The Role of Color Therapy towards psychological well-being in sustainable therapeutic environments

Color therapy is an alternative therapy that uses color and light to treat mental and physical health by balancing energy centers in the body, also known as chakras. Today, in the era of globalization, color therapy is one of the most popular alternative medicines used to influence human behavior and solve many psychological and physical problems. Research problem focuses on understanding how color therapy can be effectively used to improve psychological wellbeing and integrate it into therapeutic environments. Although color therapy has shown its potential to influence psychological well-being and reduce stress, there are limited studies to establish clear guidelines for its application in interior design settings. Thus, individual differences in psychological responses to colors, cultural differences in color perception, and the interaction of colors with other design elements create challenges in generalizing the therapeutic use of colors, and here lies the aim of the research. This raises critical questions about how to systematically apply specific colors in interior environments to address various psychological issues while accommodating personal and cultural differences. The research follows the descriptive and inductive approach by gathering information to build the theoretical framework based on previous studies and analyzing them scientifically, and the analytical approach of different therapeutic environments to achieve the application of color studies. The researcher concludes that in order to improve psychological wellbeing and a better quality of life, color studies must be employed in designing interior environments due to their power to influence individuals and to avoid psychological harm and disorders.