FOLLOWING A RAINBOW

Does surfing the net- treading water for hours, watching countless waves go by while you wait for the big one- give you the blues? Does opening up one mediocre home page after another turn you red with rage? Does a frustrating foray in search of something special blacken your day?

Hang in there. Here comes the cavalry!

From photographer Suza Scalora, creator of Mythopoeia, winner of several awards including Cool Site of the Day and the High-Five Design Award, comes Color Therapy, an innovative site that maps out new territories in the web and brings a sense of things to come.

Combining technical prowess with creative flair, Color Therapy is both functional and elegant. "Visitors to the site choose from the color spectrum the precise hue which suits their mood," says Scalora. "This takes them to an explanation of the meanings associated with the color. There follows a photograph and an affirmation based on their color choice, designed to reinforce positive moods and counteract negative ones." The affirmations are quotes from famous people, all the way from Heraclitus to Hesse, and each day brings a different affirmation to each color.

Just as inspirational are the photographs themselves, a series of body painting images that highlight Scalora s love of color and composition. Like the photographs in Mythopoeia, an interactive gallery of mythical and legendary creatures, the images in Color Therapy are the result of the marriage between traditional photographic techniques and cutting-edge computer technology. Viewers will be surprised by the quality of the images (though, of course, it depends on the monitor) and many will never have seen such vivid detail on the web before.

Also in Color Therapy is a personality and mood test. Respondants answer questions by picking colors and an analysis is made based on their choices and the order in which they where picked. This moves the viewers to another body painting image and affirmation which depicts their personality and suggests directions they should explore.are quizzes covering such topics as love, health and prosperity.

The emotional, mental and physical meanings associated with the colors are based on extensive research into color therapy, a branch of therapy which has been steadily growing in popularity for several years. The end result is a site that brings together fine art, psychology and technology in a truly interactive medium, a model for future sites.

Viewers are sure to be entranced by Scalora's vision.

After all it's only once in a blue moon that something this red hot makes it to the surface.

Check into Mythopoeia www.myth.com for Color Therapy's address and exact launch date.