Colors & Meanings
Colors
Color has a profound effect upon are make up and environment, color is a mere vibration of light perceived by our eyes and like all other information left for our brain to discern on the conscience and sub-conscience level giving no two person the exact same results, you may see red-yellow and they may see more yellow making it yellow-red in their mind, the truth is in the mind of the beholder. Colors are not just for us to enjoy in a paintings or indicate when to stop or go in traffic they effect us to the very core of our functionality, for example orange can increase the appetite hence the reason more restaurants are incorporating the color orange into there design, blue and soft greens have a calming effect and have been used in many mental hospital throughout their facilities producing positive results in most cases. Color is a real and tangible thing for the soul, just as when your mouth devours a balanced diet resulting in a healthy physical self, the higher self devours colors it is constantly surrounded by and the health of the higher self depends upon a balanced color spectrum desirable and healthy to the higher self. The purpose for this information is to inform the initiate of proper colors for the surrounding environment for instance in an interview maybe a red tie is proper to articulate you presence and power or maybe wearing orange on a first date to calm and balance emotions and leave the mind open which will allow you to make more sound decisions and allow the construction workers of the Divine to smooth your path ahead.
Red
The color red has exerted the most efforts in convincing humans colors have an effect upon our lives and actions just get the behind the wheel of a red hot convertible sports coupe and try and keep from the lead foot disease and energetic attitude that instantly sets in and we all know that the politicians wear red ties to present themselves in a more powerful manner.
Red's Energy can:
increased enthusiasm, interest and interest
action and confidence to go after your dreams
protection from fears and anxieties
Red Energy
Red is associated with fervency and warmth. It can also mean bring warning of danger.
Being the color of human blood it has always alluded to a symbol of life and vitality. It brings focus to the essence of life and living with emphasis on survival. Red is also the color of passion and lust.
Using Red
Wear a red accent piece when you want to present yourself as outgoing and energetic. It can add to your confidence when attending a function or interview where you feel unsure of yourself. A woman may wear red to feel more powerful or create sex appeal depending on the amount of red worn. Purchasing a red car would make since for one in a "mid-life crisis" needing a new car.
Chakra associated with Red:
Red is the color associated with the root chakra at the base of the spine associated with animal or base nature. This chakra deals with life at the level of practicality. It is maintains the body's heat and has a relationship with the circulatory system.
Pink
There are no dought memories and associations which the color pink ignites, Easter comes to mind, baby girls, sweet cotton candy on and on but all of them have a commonality which we all agree we feel, love. Being of nothing more important that love pink is a color to adorn.
Pink is a combination of red and white. The amount of energy in pink is determined by how much red is present. White is the potential for fullness, while red helps you to reach that potential. Pink combines these energies. Shades of deep pink, such as magenta, have had results in helping neutralize disorder and violence. Some prisons use limited deep pink tones to attempt to lower aggressivebehaviour with positive results..
Pink carries the energy of caring, tenderness, self-worth, love, and acceptance.
Pink's energy can:
calm feelings
help neutralize disorder
assist in relaxation
acceptance, contentment
Gem stone properties
Pink gemstones can be used to promote love, self-worth, order and protection from violence or aggression. Carry or place pink gemstones around your home or office to stimulate love and beauty.
Using Pink
Wear pink when you want to present yourself as a peaceful, calm person who is not threatening. The softer shades are very feminine and darker shades will alleviate feelings of friction. Maybe framing a picture of nothing but pink in a hostile, high stress environment might help keep people and attitudes on the level.
Brown
Brown might be considered the overlooked or taken for granted color because not many associate it with much if anything, so they think, but if we took brown away then the base color of mother earth would be gone and so the energy of comfort and oneness it provides to us when alone in the trees or barefooted in the dirt, brown is the color from which we sprang and to it we must return.
People who prefer brown are often by the book and thurough. The negative meaning of brown can be an unsociable attitude or an unmotivated person. Brown is the color of the earth and is associated with the material side of life.
Brown Energy
Brown can mix into many surroundings. It is a mixture of red, blue and yellow and has many shades and tones - each producing a different effect. Brown can be a stabilizing color. The red in brown gives it practical energy while the yellow and blue add mental focus energies. Too much brown can make a dull effect. Brown gives a feeling of solidity, and allows one to stay in the background, unnoticed.
Some shades of brown create a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness, naturalness and dependability.
Brown's energy can:
provide a solid wholesome feeling
blend with the background
build a connection with natural earth and the stability it brings
add orderliness and convention
Gem stone properties
Brown gemstones act as a grounding force and promote stability and clear thinking.
