impact of chromotherapy on professional quality of life in intensive care unit nurses: a randomized controlled trial. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. 2020;8(3):121-129. doi:10.1080/21641846.2020.1782058 Mindfulness colouring has been shown to have many benefits for children and adults alike. Some of these include: