Color meanings

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Color Spectrum

Color use and therapy

Colors have been used for healing for a very long time. You can use colors to enhance your environment, change your mood, and just make life more vibrant!

Color can also be used to give you hints on someone's personality and energy. And knowing more about color can help you create a space that is welcoming and won't affect the moods of guests, pets, or children.

Red

Associated with the root, tail, 1st chakra

Passion
Warmth
Anger, rage
Intensity
Love
Malice, gossip
Hunger, speeds metabolism, raises blood pressure
Power
War
Danger
Red is active, athletic

Orange

Associated with the sacral, 2nd chakra

Creativity
Sexuality
Fertility
Sexual expression
Spirituality
Enthusiasm
Attraction
Stimulation
Joy
Endurance

Yellow

Associated with the solar plexus, 3rd chakra

Intelligence
abundance
A new opportunity, new beginnings
Higher thought, enlightenment
Happiness
Optimism
Life purpose and career
holiness
Palor or sickness
Cowardness
egoism
madness

Green

Associated with the heart, 4th chakra

Nature
Organic and natural
Growth
Harmony
Freshness
Safety
Serenity, calmness, peace
Finances
Envy, greed, guilt

Blue

Associated with the throat, 5th chakra

Wisdom
Communication
Peace, calm, tranquility
Protection
Trust
Loyalty
Confidence
Faith
Slows metabolism

Purple

Associated with the third eye, 6th Chakra

Royalty
Nobility
Luxury
Mystery
Magic
Independence
Wealth
Extravagance
Spirituality

Pink

Sweet
Playful
Cute
Nice
Romance
Charm
Feminine
Tenderness

White

Purity
innocence
virginity
sickness

Silver

Elegance
Glamour
Sophistication
Protection
Strength
Destruction
Shame
Maturity
Age
Wisdom

Gray

Refined
Dignified
Moody
Conservative
formal
Practical
void
emotionless
Depressed
Loss

Gold

illumination
love
courage
compassion
Magic
Wisdom
Wealth
Prosperity

Brown

Reliable
Strong
Grounding
Stable
Security
Lonely
Isolation
Sadness

Black

Black is the only color required for all others to have depth and variation of hue. Yet black is the absence of color. Pure black can exist in nature without any light at all. Black is the absence of light.

Strength
seriousness
Fear
power
authority
sophistication
Death, magic, mystery
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This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.