The Metaphysics of Color (originally printed in The Fort Fairfield Journal)
Like all things, colors are made of energy and have their own energy frequency which can be used for healing. Color is light and on our planet, light is life. "Color is the medium through which we perceive light, and are affected by it." They touch us and heal us emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. Some colors are cool while others are warm. Some soothe while others invigorate. Color affects everything, all glands, moods, organs, chakras, the aura and energy systems. Maintaining the proper balance of color in your life helps you to remain in alignment with your wellbeing.
We tend to be drawn to the colors we most need. Take for instance when you pick out an oufit the night before, you are basing your choice on your energy state at that time (maybe tired, agitated, worried, wanting to make a good impression so you put more logical thinking into what would be appropriate). However, in the morning you wake refreshed and well rested and balanced. Often you find the outfit picked out the night before is no longer what you want to wear, it may feel heavier, drab or too dark than what you feel like wearing that morning.
"Color can be used to alter our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual conditions." Ted Andrews.
The use of color goes back to ancient times of human existence, used in riturals and shamanism (healing and divination). Colors on insects can indicate whether they are poisonous or not, same with plants. Cave paintings from the earliest times show a predominant use of the colors red, black and white. Red has a tremendous power in its associate with danger and is the color of blood and fire. It also indicates life force and vitality. Red coloring had been harvested from red ochre, plants and insects. Black was often used in reference to death and negativity. Did you ever hesitate when a black cat crossed your path? From long ago they were associated with bad luck and thought to be the familiars of evil witches. It is used today to absorb negative energies. White would indicate new life, purity and Spirit. When civilization began cultivating crops and growing their food along with hunting and gathering, the greening of the land indicated a time for planting. As food grew and crops of corn and wheat were harvested the colors green and yellow came to symbolize a good harvest and thus money and success. Egyptians used color and light in their healing temples. They used color in ointmens,, made from the grinding of colored crystals and mixing them with fats and or waxes. These ointments would then be applied to the areas of a person's body, that needed healing.
Whenever we see color or light, there is a biochemical reaction in our cells, via
hormones that affect our moods and emotions, our physical wellbeing and
behaviors. When color enters the opticalsystem it can produce melatonin, which regulates our sleep patterns and mood swings determining whether we are excited and alert or melancholy and sleepy.
Color also stimulates or depresses the hypothalamus gland, affecting the
pituitary gland, which controls the hormones and sex glands. Perceived color
has an effect on the hormonal secretions entering the bloodstream.
Hot colors -Red/Orange/Yellow are stimulating creatingan impression of life and vitality.
Cold colors –Green/Blue/Purple – are cooling, calming andaffect a feeling of fluidity and serenity.
Pink– Heals grief and sadness. Youthfulness, femininity, gentleness, softening, love,
friendship, strengthens aura, calming. It is the color of the high heart
chakra. Use a deeper darker pink when healing the heart of past heart
traumas. Magickally pink is the colorof love, reconciliation, friendship, affection and harmony.
Red –has the longest wavelength inthe visible spectrum. Boosts energy, vitality, stimulates the circulation and
adrenaline production, raises blood pressure, gives confidence, it’s a power
color, grounds us, blood, fire, love, anger, passion, energy, heroism, courage,
constipation. Red is a primary healingray. It is the color of the root chakra. Use in the bedroom to spice things up. Looking at the color red increases strengthby up to 5-6% among athletes needing a quick boost of energy. When being used in a positive way it canincrease energy, passion, vigor, grounding. When being used in a more negative way it can increase anger,irritation, aggressiveness, ego and conquest. The gland associated with Red is the gonad (testes/ovaries) – activatingthe life force in the creative process. Some specific health uses: Anemia – send red energy through solar plexuschakra to stimulate red blood cells, use red solarized water to do the same.
Burns – red light energy if burns is caused by excessive cold – frost bite. Magickally red represents life force, chi,vitality, power and determination, and attracts good luck and attention.
Orange – immunity, sexual potency, chest,digestive system, kidney, warmth, happiness, uplifting, energizing, intense,
creativity, sun, activates hunger response, lower back pain, period cramps,
helps alleviate depression, relieves gas and cramps, joyful. Orange is the color of the Sacral Chakra. You often see orange in fast food restaurantdécor and packaging, stimulating the hunger response. Orange is related to the Lyden (Leydig)gland, contained in the gonads and the planet Neptune. Magickally orange symbolizes joy, optimism, fusion,energy, conversation, mysticism and the will to succeed.
Yellow – helpful for skin issues,digestive processes, arthritis, spleen, mental clarity, ageing, sun, happiness,
improve mood, diabetes, self control and inner power, brings about harmony and
optimism, removing limitations, depression. It is the color of the Solar Plexus chakra. Yellow is related to the adrenal glands andthe planet Mars. This gland is oftenseen as yellow around the outside edge and red in the center – the solar plexus chakra appears yellow when in its normal state and red when opened and expanded. Fears are amplified via thesolar plexus. Misuse of the color yellowin this area can result in the loss of balance, bringing in fear, ulcers, metabolic upset and mineral imbalance, and lack of purpose. The proper use of this color here bringsabout self empowerment, balance, harmony and regeneration of cells for good overall health. Some specific healthuses: Constipation – send yellow energy in through the sacrum chakra. Magickally yellow stimulates the mind,clarity, intuition and represents achievement and learning.
