Color Guide

This is my symbolism for various colors. The majority of it is based on other guides I researched - but guides I resonated well with and that matched my own understanding. So a lot of this will probably sound like other sources. Although this is in the style of aura colors, I also use this symbolism for my other readings, including guide portraits and intuitive art.

RED
Represents blood. A vibration of action with the ability to either attract or repel. Nature's warning color. Can indicate high levels of emotion or even "heat."

•  Pure, clear, brilliant red represents a passionate, sexual, competitive individual who is full of energy. Leadership, new energy, vitality, bravery.
• Crimson - optimistic, challenging, eager for success, recklessness.
• Bright candy red indicates courage, or an achiever... entrepreneur type.
• Deep, clear dark red is associated with root chakra. Grounded energy, adventurer, physical orientation.
• Clouded red or deep red flashes against a dark background represents negative energy and symbolizes deep-seated anger.
• Cloud of scarlet shows irritability
• Dull & heavy crimson represents selfish love
• Brilliant scarlet against a light background denotes noble indignation 
• Maroon... stamina, fighting spirit, strength

ORANGE
Outgoing, warm, spontaneous color. Sociable personality. Based on reproduction.

• Orange indicates passionate, creative, and adventurous personality. Sexual passion, ambition.
• Bright orange indicates good health, vibrancy, living life to the fullest. An overabundance could indicate overcoming addiction or desire.
• Orange-red means confidence, great personal and creative power. Healthy ego.
• Orange-yellow indicates creativity, intelligence, perfectionism. A love for science and mentally challenging projects.
• Dull, muddy orange shows pride and ambition.
• Muddy shades elsewhere in aura can indicate emotional imbalances such as excessive pride, vanity, or worry.
• Orange around the head can represent laziness.
• Pastel shades can indicate the person has aspirations or is searching for new spiritual paths.

YELLOW 
A mental color, also relating to the spleen, the chi energy source. Most often seen around the head.

• Yellow often indicates person with intelligence who has warm and playful, generally cheerful personality. Intellectual energy.
• Brilliant yellow represents spiritually inspired person or spiritual awakening. Playful spirit.
• Mid yellow - new information and knowledge. High awareness, the ability to manage, scientific mind. Approaches life mentally.
• Light/pale yellow shows emerging psychic and spiritual awareness, optimism, positive excitement about new ideas. Clairsentience manifests as a clear yellow - almost white - glow.
• Bright lemon-yellow relates to struggling to maintain power in personal or business relationships. Fear of losing control or respect.
• Dark yellow with tinges of brown indicates a student who is feeling pressured. Studying has become a chore.
• Dull yellow... selfishness. Mustard or sickly shades are associated with cowardice, deceit, or immaturity. Muddy tones indicate problems with addiction.

GREEN
Comfortable, healthy color of nature. Color of growth and renewal, and healing. Doctors and psychologists have lots of green in auras. Bright shades indicate lots of healing abilities.

• Bright emerald indicates healing or new growth.
• Forest green indicates natural healer or healing. Lots of this green is more "healer."
• Dark clear green shows responsibility, ambition - one who is likely to work for material wealth and luxury. 
• Yellow-green shows creativity of heart. Communicative. Spontaneous and direct manner or even a balance between heart and head.
• Jade... forgiveness and self-acceptance.
• Lime green = inflated ego.
• Dull, muddy green points out envy and jealousy, resentment, feeling like a victim, insecurity, sensitivity to criticism.
• Turquoise... ultra healer indicator, or someone who helps others find inner truths. "Truth of the heart."

BLUE
Calming and peaceful color. Intuitive. Expressive, loves to help others.

• Lighter shades generally reflect good imagination, creativity, good intuition, psychic ability
• Soft blue indicates peacefulness, communication and clarity
• Royal blue indicates highly-developed spiritual, intuitive, or clairvoyant abilities with a very generous giving spirit. Open to new possibilities.
• Sky blue... teacher or someone who is learning something.
• Teal-turquoise indicates self-realization, compassion, or ultra-healer (if large amounts)
• Clear, rich shades indicate high intuition or psychic awareness
• Shafts of blue rising from head indicate someone in the act of creating/inventing
• Indigo... visionary. Interest in ESP. "Old soul" type.
• Deeper shades indicate loneliness.
• Dark blue - even cloudy - indicates person who doesn't trust future and can't face truth, often because of a desire to take control.
• Muddier shades can indicate blocked perceptions, worrying, oversensitivity, and fear... usually of self-expression or facing/speaking truth.

VIOLET
Spiritual color, indicating someone with deep connection to spirit or pursuing path of active spiritual growth. Reveals psychic power and attunement with self.

• Light mauve... soul-searching nature
• Mauve/lavender... more gentle soul. Sensitive. 
• Purple/violet - what's stated above plus humility, service to humanity.
• Red-violet suggests a driven nature toward goals that may conflict with ethics. 
• Muddier shades can reflect erotic imagination, or an overbearing person with a need for sympathy. 

PINK
Represents a loving person or a sensual person who appreciates the finer things in life. May also indicate artist.

• Psychically gifted people have pink auras.
• Light, bright rose shows unselfish love; linked with violet: love for humanity
• Clear, light pink may indicate clairaudience.
• Pale shades... new love, softness, feminine energy
• Mid pink.. deeper love, joy, passion
• Fuchsia - "soul mate" love
• Magenta - "twin" love, mastery, loving nature
• Dark, murky shades reflect immature, dishonest nature

GOLD
Philosophical nature, wisdom of sacred geometry. Activated spiritual energy. An inspired person. Enlightenment, divine protection and guidance. Strong connection to the "I AM" presence. Dark brownish yellow plays on straining while studying, or learning everything at once.

GREY
Bright, livid grey linked with fear. Heavy dull shades show depression (in head space). In physical, may represent stress or malfunction.

• Dirty grey overlay indicates blocked energies or guardedness.
• Silver indicates abundance or awakening of cosmic mind.
• Sparkles of silver may indicate pregnancy.

BLACK
Usually a warning sign, but can indicate an area of illness or mystery. 

• If muddied/cloudy, indicates weakness or possibly depression.
• In thick clouds, hatred and malice.
• Also blockages, deep and lasting depression.
• Spots are pending/active illness.

WHITE
Signifies pure pranic energy, truth and purity of spirit. Purification, cleansing in smaller amounts; great spiritual awakening in larger amounts. Also indicates presence of guides, usually in flashes or sparkles. 

BROWN
In lighter shades, represents connection to nature/the land.

• Mid brown may indicate self-sacrifice or determination.
• Deep brown... down-to-earth, practical nature.
• Dirty overlay indicates holding on to energies, insecurity.

RAINBOW COLORS
Stripes, like sunbeams, from head, hands, and body indicates reiki healer or someone with other-worldly nature. Star connections.