[Icare dixit]

If you were to choose colours to represent mood states, one for mania, one for depression and one for a baseline mood, which colours for which mood state would you choose?

To keep it simple you can choose from the primary colours: red, green and blue.

A mixed state would be a mixture of the manic and depressive colours.

Severity of psychoticism might determine the tone of the colour.

You may write your answer in the colour of your current mood, if you like.

Mania: red
Depression: blue
Baseline: brown-ish (red+green, but much more green than red)

[raspberrytorte]

Oh, this is fun! My therapist had me do this at one appointment.

I chose pink for depression, I think it was blue for baseline (I'm sort of boo hoo and mournful and ruminate too much on the things in my life that suck. lol!) and white for mania because I don't know how to identify that one.

[RomanJames2014]

Mania would be black, white, pink, neons,

Depression would be grey, navy, black, maroon, plum,

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[Pflaumenkeks]

Funny, because my memories are kind of color coded.
hm,
hypo would be bright colors - white, neon green, pink, yellow - all the colors
depression - grey
mixed- black & red

[Spaceyspace]

I was red earlier. I was legit getting laughed at by a person and it set me off. It's an issue I am going to have to figure out how to deal with. Right now I'm home and settling into blue. Tired but peaceful.

[Icare dixit]

I'd choose red for depression because it's the colour of sunset and of fire. It matches well with black.

[pirilin]

Purple. Red is irritating for me. What is depression?.

[Blaire]

Hypomania would be black and white alternating to create intensity (I often have mixed episodes). Depression is gray. Baseline would be kind of a soft, rosy pink.

[~Christina]

Baseline/doing well is a soft emerald green with a light glitter shimmer

Hypo is loud bright mass of all colors

Manic.. Ugly deep blood red that feels heavy, evil and suffocating.

Depression is a muddy green that is like a heavy choking fog.

[Crazy Hitch]

Straight up my mania is so hectic one colour wouldn't fit with the amount of buzzing I do

[scatterbrained04]

For me:

Depression: blue, black, grey
Hypo: yellow, orange, pink
Baseline: green
Mixed: red, purple

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[Icare dixit]

Blue for mania. No anxiety. Clear sky.

Red added for any depression or anxiety mixed in. Overstretching mania.

[raspberrytorte]

Can we do an anxiety color?

Because mine would be mustard yellow.

[Icare dixit]

Originally Posted by raspberrytorte

Can we do an anxiety color?

Because mine would be mustard yellow.

Of course we can.

And I agree that's actually quite a good colour for it. Also because it's being torn between my red, depression, and my green, baseline. Not giving in to depression or because it's consistently part of depression and it may always be present when at baseline.

I haven't even said that: my baseline would be green.

[Wanderlust90]

I would say depression is black, dysthymia grey, euthymia white or yellow, hypomania orange, mania red. I don't know should psychotic features in a mood episode have a metallic sheen to their respective colours? Should mixed features be a blend of their respective mood state colours? Mixed mania could be dark blood maroon, mixed depression maybe a dirty orange, I don't know what colour black/grey & orange makes lol.

After 1 month on sertraline & klonopin prn I would say my colour right now would be yellow/orange (with the exception of 2-3 days at a time here & there that I'm more a black/grey.)

[Icare dixit]

I'd say that a mixed state should be a combination, yes, but giving a lighter tone, mixing light rather than paint.

I think baseline mood should be green because it's the colour of the ground, being grounded.

[Wanderlust90]

Could we settle on a bright greeny/yellow for euthymia? Chartreuse?

[Icare dixit]

Something like this would be mixed with strong shifting beliefs, lots of anxiety and volatility which includes some baseline mood.

Edit:
Depression is more noticeable, so a bit more red and darker tone, less baseline, less balance. Longer cycles.

[Icare dixit]

Originally Posted by Wanderlust90

Could we settle on a bright greeny/yellow for euthymia? Chartreuse?

Maybe. If there's some anxiety, just a little bit of depression in their (which should really be red).

There's always some anxiety, so that may be it.

mania: bright yellow

depression: black

baseline: white

[zijax]

I'm feeling on the dark side of purple with streaks of blue and white today

[Icare dixit]

Funny how our choices are all rather different. Not all, but still.

If we base the colours on the ancient humours (black and yellow bile, blood and phlegm), mania would be yellow, depression black, anxiety/anger red and baseline green/yellow/white, let's say.

[Isaiah712]

Manic would be Blue
Lows would be Purple
Baseline Green

My eyes change color with my mood anyways, so I should just ask someone what color they are lol

Mania -golden shimmer
Depression, pale blue
Mixed.- blood red