Many of you may wonder why we are learning about colour. After all colour is colour what it there to know about it? But can you imagine a world without colour. If everything was black and white or perhaps like those early sepia photographs, or even worse grey, no variety, just dull shades of grey?

The Importance of Colour

Colour brings joy and vibrancy into our lives. Different colours make us feel differently. We all have favourite colours which make us feel good. We all have colours we dislike which make us feel down. Think of your favourite place in nature and the variety and shades of colours in that image, and then imagine what it would be like with no colour. Our lives are so much richer because we see in colour and why so many old classic black and white films have been technologically enhanced with colour.

Colour is also important in developing both your healing and your psychic and interpretive abilities. Colour plays a big part in reading cards as well as clairvoyance and healing. When reading we connect to peoples’ auras, (whether we can see them or not) where all our experience from this and past lives is stored. The Aura is part of the bodies energy system and for a more detailed look at the aura see my other in-depth articles on Auras or my Book In-Focus Auras.

Colours are often difficult to describe. This is why we often use references to the physical and natural world to communicate what a colour looks like because this acts as a point of common experience. Some common examples are grass green, forest green, blood red, battleship grey, sky blue, sunflower yellow and so on.

In addition to the shared meanings of colours, you will have personal associations with each shade of colour depending upon your life experiences. After all we all have our favourite colours and those we dislike. All interpretation of colour must take your experience into consideration and as well as your likes and dislikes and what those colours invoke in you.

As in most things different cultures often have different meanings for colours as well. For example in Europe it is common to wear black as a colour of mourning, in India white is the colour of mourning. In Europe a bride wears white in India they wear red. Different colours have different meanings in different cultures so it is extremely important to know what a particular colour means to you.

Colour Meanings

This is a big subject and you may feel it is hard to get to grips with. However, due to all your daily experience in your outer and your inner life you probably already know a lot more about it than you realise.
There are many sayings in our language referring to states of consciousness and colour. You may never have given thought to the origin of these sayings. They relate to a specific color generated by the state of consciousness described, within the astral field of the individual.

Some examples of these are:

He is “yellow” (cowardly)!

She was red with rage.

He is in a brown study.

She was green with envy.

I am feeling blue.

I am in the pink of health.

That’s peachy!

Each of these sayings for each of us will conjure up a slightly different shade of colour.

Shades of Color are Shades of Meaning

The colors that cannot be reduced to any other color (primary colors) are red, yellow and blue. If you mix any two of these primary colors together you get the secondary colors; red plus yellow is orange, yellow plus blue is green and blue plus red is purple. The various shades are dependent upon the quantity in which each of the primary colours are mixed. These are known as the bright colours.

When a bright colour is mixed with either black or white this produces varying shades, each of which can have a different meaning. Mixing a bright colour with black suppresses the expression of the colour or makes it earthier. Mixing with white dilutes the power of expression making it softer and eventually more ethereal. 

Colors in themselves are neither ‘good’ nor ‘bad’. They are expressions of energy, nothing more. It could be said that Bright’s mixed with black are ‘negative’ which may be construed as being ‘bad’. This is a misleading. After all black is created by mixing all the primary colours together. It can be necessary and appropriate to suppress or withhold energy to make it more focused within the earth plane. For example, if someone has trouble with expressing their sexuality, then dark reds are very good at helping them.

Conversely, colours mixed with white are not necessarily more spiritual just because they are more ethereal. Pure white is often seen as the most spiritual colour because it is all the colours mixed together. But a very pale colour can mean the expression may be very ‘wishy-washy’ or non-committal which may not be appropriate behavior.

Colour interpretation is a subtle skill and matures with practice. Learning about how you have internalized the meanings of colors and becoming more confident in your understanding is the first step being able to interpret them. Below are some generally accepted meanings focussed more upon what those shades of colour in a persons' aura may tell us. 

Red:

Shades of red: Bright – vermillion (yellow red) crimson (blue red), strawberry red, tomato red, blood red, fire, passion, love (red rose) lust, fear, anger, aggression, passion, sexual, outgoing, impulsive, volatile, irritable, feverish. Red is also a colour of manifestation. Our ideas are in our mind when they feel good, we action them and they manifest in the real world

Magenta

Unconditional love, deep healing, connection to higher dimensions. Often associated with Archangel Chamuel and Haniel.

Maroon

Masculine, earthy, sensual, hidden motives.

Pink

Bright and light - joy, love, warmth, compassion, new or revived romantic relationship, self-respect. Can indicate intuition, clairaudience. Dark and murky - immature and or dishonest nature.

Coral

A persona with a big sence of community spirit and probably volunteers a lot. 

Orange

Ambition, self-expression, imaginative, outgoing social nature, people oriented, highly sexual nature, currently experiencing stress related to appetites and addictions (food, alcohol, drugs, etc.), can also indicate an extremely creative or artistic person or a person of great passion and extremely intense emotions. Political, able negotiator, self-opinionated, prideful. In some schools it is also the colour of psychic ability.