Using Brown
Wear brown clothing if you want to show no direction or attitude in particular. Brown is a disguise that can be used to effectively hide your true nature. Prior to the introduction of denim, brown was the color worn by manual workers.Warm browns can be worn to exhibit a 'down to earth' feeling. A shade of brown would be a good addition to a team's color scheme or corporation trying to show stability and orderliness, "What can Brown do for you?" :)
Orange Orange can light some memories, bringing about the wondrous display the season Fall provides for us and who can forget jack-o-lanterns on a fun filled Halloween night or the sweet sweet taste of a fresh Florida orange. This color would not take a back seat as brown has seemed to have done but yet does not scream to get our attention like red. Orange is a power color. It is one of the healing colors. It is said to increase the appetite. It also stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Orange signifies vitality with endurance. People who like orange are generally thoughtful and sincere. Lady luck's color is orange. Oral legend says that if a change of any kind is needed in life, just burn an orange candle for 7 nights. Orange Energy Orange is that color which can bring you back to square and help ignite new profound ideas and inspiration, orange's energy is bright and demanding yet shuttle and soothing. While red is associated with fiery heat, orange is associated with the benign warmth of the sun. A dynamic color to be sure, orange offers a more thoughtful control than explosive red. Curiosity is a driving characteristic of orange, and with it comes exploration of new things. Orange's Energy can: spice things up when you feel time is dragging allow you to become more involved in something increase creativity add relief from things becoming too serious Orange gem stone properties Orange gemstones contain some of the fiery energies of red, but are gentler with a more creative spirit. They are used to promote personal power and are useful for people who could use more self esteem. Carry or place orange gemstones around your home or office to stimulate creativity, mental quickness, ability to adjust to changes. Using Orange Orange has the power to diffuse irrational behaviour or add power to the logical thinking of a group or person. Orange gives confidence within and humility without. Wearing orange during times of stress, or shock can help to balance your emotions. It can bring about the willingness to embrace new ideas with enjoyment and a sense of exploration and creative play. Chakra associated with Orange: Orange is the color associated with the sacral hara chakra. Gold Gold can symbolizes wealth used wisely, but it is also the symbol of good health befitting of a 50th wedding anniversary seeing as good health is key to this milestone. People who favor the color gold are generally optimistic and upbeat. Just the word gold makes you think of monetary gold which throughout time has equaled power and fame only adding to gold's energy of self empowerment and courage. Gold Energy Gold is intimately linked with Divinity and those gods associated with the Sun. It symbolizes wealth and success. Gold's energy can: increase personal power add relaxation and enjoyment of life promote good health add to success Using Gold Wearing the color gold or jewelry in everyday life increases personal power, and promotes courage, confidence and willpower. Gold chains worn around the neck preserve health and worn about the ankle will promote the feminine powers and a gold ring on the right index finger will increase masculine powers. The shade of yellow determines the meaning. Pure, bright and sunny yellow is the easiest color to see. People who are blind to other colors can usually see yellow. Yellow is full of creative and intellectual energy. Always use yellow note pads. Yellow Most of the wildflowers that paint the canvas of spring are shades of yellow and the Sun which brings this life to us all carries it's energy to us through the color yellow and most if not all have strolled through a meadow covered in yellow flowers on a sunny day, if not in reality then our minds have provided this joyous stroll to brighten and lift our spirits in time of strife.. Yellow symbolizes wisdom and thoughtfulness. Yellow carries joy and happiness. People of high intellect generally favor yellow. Yellow daffodils are a symbol of unrequited love. Sunday's color is yellow-gold. Yellow Energy Like the energy and brightness of a sunny day, yellow brings clarity and awareness. The shade of yellow determines its effect: Yellow-green can mean deceit, and creates a disoriented feeling. Orange-yellow imparts a sense of establishment. Red-yellow can create will-power combined with clarity. Clean yellow light clears the mind, making it active and alert. Yellow's Energy can: bring clarity for decision-making add relief from 'burnout', panic, nervousness, exhaustion sharper memory and concentration skills bring protection from lethargy and depression during dull weather Carry or wear yellow gemstones to promote the ability to express yourself. They are excellent stones for writers and public speakers to increase eloquence. The yellow stones stimulate movement and mental awareness. They are used to enhance decision making skills. Wearing Yellow Wear yellow to present a cheery, uplifting effect. Use it around your office to help keep a clear your mind, and improve memory and decision making. Chakra associated with Yellow: Yellow is the color associated with the solar plexus chakra. This chakra deals with identity.
Green
We all are so very glad to see the first buds of green popping from the trees and the life come back to the fields of grass covering them with deep green. This brings about a feeling of hope and admiration for the never ending cycle of life.
