Add Vata, Pitta, and Kapha information: Each micro palette contains a range of colors that are skewed energetically. By energetically, we mean whether the colors are hot or cold, warm or cool, calming or stimulating, uplifting or grounding, moist or dry, etc. On a simplistic level, East Indian medicine works by exerting a balancing force in the direction opposite of that which may tend to erode an individual’s homeostasis. We chose to work with East Indian medicine and Ayurveda because they are user-friendly systems that invite participation by the layperson. We put great care into designing color palettes that correspond to key concepts of Ayurveda’s framework. We use a very different approach than one that proceeds from the assumption that colors affect individuals similarly. This is a step forward in carefully combining paint and human health, and is another reason to trust your project with our products. About the foundation of AFMs Ayurveda Essence system The East has generated many practices that promote harmony. These practices relieve stress by helping us understand how to create balance from day to day. The ability to increasingly gain control over our lives is a form of alchemy that can lead to an increase in the quality of life as well as to the extension of life itself. The core of Indian medicine, like Asian medicine in general, is based on what is known as energetics. This does not mean the sensing of something invisible. One simple way of understanding energetics is that we were created with differences. By learning how to support and balance the physical, mental, and spiritual core of our make up, we nourish our essence. It is not difficult for someone with no prior knowledge to reach the point where it is possible to make use of traditional Indian healing methods. They teach us how the cumulative effects of repeated actions add up to something substantial. They are learning tools that induct you into a system of life-affirming patterns by helping you to recognize the significance of patterns of behavior. It is the comprehension of pattern recognition that is the key. Click on the link below to learn how the three groups of colors are linked to your body type. Vata, Pitta, Kapha How to use Ayurveda Essence micro palettes With Ayurveda Essence micro palettes, getting colors to work together well is easy, because the palettes are self-harmonizing. We’ve done the leg work and removed the struggle and stressful guesswork. Combine colors from within the palettes however you like. You’ll find that stunning combinations are achieved effortlessly. Ayurveda Essence is a succinct, sophisticated system of colors that spans the gamut from the lightest pastels to the most mysterious and deepest earthy tones. A focus throughout the design process was to make the creation of harmonious relationships within each palette automatic. If you have only previously used your intuition in choosing colors and are unfamiliar with basic color terminology and strategy, we’d like to teach you some key rudiments. Hue The word used to describe a basic color range. For example, light blue, mid-tone blue, and dark blue are all hues of blue. Chromaticness Colors can be very close to primary shades, or they can be mixed with white, black, and other colors. When they lack a mixture of these other colors, they are highly chromatic, saturated, and primary. This makes them very stimulating. It is difficult to combine different hues of highly chromatic colors because this makes for a loud scheme susceptible to clashing. Value This describes the amount of white and black used to create a color that is moving away from a pure chromatic hue. Tint As a color moves toward a pastel shade, it will include more white. Shade As a color becomes darker, it will include more black; sometimes referred to as nuance. Tone A color that has gray added to it (white + black) becomes muted chromatically. Darker shades are denser and less reflective. It seems that few elements of design throw us more than assembling creative, well-balanced color schemes. Many simply derive choices from a base of feeling and intuition that is not connected to color theory or any system of holistic understanding, and many of us avoid playfulness and complexity altogether. The purpose of AFMs Ayurveda Essence system is to create an enhanced experience of health by deploying color sets that interact harmoniously with individuals and families. The best way to use the Ayurveda Essence system is to learn by doing and experiencing. Please bear in mind that a scheme that seems radical or even uncomfortable immediately after completion can easily seem second nature after you’ve lived with it for a month. We constructed our palettes to be strengthening They augment, because balancing hues are grouped together. Those portions of the spectrum that would be the most aggravating for a particular constitution have been avoided in each palette. Ayurvedic paints are broken down into three classes based upon three basic body types. Take a look at each and see which one is most suited to your body type. Then select colors from that class. Colors can be found on AFMSafecoat.com under VATA click on the link below to find your Vata color that is right for you. http://www.afmsafecoat.com/ayurveda/vata.html Vata individuals are light and dry by nature with a general tendency to a thin frame and low body mass. Skin and body functions can benefit from vigilant hydration. Balancing techniques can reduce anxiety. Deeper, darker colors suggestive of moisture can create balance. PITTA click on the link below to find your Pitta color that is right for you. http://www.afmsafecoat.com/ayurveda/pitta.html Pitta individuals may develop occasional inflammatory conditions. They have a general tendency to a moderate, athletic frame with a muscular body mass, and a sharp, energetic personality. Cooling therapy may lower a tendency toward irritability. Balance may be derived by colors that cool, moderate, and soothe. KAPHA click on the link below to find your Kapha color that is right for you. http://www.afmsafecoat.com/ayurveda/kapha.html Kapha individuals have a general tendency to a large frame. Emotional nature tends toward calmness and steadfastness. Stimulating therapy can avert tendencies toward inertia and lethargy. Balance can be derived by using mobilizing colors such as bold, stimulating, and bright accents. Midtones and pastels may create the best color schemes.