Mood Ring Color Meanings

Mood rings first emerged onto the jewelry market during the 1970’s and haven’t wavered in their popularity ever since. The purpose of a mood ring can be found in the jewelry’s name, as the jewel in the center of the ring will change colors according to a person’s changing moods. While science has been unable to establish accurate support as to the way the ring reflects how a person is feeling, mood color meanings are often a good indication of what mood a person is in simply because of subtle changes in body temperature.

Mood Ring Colors What They Mean are based on the science behind the ‘jewel’ in the center of the ring. The stone in a mood ring is usually some sort of glass dome or hollow shell which is placed on top of a paper thin layer of liquid crystals that are sensitive to changes in temperature. When temperature changes and the crystals move or distort, they absorb and reflect light as different colors, which leads to the subsequent change in color that is said to have different meanings.

Fingers are an excellent place on the body when using a device to detect changes in heat because the surface temperature of a finger on the average person is about 82 degrees. Fingers are sensitive to blood flow and the surface temperature will change enough to successfully impact mood rings and how they work. Most people can attest to the fact that they have eagerly studied the instructions of their mood ring and found that they experienced more than one color while wearing the ring. When people take the ring off, the ring often returns to a blackish color unless the temperature surrounding the ring is excessively high.

The colors of mood rings and the emotions they stand for can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer. However, the majority of rings state a similar list of colors and the emotions they signify. The color dark blue always represents the warmest color while black represents the coolest color. Dark blue means that a person is feeling happy, romantic or even passionate. Blue means that the wearer is feeling relaxed or calm while blue/green stands for moderately relaxed. Green stands for a normal state of being and amber signifies a person who is feeling slightly anxious or nervous. Gray means that a person is feeling exceedingly anxious or nervous and black indicates a person is very stressed and is feeling tense or annoyed. Skeptics and critics of mood rings are quick to point out that the average person’s body temperature typically experienced during different emotions is related to the colors that are displayed on mood jewelry.

Many people aren’t aware that the same man, Joshua Reynolds, who invented the mood ring, went on to create the exercise device the ThighMaster. Despite the rather odd link between the mood ring and an exercise device, the popularity of the mood ring and its survival through the decades is strong evidence to the belief and trust people place in a subtle piece of jewelry.

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