Colors and Uses/Properties

Color Properties for Candles Prperties for Robes Properties for Feathers Other Properties (General Purposes)
Yellow Power of the mind, divination, movement, air. Wednesday. The Sun, intelligence, accelerated learning, memory, logical imagination, breaking mental blocks, selling yoursrlf. An excellent color for those involved with divination. Attraction, persuasion, instills confidence, charm. Found to stimulate the intellect. Intellect, confidence, divination, communication, eloquence, travel, movement. Color of the element Air. It symbolizes the Sun, grain, and the power of thought. To American Zuni it symbolizes the North. In Polynesia, is a color of royalty and Divinity.
Gold Wealth, the God, promote winning, safety and power of the male, happiness, playful humor.
Purple Spirituality, devotion, sensitivity. Influencing people in high places, third eye, psychic ability, spiritual power, self assurance, hidden knowledge. Favored for those who work with pure Divine power (magicians. NOTE: Not in the David Copperfield sense) or those who wish to deepen their awareness of the Goddess and God. Ambition, promotes business progress, power (worldly, psychic, or magickal), causes tension, strengthens will power. Viewed as a regal color. Color of confidence that seems to emit a sense of high esteem from within. Power, healing severe disease, spirituality, meditation, religion. Was once a European symbol of royalty. Today, it symbolizes the Divine.
Blue Water, peace, healing, joy. Thursday. Good fortune, opening blocked communication, wisdom, protection, spiritual inspiration, calm, reassurance, gently moving, element of water, creativity.] Suited for healers and those who work with their psychic awareness or for attuning with the Goddess in her ocean aspect. Psychic awareness, peace, health. Healing, peace, psychism, patience, happiness. Color of the element of water. Symbolic of the ocean, sleep, twilight, and the sky. Zuni employ this color to represent the West.
Dark Blue Depression, moodiness, changeability, impulsiveness, unfortunate and very subdoing.
Green Prosperity, growth, faith. Friday. Earth mother, physical healing, monetary success, abundance, fertility, tree and plant magick, element of Earth, personal goals. Empowers herbalists and magickal ecologists Money, fertility, growth. Money, luck, financial success and prosperity, fertility, good crops and harvest, cooperation. A refreshing color. Will install a feeling of vitality. Honey, prosperity, employment, healing, growth. Color of element Water. Symbolic of Earth and symbolizes our planet's fertility (it's the color of chloropyll), and life itself.
Brown To increase the effect of any other color, also for use of rituals/spells with pets or natural magick. Earth. Saturday. Influence friendships, special favors. Worn by those who attune with animals as familiars, or who cast spells for them. Stability, health, grounding, home. Hesitation in all matters, uncertainty, doub, neutrality, robs energy. An earthen color, stabilizing and consistent. Animals. Represents soil, and to a lesser degree--fertility of the Earth.
White Protection, purification. Monday. Spirituality, the Goddess, peace, higher self, purity, virginity (as in woman's MIND is owned by no man), a substitute for any other color when the more specific color for the purpose is not available. Symbolizes purification and pure spirituality, and is also perfect for meditation and cleansing rituals. It is worn for full moon celebrations, or to attune with the Goddess. Purification, spirituality, hope, protection, peace, blessings of the Moon. Adds to spiritual strength, breaks curses or crossed conditions, represents faith, purity, truth, and sincerity. Color of purity, with intent. Makes one feel fresh and renewed. Protection, purification, all purposes. Symbolic of the moon, freshness, snow, cold, and potentia. Because white contains all colors, it can be utilized for every magickal purpose. Zuni employ the color to represent the East.
Silver Telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, intuition, dreams, astral energies, female, communication, the Goddess.
Gray Peace, neutrality Cancellation, stalemate, neutrality
Black Banishing, the night, the void. Protection, repelling negativity, binding, shapeshifting. A protective hue and symbolizes night, the universe, and lack of falsehood. Not recommended Sadness and mourning, evil, loss, discord, confusion. A color that causes fear. Invokes suppression with obvious signs of withdrawl. Banishing negativity. Symbolizes outer space and the universe. Black is the absence of all colors. In some cultures, it symbolizes fertility (as in quite fruitful black earth), in others--wisdom. In our culture, it has been linked with evil, due to "religious"associations. It is NOT an evil color.
Red For strength, courage, fire, and vitality. Tuesday. Energy, strength, passion, courage, element of Fire, career goals, fast action, lust, Blood of the Moon (menstruation), vibrancy, driving force, love, survival. Worn to Sabbats, for protective rites, or when attuning to the God in his fiery solar aspect. Courage, good fortune, life. Love, sexuality, good health, strength, and physical vigor. Invokes impatience and a high anxiety level, coupled with a tremendous amount of energy. Maintaining health, strength, physical energy, sex passion, courage, protection. Widely used in defensive magick. The color of Fire. Red is associated with blood, death and birth, volcanoes, and intense emotions. The American Zuni linked this color to the South. In Polynesia, red is a sacred color associated with both the deities and with the highest social classes.
Pink Loving, friendship, relaxation. Romantic love, planetary good will, healing of emotions, pece, affection, romance, partnerships of emotional maturity, caring, nurturing. Love Overcomes evil, represents honor, love, morality, friendship, general success. Love, friendship, compassion, relaxation. Symbolic of gentle emotions and of emotional unions. It's less intense than red.
Orange A color of energy, the sun at morning. Saturday. Business goals, property goals, ambition, career goals, general success, justice, legal matters, selling, action. Worn to Sabbats, for protective rites, or when attuning to the God in his fiery solar aspect. Attraction, energy, success. Encouragement, strengthens the ability to concentrate, attraction, adaptability, stimulation. A festive color and seems to heal and soothe the body and mind. General attraction, energy. Orange is a lesser aspect than red.
Greenish yellow Jealousy and anger, sickness, quarrels, discord, cowardice
Copper Passion, money goals, professional growth, fertility in business, career maneuvers.

*Above information was gathered from the following sources:
"Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner", Scott Cunningham
"Spell Crafts", David Harrington and Scott Cunningham
"Candle Lighting Encyclopedia", Tina Ketch
"Charms, Spells, and Formulas", Ray Malbrough
"A Victorian Grimoire", Patricia Tolesco
"To Ride a Silver Broomstick", Silver Ravenwolf




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