Colour Correspondences Between Colour, Crystals, Healing, & You.
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Colour Correspondences
Typically, colour correspondences are as follows:
Red: action, courage, energy, health, passion, sexual love and lust
Pink: friendship, nurturing, sweet love, unconditional love
Magenta: common sense, emotional balance, transformation, universal harmony
Orange: adventure, attraction, encouragement, social communication
Gold: abundance, astral connections, business endeavours, financial gain, luxury, prosperity
Yellow: intellect, mind, persuasion, protection
Green: abundance, balance, fertility, financial gain, growth, harmony
Blue: health, patience, responsibility, trust, understanding
Indigo: contentment, higher mind, intuition, perception, vulnerability
Purple: ambition, imagination, power, spirituality
Turquoise: clarity of thought, open communication
Brown: animal-related, earth-related, material wealth, protection, security
Black: air of mystery, exile, hidden, negativity, secretive, unknown
Grey: calm, composure, relief, solid, stable
White: completion, innocence, purity, truth, wholeness
Silver: emotional, fluid, intuition, lunar connections, mysterious, reflection, sensitive
Colour – Positive and Negative Traits
Red
Positive keywords: action, assertive, attention-getting, confident, courageous, determined, driven, energizing, energy, exciting, passionate, powerful, speed, spontaneous, strong, stimulating
Negative keywords: aggressive, angry, brutal, domineering, fearful, intolerant, obstinate, over-bearing, quick-tempered, ruthless, rebellious, resentful, tiring, violent
Orange
Positive keywords: adventurous, agreeable, cheerful, creative flair, friendly, enthusiastic, extroverted, flamboyant, independent, informal, optimistic, risk-taker, self-confident, sociable, uninhibited, warm-hearted
Negative keywords: cheap, dependent, exhibitionist, insincere, over-bearing, overly proud, pessimistic, self-indulgent, superficial, unsociable
Yellow
Positive keywords: academic, analytical, challenging, cheerfulness, creativity, confidence, enthusiasm, fun, good-humoured, inspiration, logic, optimism, originality, wisdom
Negative keywords: cowardly, critical, deceitful, egotistical, inferiority complex, impatient, impulsive, judgmental, lacking compassion, non-emotional, overly analytical, pessimistic, spiteful
Green
Positive keywords: adaptable, calm, compassionate, dependability, down to earth, emotionally balanced, family-oriented, fit in, generous, growth, kind, loyal, nature lover, nurturing, practical, reliability, renewal, restoration, self-reliance, sociability, sympathetic, tact, vitality
Negative keywords: devious with money, do-gooder, envious, greedy, hypochondriac, inconsiderate, inexperienced, indifferent, materialistic, miserly, over-cautious, possessive, selfish
Blue
Positive keywords: authority, calm, caring, concern, conservatism, contemplation, devotion, idealistic, integrity, loyalty, orderly, peaceful, perseverance, reliability, responsibility, tactful, trust
Negative keywords: aloof, deceitful, depressed, emotionally unstable, frigid, manipulation, old-fashioned, sad, predictable, rigid, self-righteous, spiteful, superstitious, too conservative, too passive, unforgiving, unfaithfulness, untrustworthiness, weak,
Indigo
Positive keywords: devotion to the truth, faithful, highly intuitive, highly responsible, idealism, integrity, obedience, practical visionary, regulations, selflessness, sincerity, structure
Negative keywords: addictive, avoiding conflict, bigoted, conformist, depressed, fanatical, fearful, impractical, inconsiderate, intolerant, judgmental, self-righteous
Purple
Positive keywords: creative, fantasy, future, humanitarian, individual, intuitive, inventive, mystery, psychic, purification, selfless, unlimited, unusual
Negative keywords: aloof, arrogant, corrupt, cynical, delusions of grandeur, fraudulent, immaturity, impractical, indolence, pompous, social climber
Turquoise
Positive keywords: balance, calmness, creativity, clarity of thought, open communication, compassion, harmony, healing, idealism, self-sufficiency
Negative keywords: aloofness, boastfulness, deception, fence-sitting, off-handedness, restraint, secrecy, unreliability
Pink
Positive keywords: calming, compassion, feminine, hopefulness, intuitive, naiveté, nurturing, possibility, romance, romantic love, sweetness, unconditional love, understanding, warmth
Negative keywords: emotional neediness, girlish, immature, lack of self-worth, lack of willpower, naivety, over-emotional, over-cautious, physically weak, unrealistic expectations
Magenta
Positive keywords: artistic, creative, common sense, compassionate, emotional balance, imaginative, innovative, kind, loving, negotiator, non-conformist, practical, soaring spirit, spiritual, supportive, universal harmony