Green is the color of nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful color. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe color, if you don't know what color to use anywhere use green.Green is favored by well balanced people. Green symbolizes the master healer and the life force. It was believed green was healing for the eyes. Egyptians wore green eyeliner. Green eye shades are still used. You should eat raw green foods for good health. Friday is the day of green. Green jade is a sacred stone of Asia.
Green Energy
Green can help focus your intent and discard the clouds of judgment laid by others. Green contains the powerful energies of nature, growth, and a desire to expand or increase. Balance and a sense of order are found in the color green. Change and transformation is necessary for growth, and so this ability to sustain changes is also a part of the energy of green.
Green's Energy can:
bring a new state of balance
increase the feel for a need for change or growth
empower your freedom to pursue new ideas
protect you from fears and anxieties connected with the demands of others
Green gem stone properties
Green gemstones are used to attract money, prosperity and wealth. They are balancing stones that promote growth and fertility. Carry, wear or place green gemstones around your home or office to promote balance, change and growth.
Using Green
Wear green when you want to overcome a sense of misdirected ambition and bring clarity to a situation. Green says growth - balance - harmony. It is a color of healthy relationships.
Chakra associated with Green:
Green is the color associated with the heart chakra. This chakra deals with higher consciousness and love.
Blue
Blue seems to have a deepness or spiritual nature about itself we all relate to, the focusing on blue will lead the mind to peace and quietness hence the reason the beach draws so many humans to it's deep blue waters. Blue can warm ones heart just in a less furrent way than red.
Blue is the coolest color - the color of the sky, ocean, sleep, twilight. The ancient Egyptians used lapis lazuli to represent heaven. Blue symbolizes the Virgin Mary. A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality. Blue is often the chosen color by conservative people. Blue is the calming color. That makes it a wonderful color to use in the home, especially for babies. Blue is so soothing that is a good choice for pajamas. Dark blue is the color of truth and moderation. A blue iris means your friendship is very important to me. Wednesday's color is blue. Blue gemstones should be worn to feel calm also blue sapphires and blue topazes. Lapis lazuli and azure are said to heighten psychic power.
Turquoise is the symbol of youth, both the color and the gemstone. This color has a soothing affect. Turquoise is the color of communication. It contains the growth quality of green with the blue quality of communication. Turquoise has long been used in amulets to provide protection, health, confidence and strength.
Aqua is the color of high ideals.
Blue Energy
Blue provides a feeling of protection. Blue gives a feeling of distance. Artists use it to to show perspective. This is a good way to understand the energy of the color blue - it allows us to look beyond and increase our perspective outward. It contains a cool vibration that is helpful to communication.
The vibration if blue can be used to open energy flow where it is blocked. Using blue to relax will encourage feelings of communication and peace.
Blue's Energy can:
calm and relax to counteract chaos or agitation
open the flow of communication
broaden your perspective in learning new information
bring solitude and peace
Blue gem stone properties
Blue gemstones promote peace and are used to calm jaded emotions. They are used to provide relief to people who have difficulty sleeping or who have nightmares. They offer inspiration and enhance the quality of communication.
Using Blue
Wear dark blues for a stable, calm conservative feeling. All shades of blue will help to make easy communication, whether it is with yourself or others. Use blue paper for notes when you want help in remembering a speech or other information. Blue flowers are power in dispersing this energy all throughout a room to all who cann see.
Chakra associated with Blue:
Blue is the color associated with the throat chakra. This chakra deals with communication of how we feel and what we think.
Purple
Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation.
Purple has been used to symbolize magic and mystery, as well as royalty. Being the combination of red and blue, the warmest and coolest colors, purple is believed to be the ideal color. Most children love the color purple. Purple is the color most favored by artists. Thursday's color is purple.
Violet is the color of purpose. Violet is associated with the Crown chakra (This links individual and universal).
Violet Energy
Purple seems to bring a smile to the face up from somewhere deep within the body, it reminds of innocence and youth when thing where simple and fun. In grade school not many kids had a purple crayon that was not worn down to the nub as it was a color of choice for younglings. The proper combination of purple can seem to lighten the mood of even the hardest of attitudes. The fact that the word purple is unique in that not another word rhymes with it only adds to the unique power of purple.Violet is a combination of blue and red. Red is a focusing, dynamic and active energy while blue is cooling, calming and expansive. Violet brings a new dynamic to the expansion of blue and the activity of red. Red brings practicality to the undirected expansiveness of the blue, and allows more creative energy to emerge. For this reason, violet is associated with imagination and inspiration.
Violet is an important energy for those who use blue and indigo skills in the psychic field. The red in violet offers a grounding effect.
