Beautiful actress Adah Sharma talks her way through the rainbow with our columnist DEVANSH PATEL

COLOURS and seasons have a powerful effect on our moods and the way we perceive things. So powerful is this effect that we have developed colour-related expressions describing our moods, such as "feeling blue" to describe feeling a bit down.

"In a black mood" suggests we are mean and angry, "green with envy" speaks for itself, and "seeing red" describes being furious.

The reason we have developed these expressions is because colour itself really does affect our mood and sometimes it does affect one's makeover.

A makeover can be just the boost in confidence every woman needs at some time in her life.

Whether you are a student, a career woman or a stay-at-home mum, all women benefit from taking time out to indulge themselves with a great new look.

And so drastic are the effects that even a scary-looking Adah Sharma of the movie 1920 tempts you with her new bright and cheerful change.

She said: "A new you is the easiest way to have a fresh and optimistic outlook about life."

I caught up with her at her Pali Hill residence, where everything seemed bright - her mood, her outfit and her room.

This summer, Adah shows her true colours in a bright new makeover. Over to the true chameleon.

Q: What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear 'pink'?

A: Bubble gum.

Q: Do you think pink can be termed as sexy?

A: Without doubt, pink is a wonderfully sexy colour and generates a feeling of gentle warmth and nurturing. It lessens feelings of anger and irritability, surrounding us with a sense of love and protection. Pink also helps to reduce feelings of loneliness, unhappiness and vulnerability. Pink is also connected with the zodiac sign of Aquarius and the planet of Venus, named after the Roman Goddess of Love. I can even chew a bubble gum and look sexy.

Q: The tube top you're wearing and your push-back hairstyle is looking sexy.

A: Thank you. Actually it's also got a bit of orange in it but you can't make it out. I know it's a weird combination but I think I can pull off the weirdest colours pretty well.

Q: Can men carry off pink well?

A: I don't believe in people when they say that men can't carry off pink. I've seen a lot of men who really look good in pink.

If you're confident about your sexuality, I'm sure you can pull the colour pink off pretty well. It depends on your attitude.

Q: What have you got in your wardrobe that is pink?

A: Rubber bands, shoe laces, hair bands, two tops and a pink kurta.

I wore a pink dress during my first press conference to promote 1920. I also have the Bryan Adams song, Pink Is My Favourite Colour. Though my favourite Bryan Adams number is Please Forgive Me.

Q: You wear seasonal colours then?

A: Yes. I wear light-coloured clothes during summer but because monsoon is not one of my favourite seasons, I like wearing bright colours to brighten up the gloomy, dull and grey backdrop.

Q: Does pink describe your mood? A: Not at all. Pink isn't my type of colour. The new colours which describe my mood are yellow and purple. They go well together.

Q: Do you consider yellow as spiritual in nature?

A: Yes I do. But I don't know much about the spirituality and the colour connection. Yellow means joy and happiness and people who are usually blind to other colours can often see yellow.

Yellow is the colour that is associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra. It deals with one's identity. When you entered my room I showed you my yellow polka dotted bikini which I wore when I was a toddler. It's my favourite colour since then.

Q: What about yellow food?

A: I love the yellow daal and yellow chana. Even the potatoes after you boil turn a bit yellow. So I like them mashed. But then you don't want yellow teeth to go with it (laughs). I love our yellow taxis.

I somehow like the colour combination, yellow and black. I also resemble a ripe yellow mango. That's the kind of fruit I am. I can be cool like a lemon and hot like a mango (laughs).

Q: The yellow dress you're wearing in your photo shoot adds a lot of style to your image.

A: Yes. I picked up that dress from a shop called And. I believe that if there is any colour I can carry off easily, it's yellow because it's bright, vivacious, fun and flirty too. Cheerful too.

Angelina Jolie wore a black and a yellow dress at the last year's BAFTA Awards where she looked a hottie along with hubby Brad in a black and white suit.

Q: Is green the most important colour in our life?

A: Not really. Green is envious. But yes, we eat lots of green vegetables and salad. I am a vegetarian. So I eat green four times a day. But sometimes I can be as hot as a green chilli (laughs). My favourite green food item is peas. I love eating mushy peas and many a time, my favourite, crisps with peas. It's a weird combo but it's delicious.

Q: From your entire makeover, which picture relates to your personality?

A: The one in the green dress where I am seen standing and showing a bit of my legs. That's the real Adah Sharma because the real me would not have pulled the skirt higher exposing my legs. A little bit is left to the imagination.

Q: What about our green planet soon becoming black?

A: Every time you look at green you should think of the environment that we are killing day by day. Remember to do at least one nice thing for our environment the next time you see green. It could be anything like planting a tree, throwing rubbish in bins and recycling paper.

Q: Is there any actor who impressed you in a green dress?

A: I remember Julia Roberts wearing a green dress in Pretty Woman. She carried a whole lot of other colours too but green looked sensual when she wore it.

Q: Have you ever gone colour blind?

A: No I haven't. But I've got a friend who is colour blind and she can't even decide between the shades of yellow.

Quite strange. I've researched that 97.3 per cent of the world's population dream in black and white. But I dream in colour. But when I was young, I came to know that all animals are colour blind. Bees do not get attracted by the colour of the flowers and the bull does not attack the matador because it sees a red cloth. We humans should be very lucky because we've got the rods and cones in our eyes which can differentiate colours.

Q: If you were a colour, which one would you pick?

A: I'd pick white because it reflects all the seven colours. I'm a very giving person when I wear white.