The meaning of colours

Different colours mean different things to different people. It is also true to say that people see colours differently. People can see seven colours; blue, green, indigo, orange, red, violet and yellow. The colour indigo is the hardest to see and many people have six-colour vision and see indigo as an off-shade of blue or simply as blue whereas other people may have only four or two-colour vision.

Colours are associated with the zodiac, partnership omens and psychology.

Colours and the Zodiac

• Aries is associated with white
• Taurus is associated with yellow
• Gemini is associated with red
• Cancer is associated with emerald green
• Leo is associated with golden yellow
• Virgo is associated with pale blue
• Libra is associated with violet
• Scorpio is associated with russet brown
• Sagittarius is associated with orange
• Capricorn is associated with brown
• Aquarius is associated with dark blue
• Pisces is associated with white

Colours and the planets

• The Sun is associated with orange and yellow
• The Moon is associated with white
• Mars is associated with bright red
• Mercury is associated with light green
• Venus is associated with blue
• Jupiter is associated with purple
• Saturn is associated with black and dark blue

Colours and the days of the week

• Sunday is associated with orange
• Monday is associated with white
• Tuesday is associated with red
• Wednesday is associated with green
• Thursday is associated with purple
• Friday is associated with blue
• Saturday is associated with dark blue

Colours and marriage

• White should not marry Violet
• Yellow should not marry Russet brown
• Red should not marry Orange
• Emerald green should not marry Brown
• Golden yellow should not marry Dark blue
• Pale blue should not marry White

Colours and psychological traits

• Black is associated with dignity and solemnity
• Blue (bright) is associated with friendship and frankness
• Blue (dark) is associated with trust, sincerity and earnestness
• Blue (light) is associated with innocent, virtue and steadfastness
• Blue (steel) is associated with endeavour, ambition and straight-forwardness
• Green (dark) is associated with virility, courage and honesty
• Green (light) is associated with candour, brilliance and ardour
• Grey is associated with modesty and constancy
• Mauve is associated with intuition, faith and aspiration
• Orange is associated with health, vigour, intelligence
• Pink is associated with fervour, modesty and devotion
• Purple is associated with power, ajesty, fortitude and wisdom
• Red is associated with animation, life, success and love
• Violet is associated with passion, love and intellectuality
• White is associated with innocence, virtual and modesty
• Yellow (golden) is associted with morbibity and distrust
• Yellow (pale) is associated with high spirits, vivacity and intelligence

In Pure Spirit

What’s your favourite colour? Does it hold any special meaning or relationship for you?