Vital

Lively, expressive, youthful, and exuberant--that's the feeling conveyed by a vital color scheme, which is based around a red-orange hue. Red-orange is a cheerful color that has the effect of making one feel warm and energetic. On an esoteric level, it's the color projected by the root chakra, said to be the place where one's life force resides. There's a full-stream-ahead, let's-get-things-accomplished feeling to the vital color scheme--it implies dauntless courage and fearless risk-taking. Particularly in an analogous palette, a vital color scheme has the brilliant, amost vibratory quality of autumn leaves, the joyful and unrestrained nature of vital colors are frequently used in textile design, from the traditional( indian saris and other sportswear).
In graphic design, vital colors are useful in approaching projects that have a young, cutting-edge feeling; for example, cosmetics packaging for a trendy product line, brochures for high-tech or sports bussiness, or any job that needs an uncomplicated "punch " of color. For interiors, a vital color scheme--particularly a complementary scheme, featuring red-orange paired with blue-green--provides a wonderful backdrop for furnishings with an exotic, Eastern flavor. The decidedly brilliant colors in the vital scheme are well suited to abstract paintings, wall hangings, and collages.