Comprehension:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.
Colour therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a form of therapy that uses colour and light to treat certain mental and physical health conditions. We can trace this form of therapy back to the ancient Egyptians. They made use of sun-filled rooms with coloured glasses for therapeutic purposes.
Although colour therapy has gained some popularity over the years, it’s still not a widely accepted form of therapy in Western medicine. Many medical experts consider it to be pseudoscience or quackery.
There are two major techniques of colour therapy. It can either be done through sight, that is, by looking at a particular colour in hopes that it elicits the desired response in your body or by directly reflecting certain colours on parts of the body.
Colour therapists believe that colour can enter our bodies either through our eyes or skin. Each colour we can see has its wavelength and unique frequency. Each unique frequency has a different effect on people and is used for different purposes. Warm colours are typically used for stimulating effects, while cool colours are used for calming effects.
Certain colours like blue and green are thought to have soothing effects on people who are stressed or anxious. Warm and stimulating colours are thought to boost your appetite when you struggle with having a desire for food. Colours such as red and yellow are believed to boost your energy and make you more motivated. The effects of certain colours on people may range from person to person. Colours most people might find calming or soothing might be anxiety-inducing or depressing to others.
Colour therapy is still not accepted as a form of treatment by majority of western medical fraternity as
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → they consider it as fake and deceptive.
The passage says that colour therapy is not widely accepted in Western medicine because "many medical experts consider it to be pseudoscience or quackery".
- Pseudoscience means beliefs or methods that claim to be scientific but are not based on proper scientific proof (Greek pseudes, false).
Example: Most scientists regard astrology as a pseudoscience. - Quackery means the methods of a quack, a person who falsely claims to have medical skill.
Example: The so-called miracle cure was nothing but quackery. - Calling something false science and the work of fake doctors means the experts think it is fake and deceptive.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: their approval has not been taken. — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage says nothing about anyone's approval being sought.
Option 2: it uses warm and cool colours separately. — Incorrect. Wrong reason: the use of warm colours "for stimulating effects" and cool colours "for calming effects" is described as part of the therapy, not as the reason it is rejected.
Option 4: they consider it dangerous. — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the experts call it "pseudoscience or quackery", that is, false; they do not call it dangerous.
Note: Warm and cool colours are indeed mentioned in the passage, but only to describe how the therapy is used; the passage does not connect them with the experts' rejection of it.