Purple's energy can:
promote the use of your imagination to its fullest
re-balance your life
remove obstacles
calm over activity or to energize from depression
Violet gem stone properties
Violet gemstones are associated with mysticism and purification. They are used for meditation and to sharpen psychic awareness, connection with higher self, and to increase imagination and inspiration.
Using Purple
Wear purple when you want to encourage fantasy, mystery and imagination. Wearing light purple can also project an image of lightheartedness and openness.
Chakra associated with Violet:
Violet is the color associated with the crown chakra. This chakra is the main co-oridination center of the body and ensures you are connected to universal sources of energy. White White is easy for us all, reminding us of that huge wedding gown that bride wore and how beautiful and pure she looked she seemed to just radiate innocence and such has been the same since the beginning of time as white has always been looked upon as the pure and innocent color. White is the color of purity. Brides wear white in many countries, because white symbolizes a virgin. White means kindness. In some cultures white is worn at funerals. White is Monday's color. White daisies are a symbol of loyal love. White Energy Strictly speaking, white is not a color, but the manifestation of the presence of all color - the complete energy of light. It stands for wholeness and completion. In many cultures it represents openness and truth. White has a cold quality. It can provide clarity as its energy is complete.White has purification vibrations and can be used to clear blocks from your path.It holds the potential to move toward every other color and this makes it a good choice for new beginnings, and development in any direction. White's Energy can: clear clutter and obstacles away start a fresh beginning bring about mental clarity add purification to thoughts or actions White gem stone properties White gemstones are ruled by the Moon and are associated with sleep and psychic energy. They are often used for good fortune, protection after dark. The crystal amplifies the powers of other stones. Some say that because white stones contain all the colors, they can act as substitutes for stones of any color. Using White Wear white to impart a pure, wholesome impression. Surround yourself with white if your surroundings feel cluttered and you want to refresh your mind. White will be glad to add to any attire as it will match with any color, being them all. Black Talk about your bad wraps, well black got one somewhere along the way and cannot seem to shake it. Black seems to be the most unemotional color of all careful not to stir up any pollution to hamper it's job or purpose, black just does it's job no thrills or frills. Black is the most misunderstood color. A black tie dinner is very formal and elegant and inspires the best of etiquettes. Yet the bad guys wear black hats and suits and terrorize and strike fear. This attributes to blacks ability to adhere and get the job done no questions asked. Black symbolizes death in some cultures. Native Americans thought black was good because it was the color of soil, which gives life. Saturday's color is black. Black Energy Black is not a color, strictly speaking. It is the absence of all color. When people speak of opposites, it is usually in terms of black and white. Black, and its opposite white, represent polarities. Black absorbs all aspects of light. While white reveals, black conceals. It has come to mean hidden, fearful or bad experience. It is linked to the unknown or the unseen. In times of fear and uncertainty black contains the energy of the threatening unknown. In a positive state, black is seen as a restful emptiness into which anything may emerge and disappear once again. It is also mysterious, providing a sense of potential and possibility. Black's Energy can: allow one to become inconspicuous open the door to mystery help prepare for the unknown create a restful emptiness Black gem stone properties Black gemstones symbolize self control and resilience. Black stones have protective energies in the sense that black is the absence of light, and therefore, can be used to create invisibility. Wearing Black Dress in black if you want to become inconspicuous. Black is also used in clothing to make a bold statement of mystery and self control. Black clothing can say notice me but do not intrude. Gray Gray can remind us of that solum day when we laid a love one to rest and the grief it held. Gray is the color of sorrow. People who favor gray can be the lone wolf type. Gray with more silver in it can be a very active color. Native Americans associate gray with friendship. Gray is the symbol for security, maturity and dependability. It connotes responsibility and conservative practicality. Gray Energy Gray is the true neutral color. Its energy imparts void, emptiness, lack of movement, emotion, warmth and identifying characteristics. Because of this, gray can be restful. It has a detached and isolated feeling. Gray can have a cooling effect when placed next to other more vibrant colors. It has a stabilizing effect, making vibrant colors stand out while muting their vibration. Gray's Energy can: emphasize your willingness to comply create a neutral, non-invasive feeling reduce the intense energy of another color create feelings of detachment or isolation Gray gem stone properties Gray gemstones are healing stones and can assist in improving relationships toward more stability. Wearing Gray
Gray clothing suggests efficiency and is often used for this in the business world. Gray can also suggest lack of imagination, so should be used carefully. Gray will emphasize neutrality. Too much gray, or the wrong shades will suggest lack of character, initiative and detachment. Add a hint of another color to gray clothing to express efficiency with personality. Gray is a good base color when you do not know what color to use, then lightly add any color gray will mute it out.
