The Yellow Brick Road

I love the colors in the Wizard of Oz. The primary colors of Dorothy’s red slippers, the Emerald Palace of Oz and the Yellow Brick Road are visually engaging and add excitement to the movie.

L. Frank Baum chose yellow for the path for Dorothy to find Oz. It is a delightful Yellow Brick Road. He didn’t write the story so that she found her own way to Oz. There was a specific path to take.

The color yellow has multiple meanings according to people who study the color yellow and can range from positive aspects of increasing the power of concentration to negative aspects such as yellow journalism. I’ve included a few entries from websites on the color yellow:

Intellect, confidence, divination, communication, eloquence, travel, movement. Yellow is the color of the element of Air. It symbolizes the sun, grain, and the power of thought. To the Zuni, it symbolized the North. In Polynesia, yellow was a color of royalty and divinity.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/wiccanfeatherwood/colors.html

Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. While it is considered an optimistic color, people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms, and babies will cry more. It is the most difficult color for the eye to take in, so it can be overpowering if overused. Yellow enhances concentration, hence its use for legal pads. It also speeds metabolism. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html

I like the definition of yellow that describes yellow as enhancing concentration. Perhaps Baum knew instinctively that yellow is an energetic color and creates focus. The Yellow Brick Road was the way to the Emerald City and kept Dorothy and her companions on the path to reach Oz.

According to my friend, Debra Felske, owner of Remedies Wellness Spa, wearing yellow can help you stand out in a crowd. It gives the sense of limitless opportunities and definitely brings a ray of sunshine to a room.

Let’s focus on our limitless possibilities this week and use yellow to bring a ray of sunshine into your life and those of others.

© Kathy Garland 2007


Until next week,


Kathy Garland
Founder of the Ruby Red Slipper ClubTM
kgarland@quantapartners.com
972-529-6744