By the time children reach secondary school, it is little wonder that there remains, a primary confusion.   We describe sexual passion as " red " hot, sadness as feeling " blue ", and insecurity, cowardliness or jaundice as feeling " yellow ".   The logic of Lilian Verner-Bond‘s opening remarks seem obvious, and while she appears to make a number of subjective cognitive leaps later in the book, there is some truth in the foundation of her thinking:

        " Without light there is no life.   If you put the plant in a dark cupboard, it will wither and die.   Light is a natural requisite for growth and life, and, as living beings, we are continually reacting to the wide range of stimuli that we call light. "

        Upon the basis, that all colours come from light, she proposes that colour impacts upon human behaviour and health; arguing that colour has power, which is both transcendent and intuitive; the knowledge of which, she believes, is able to change lives.   Indeed, the power of colour has historically been used to control and organise the way people think, and behave; evidenced by the former " red coats " of the English Army, right down to the detail of the colour coding of paper clips, in an office.