Colour Chooser

There are 216 colours which display correctly across all browsers and types of computer. These are called websafe colours. They are described using a code to indicate how much red, green and blue is used. So black has no red (00), green (00) or blue (00) and is called #000000. White has the full amount of each (ff) and is described as #ffffff. (The numbers for the code are 00, 33, 66, 99, cc, ff.)

Click the buttons below to cycle through the possibilities for the background and text colour. The colour names will display on the status bar (background and then text).

Try starting with the black/white button and clicking the red background colour button through from 00 to ff to see how the amount of red is increased. Then click again so that red is 00 and keep clicking the blue button. Repeat with the green. Then you can try combinations.

Background Colour

Text Colour

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Here is some text so you can see what a whole page looks like in any particular colour combination. When you have chosen a scheme make a note of the colour names.

Massage Project Introduction

Why does massage make you feel good? I had learnt about many of the effects of massage, such as the stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system, but wanted to know more about how these effects come about and maybe even to address the question of why they happen. During the course of my research I have deepened my understanding of how the nervous system works, the interaction between the nervous, endocrine and immune systems, neurobiochemistry, how healing may come about, the importance of touch in human physical, mental and emotional development, relief of pain, reversal of the stress response and many other more or less related topics. I have also discovered the difficulty of carrying out research in this area, something I would like to be involved with at some time in the future. I have been fascinated by it all (well, most of it!) and envisaged this project growing ever wider and deeper. However, time being what it is I have had to focus on certain aspects only and save the broader issues for my continuing interest as I learn more as a massage therapist.

I have chosen to study as my primary subject the way the nervous system carries information and the body’s use of chemical messengers in response to massage, relegating other topics (though of equal interest) to an introductory section. I am also focussing on the effects that you can actually feel at the time of or immediately following a massage, although I touch on some of the longer term effects in passing. This still leaves me a wide range of issues relating to the nervous, endocrine and immune systems to discuss.