Yellow

Intellect, analysis, joy, optimism, imaginative, growth, harmonising, liveliness, rationality, attentive to detail, clear thinking, discriminating, judgmental, sickly.

Light or pale yellow - positive excitement about new ideas, 

Bright lemon yellow - struggling to maintain power and control in a personal or business relationship, fear of losing control, prestige, respect, or power. 

Clear gold metallic, shiny and bright – happy, spiritual energy.

Dark brownish yellow or gold - fatigued or stressed; trying to make up for "lost time".

Green

Healing, teaching, nurturing, balanced, nature loving, practical, naïve, empathic, jealous, difficulty setting boundaries, over responsible, smothering

Electric bright emerald green - a healer (may be a professional healer, a natural healer or one who is unaware of his or her healing abilities. Healing hands usually have an emerald green aura around the fingertips. Also indicates a love-centred person. Often associated with Archangel Raphael angel of healing, science and knowledge.

Light green - tranquillity, harmony

Lime Green - Divine Feminine Leadership

Jade Green - wisdom, abundance

Dark or muddy forest green - Jealousy, resentment, feeling like a victim of the world; blaming self and others, insecurity and low self-esteem, lack of understanding of personal responsibilities, sensitive to perceived criticism.

Brown

Fixed, grounded, earthy, wholesome, warm, growth.

Taupe Brown -  is the color of the earth which supports us and in which we grow. It speaks of fertility

Cholate brown - creates warmth and sweetness like chocolate brownies.

Chestnut - is more red and even warmer bringing images of chestnuts roasting by the fire.

Russet brown - speaks of autumn and letting go.

Blue

Protection, peace, harmony, loyalty, sensitivity.

Light Blue - intuitive, expressive, truthful, may enjoy a career involving communication.

Bright royal blue - clairvoyant, highly spiritual nature, generous, on the right path, new opportunities are coming. Often associated with Archangel Michael.

Dark muddy blue - fear of the future, fear of self-expression, fear of facing or speaking the truth.

Turquoise

Communication, expansive, expressive, avant-garde, travel, freedom. Often indicates a time of transition and change. and associated with Archangel Gabriel angel of water, emotions and communication.

Purple

The colour of Kings and Emporers. Representing spiritual guidance and transformation, luck, charm, clairvoyance, mysticism.

Blue Cobalt purple - theatrical and ambitious – often associated with Archangel Michael.

Clear or bright electric purple - in tune with divine spiritual realm, enlightenment, claircognisance. Often associated with Archangel Uriel

Dark or muddy purple - cry for love and attention, arrogance, ambition

Reddish violet - Clairaudience (the ability to hear the voice of the higher self, God, the angels ascended masters or spirit guides).

Indigo

Intuition, spirituality, psychic awareness, idealistic, sincere. Often associated with Archangel Zadkiel

Violet

Intuition, spirituality, religious devotion, magical, sincere, psychic ability and healing. Associated with Archangel Metatron.

Lavender

Tranquility, inner peace and connection to higher dimensions.

White

Purity and truth. It allows other colours to be set off against it and is neutral in this sense. Blandness, reflective and can act as a barrier by suggesting purity and detachment. 

Black

Depression, sickness, new changes or rebirth. Usually indicates long-term unforgiveness (toward self or another). When collected in specific area aof the body, which can lead to health challenges, past-life hurts lodged in the body, and unreleased grief. Where the black is within the aura may well indicate the emotional issue it is attached to, i.e. black in the ovaries can indicate, unprocessed grief from a miscarriage or abortion. It is important to remember that black is not just a negative colour. It is in fact made from all the primary colours (red, yellow, blue) mixed together and therefore carries those positive energies and those colours can be used to heal any black areas. Black angels are not negative either. There are in fact a few Raziel angel of magic often appears with jet-black wings with the occasional bright red feather as he leads you safely through your unconscious and connects you to the magic of life itself.

Gold

Pure intuition, psychic abilities, self-knowledge, cleansing, healing, joy, wisdom and abundance. Often associated Archangel Zagzagel and many archangels at the 5th dimension.

Silver

Astral travel, unity, strong psychic powers, clarity and abundance. Associated with Archangel Shekinah and feminine angels.

Bright metallic - receptive to new ideas, intuitive, nurturing.

Dark and muddy grey - Boredom, malaise, masking fear or emotion, residue of fear is accumulating in the body, with potential for health challenges. This is especially true if you see grey clustered in specific areas of the body.

Rainbows

Coloured stripes sticking out like sunbeams from the hand, head, or body, a star-person or someone who is in their first incarnation on earth. Associated with Archangel Melchisedec

As you can see Colour is a vast subject and if you would like to learn more about it then have a look at the module within the Essential Skills training called Understanding Colour.