Guest guest Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 Hi Julie, > In a message dated 5/18/2004 8:25:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, > butchbsi writes: > The degree of protection from the various types of UV light runs in a > pattern of the colors of the spectrum .. the least protection is clear. > Then it runs through red, orange, yellow, blue and indigo with the most > protection coming from violet .. the end of the spectrum. > Butch- Actually .. the above should have read .. Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, Indigo and Violet .. ROYGBIV .. ;-) > I was just reading Shirley Price's Aromatherapy Workbook, where she said that > essential oils deteriorate faster at the blue end of the spectrum than at the > red, and so recommended amber brown bottles as being far better than blue. She got her colors confused or she listened to the wrong person. IF .. I'll give her a way out .. she meant that Blue Oils will deteriorate faster than others .. then she would be right. > But it sounds to me like you're sayign the opposite-that the closer you get > to the blue side, the more protection you're affording the oils. Is that a > correct interpretation? That is exactly what I mean. > If so, then I'm even more confused than before and should just give up now. > ;-) Please don't give up .. be careful which reference books you read. ;-) Read many sources .. don't believe everything you read even if I write it .. though I'm willing to bet money on what I write. ;-P > Julie Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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