Negative keywords: avoids challenges, bossy, demanding, disconnected, domineering, impatient, impulsive, intolerant, too relaxing
Brown
Positive keywords: approachable, comforting, down-to-earth, friendly, honest, practical, protective, quality, quietly confident, reassured, reliable, sensitive, sensual, sincere, steady, strength, structured, supportive, warm, wholesome
Negative keywords: boring, cheap, dull, frugal, lack of humour, lack of sophistication, materialistic, mercenary, predictable, stingy
Grey
Positive keywords: calming, classic, conservative, dependable, dignified, elegant, formal, impartial, intelligent, mature, neutral, professional, reliable, reserved, stable, solid, subdued
Negative keywords: boring, depressed, indecisive, indifferent, isolated, lifeless, lonely, non-emotional, sad
Silver
Positive keywords: balancing, calming, dignity, feminine power, glamour, hi-tech, illumination, insight, modern, organization, reflection, responsibility, scientific, self-control, sleek, soothing, wisdom
Negative keywords: colourless, deceptive, dull, indecisive, insincere, lonely, lifeless, melancholy, negative, neutral, rigid
Gold
Positive keywords: abundance, charisma, compassion, love, masculine, optimistic, passion, positive, self-worth, success, understanding, wealth, winning, wisdom
Negative keywords: demanding, falseness, fear of success, fear of wealth, lack of trust, mean-spirited, self-centred
Black
Positive keywords: beginnings, comfort, contained, endings, formal, fundamentals, mysterious, protection, seductive, sophisticated, strong
Negative keywords: aloof, conservative, control, depressing, negativity, pessimistic, power, sadness, secretive, serious, withholding
White
Positive keywords: cleanliness, complete, equality, immaculate, innocence, neat, new beginnings, open, pristine, purity, self-sufficient, simplicity, whole
Negative keywords: boring, critical, cautious, distant, empty, fastidious, plain, isolated, stark, sterile, unimaginative
Colour Correspondences Crystals
Red Stones: Provide protection, courage, and energy. They help with blood, stop bleeding, relieve anaemia, and heal rashes and wounds.
Pink Stones: Calm, soothe, alleviate pain and distress, and help with love. They smooth out relationship difficulties, assist with self-love, and are good for group rituals.
Orange Stones: For personal power, and self-esteem. They attract luck and success, assist with positive outcomes, and are connected to the Sun.
Yellow Stones: Communication, inspiration, visualization, protection, travel, nervous system, skin problems, digestion, breathing disorders.
Green Stones: These are useful for healing – eyes, kidneys, stomach, migraines. Help with money, luck, prosperity, grounding, balance, and ESP extrasensory perception.
Blue Stones: Calm the emotions, assist with sleep, healing, ulcers, and inflammation. Bathe with them as a purification ritual.
Purple Stones: Mysticism, purification, meditation, psychic work, subconscious. Assist health, headaches, mental illness, hair problems, and sleep.
White Stones: These are ruled by the Moon. Sleep, psychic abilities, promote lactation, protection after dark, and relieve headaches.
Black Stones: Grounding, self-control, quiet power, resilience, invisibility, peace, decreased anxiety.
Projecting and Receiving Stones
In a broad sense projecting stones are about helping us project a positive energy out into the universe. Receiving stones help us attract and bring positive energies into our sphere of influence.
Projecting Stones
Destroy disease; strengthen consciousness, courage, strength, physical energy, luck, and success.
They tend to be dense, and heavy, and many are opaque. Red, orange, yellow, brown and gold are typical colours.
Some examples of projecting stones/crystals are Agate, Carnelian, Sunstone, Ruby, Diamond, Garnet, Topaz, Rhodonite, and Rhodochrosite.
Receiving Stones
Calm, soothing, inward, or magnetic. Meditation, spirituality, wisdom, mysticism and peace.
They tend to be translucent. Green, blue, blue-green, purple, pink, grey, silver, white, and black.
Some good examples of receiving stones/crystals are Moonstone, Aquamarine, Emerald, Rose Quartz, Kunzite, Pink Tourmaline, Lapis Lazuli, Sugilite, Sodalite and Sapphire.
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Disclaimer: The outlined metaphysical and healing properties in this website are for inspiration and reference. We gather this information and alleged properties from writings, books, folklore and various other sources. They are also dependent upon the attitude and beliefs of the individual. Furthermore they do not replace diagnosis or treatment by a qualified therapist or physician.