Orange stimulates creativity and ambition along with energetic activity. It can also generate pride and a sense of preservation of self and others. But excessive exposure to orange can produce great nervousness and restless behaviour. Many fruits and vegetables are orange or orange - red in colour, and thus making them a colour of nourishment. Orange represents attraction of elements working as a cohesive atomic force.

Being half red and half yellow orange can be either a classifier colour or a declassifier colour depending on the brightness or darkness of its shading. As a classifier, Orange is a pivotal colour for a person making a buying decision. Also in the classifying mode, orange in general, appeals to just a limited number of people. As a declassifier, orange moves into another range and appeals to a larger percentage of the population causing more people to react positively to an orange object or concept. The physiological effects of orange colour are: The appetite elevates and increases . You are good natured, enjoy being with other people, and are swayed by outside opinions. You do good work, have strong loyalities, feel good will and possess a solicitous heart. However, unwarranted feelings of elation often pervade psyche.

Orange combines red and yellow rays and its healing power is greater than that of either red or yellow alone. Orange stimulates the thyroid glands and depresses the parathyroid. It expands the lungs and has an antispasmodic effect on muscle cramps. It also aids calcium metabolism, acts as an emetic and increases the pulse rate. But orange does not effect blood pressure. It stimulates lactation after child birth when a new mother wears orange clothing. Orange also acts on the spleen and pancreas to help assimilation and circulation.