Green – general healing color,liver, nature, alchemy, tranquility, peace, growth, works on ulcers, blood pressure, calms the nervous system, balance, renewal and freshness,
vitality. Pale green is strengthening tothe aura, good for seasonal affect disorder. Emerald green is the color of the heart chakra and healing. While some people recommend green forphysical healing and believe that it can destroy harmful cells like cancer, others will warn against using it for diseases that spread or progress such as
cancer, as they believe more strongly in the affect of green to grow and
expand. Using green helps to neutralize volatile situations. Green is associated with the Thymus gland andthe planet Venus. When the green tendsmore towards the blue aspect, it encourages help and trustworthiness. When the green tends more towards the yellowaspect, a lemony green- can indicate illness and deceitfulness. Some specific health uses: Diarrhea – blue orgreen energy in to the sacral chakra. Magickally green is restful and calming andsymbolizes prosperity and fertility, used in money spells.
Lime Green – awakens the spirit.
Blue – contracting and cooling,relaxes and soothes, water, aids in fighting infection and fever, sense of peace, communication, kidneys, , harmonious, sleep inducing. Primary healing ray. Blue can be used for the Throat chakra. Often blue is seen in doctor’s officesespecially pediatrics as it is known as a calming agent. For athletes needing long term steady energy,looking at the color blue is effective, it also lowers blood pressure for
endurance performance. Blue is relatedto the thyroid gland and the planet Uranus. Call in medium blue/aqua when you need to work hard at something. DeepBlue can create a sense of melancholy and moodiness but may be helpful for someone who is running red hot normally. Man’s free will are assisted by the color blue. However when used in a negative way (hencecoming from a place of selfishness) what you achieve may come the hard way and experience nervousness and anxiety along the way - hyperthyroidism. When used positively (for the highest andbest of all) making your will one with Spirit – purity in blue, the road is easier, the load lighter. Use blue when wanting to increase spiritual connection and bring it into the body. Somespecific health uses: appendicitis –blue or green colored ligament (maybe coconut oil mixed with a green like spinach or seaweed to color the oil and rub into the skin at the area of the 3rd chakra for calming down thediscord. Burns – blue light energy forexcessive heat burns. Nausea – send blue in to the heart chakra, and belly to calm an upset stomach. Liver – lightblue energy, send through the 3rd eye chakra. Headaches – blue over eyebrow area. Magickally blue is the color of spirit,represents healing, connecting to a higher purpose, idealism and occult
protection.
Light Blue – mystery, contemplation.
Turquoise – tones the system, opens throat chakra for communication and confidence in communications, rejuvenates cell structures and builds immunity, intuition, insights, building, healing, calming for overactive mental health patients. Another good color for the Throat chakra. I use Turquoise when going into publicspeaking, teaching a new class etc.
Indigo – sight, hearing and thenervous system, intuition, asthma, calms anger, psychic abilities, eye, lung, nose issues, logic, reasoning, intellectual thinking. Indigo is the color of the 3rd eyechakra. Indigo is related to the PinealGland and the planet Mercury. Communicationsespecially psychic communications can call on the color of indigo for
assistance.
Light Violet – concussion, artistictemperament, powerful healer to repair nervous system damage and broken tissue, stimulates spleen, nourishes the blood in the brain, bone growth, aids meditation, increases creativity, spiritual development, promotes dignity and
self respect soothing for those suffering from mental chaos. Violet can be used on the Crown chakra.
Violet/Purple – emotional problems,rheumatism, pain, epilepsy, bone ailments, nobility, royalty, psychic development. Stimulates the kidneys and bladder, sexual mechanisms, reduces bleeding in menstruation, stimulates veins. This color can also be used for the Crown chakra. Violet is related to the Pituitary Gland andthe planet Jupiter. Use when you need tojoin your spiritual truth with your expression in right action. It has the shortest wavelength of the visualspectrum. Financial abundance can beaffected by the use of this color, which draws on the energies of Jupiter. Magickally purple is for spiritual strengthand connecting with higher planes in meditation, magick, divinity, astral
travel and journeys.
Magenta – energizes the adrenals,good for stress, PMS, menopause. Heart (balance)and reproductive system assistance, helps you to make mental and spiritual
shifts in our thinking, diuretic, strengthens auric bodies, emotional
stabilizer. Magickally magenta awakens higher emotional and spiritual purposes.
Scarlet – aterial stimulant, renalenergizer, sexual stimulant.
Ultra Violet – chemical andbacterial action on the blood and tissues of the body, breaks down bacterial toxins. Aids white blood cells,accelerates lymphatic and circulatory activities. Normalizes all metabolism and glandularactivities.
Lemon Yellow – breaks up tumors,breaks up congestion, good for bones, cerebral stimulant , activates thymus,
cleansing and stimulating, excellent for chronic conditions.
Silver – feminine, cleansing,purifying, nurturing, moon energies. Magickally silver enhances visions and intuition and brings forth latentpotential.
Gold – masculine, prosperity,protective, sun energies, strengthening. Magickally gold enhances great achievement, wealth and longevity.
White – lungs, purity, cleanliness,consciousness, spirit, health, spiritual transformation, protective, peace, clears aura, raises vibration, clears negativity and reflects. White can also be used for the Crown chakra and the Star chakra. It is a good color to use as
a substitution in candle magick when you don’t have the color called for. Magickally white is good for psychic matters,dispelling evil spirits and for beginning a new phase.
If you read this far, good for you. You should have a good understanding about colors and their power to heal.
I vow to be more mindful of my color choices in my future paintings :)
