velvet
07-29-2004, 07:48 PM
I don't know how this'll fit into wicca/paganism, but it sure is interesting:
The link:
http://www.harvestfields.netfirms.com/meditation/color.htm
The most obvious colors:
(I couldn't copy/past the whole article 'cause hipforums says it's too long..)
Red
Red is a powerful colour that has been associated with vitality and ambition. It can help overcome negative thoughts. However, it is also associated with anger; if we have too much red in our system, or around us, we may feel irritable, and impatient, and uncomfortable.
Pink
Is emotionally soothing and calming, and gives the feeling of gentle warmth and nurturing. It lessons feelings of irritation and aggression, surrounding us with the a sense of love and protection. It also alleviates loneliness, despondency, over sensitivity. While red relates more to sexuality, pink is associated with unselfish love.
Yellow
Yellow is also a happy, bright, and uplifting colour, a celebration of sunny days. It associated with the intellectual side of the mind, and the expression of thoughts. It therefore aids the powers of discernment and discrimination, memory and clear thinking, decision-making and good judgement. It also helps good organization, assimilation of new ideas, and the ability to see different points of view. It builds self-confidence and encourages an optimistic attitude. Conversely, dull yellow can be the colour of fear.
Green
Green has a strong affinity with nature helping us connect with empathy to others and the natural world. We instinctively seek it out when under stress or experiencing emotional trauma. It creates a feeling of comfort, laziness and relaxation, calmness, and space, lessening stress, balancing and soothing the emotions. Dark green represents the onset of death and is nondescript, unassertive, a negation of life and joy. Lime and olive green can have a detrimental effect on both physical and emotional health sense sickly yellow and green are associated with the emotions of envy, resentment, and possessiveness.
Blue
Blue is a cool, calming colour and is associated with a higher part of the mind than yellow. It represents the night, so it make us feel calm and relaxed as if we were being soothed by the deep blue of the night sky. Light and soft blue, make us feel quiet and protected from all the bustle and activity of the day, and alleviate insomnia. Blue inspires mental control, clarity, and creativity. Midnight blue has a strong sedative effect on the mind, allowing us to connect to our intuitive and feminine side. Too much dark blue can be depressing, however.
White
The colour of ultimate purity is white. It is an all-round colour of protection, bringing peace and comfort, alleviating emotional shock and despair, and helping inner cleansing of emotion, thoughts, and spirit. If you need time and space to reflect on your life, white can give you a feeling of freedom and uncluttered openness. Too much white, however, can be cold and isolating because white separates us from other people.
Black
This colour is both comforting, protective, and mysterious. it is associated with silence, the infinite, and the feminine life force-passive, unchartered, and mysterious. Black can also prevent us from growing and changing. We often cloak ourselves in black to hide from the world.
Brown
The colour of Mother Earth, brown brings a sense of stability, alleviating insecurity. However it also relates to bottling up of emotion, a retreat from and a fear of the outside world, and also narrow-mindedness. This often results from a lack of self-worth.
The link:
http://www.harvestfields.netfirms.com/meditation/color.htm
The most obvious colors:
(I couldn't copy/past the whole article 'cause hipforums says it's too long..)
Red
Red is a powerful colour that has been associated with vitality and ambition. It can help overcome negative thoughts. However, it is also associated with anger; if we have too much red in our system, or around us, we may feel irritable, and impatient, and uncomfortable.
Pink
Is emotionally soothing and calming, and gives the feeling of gentle warmth and nurturing. It lessons feelings of irritation and aggression, surrounding us with the a sense of love and protection. It also alleviates loneliness, despondency, over sensitivity. While red relates more to sexuality, pink is associated with unselfish love.
Yellow
Yellow is also a happy, bright, and uplifting colour, a celebration of sunny days. It associated with the intellectual side of the mind, and the expression of thoughts. It therefore aids the powers of discernment and discrimination, memory and clear thinking, decision-making and good judgement. It also helps good organization, assimilation of new ideas, and the ability to see different points of view. It builds self-confidence and encourages an optimistic attitude. Conversely, dull yellow can be the colour of fear.
Green
Green has a strong affinity with nature helping us connect with empathy to others and the natural world. We instinctively seek it out when under stress or experiencing emotional trauma. It creates a feeling of comfort, laziness and relaxation, calmness, and space, lessening stress, balancing and soothing the emotions. Dark green represents the onset of death and is nondescript, unassertive, a negation of life and joy. Lime and olive green can have a detrimental effect on both physical and emotional health sense sickly yellow and green are associated with the emotions of envy, resentment, and possessiveness.
Blue
Blue is a cool, calming colour and is associated with a higher part of the mind than yellow. It represents the night, so it make us feel calm and relaxed as if we were being soothed by the deep blue of the night sky. Light and soft blue, make us feel quiet and protected from all the bustle and activity of the day, and alleviate insomnia. Blue inspires mental control, clarity, and creativity. Midnight blue has a strong sedative effect on the mind, allowing us to connect to our intuitive and feminine side. Too much dark blue can be depressing, however.
White
The colour of ultimate purity is white. It is an all-round colour of protection, bringing peace and comfort, alleviating emotional shock and despair, and helping inner cleansing of emotion, thoughts, and spirit. If you need time and space to reflect on your life, white can give you a feeling of freedom and uncluttered openness. Too much white, however, can be cold and isolating because white separates us from other people.
Black
This colour is both comforting, protective, and mysterious. it is associated with silence, the infinite, and the feminine life force-passive, unchartered, and mysterious. Black can also prevent us from growing and changing. We often cloak ourselves in black to hide from the world.
Brown
The colour of Mother Earth, brown brings a sense of stability, alleviating insecurity. However it also relates to bottling up of emotion, a retreat from and a fear of the outside world, and also narrow-mindedness. This often results from a lack of self-worth.