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Colour Your Life: The Energy and Psychology of Color
- A Broad Perspective
- 7 hours ago
- 4 min read
(Broaden Your Perspective Toolkit: Tool #2)
I’m a Scorpio, and for years I defaulted to black: protective, powerful, and simple. But over time I made a promise to let more color into my world: my wardrobe, my plate, my home, and my life.
After my divorce, the kitchen in my first home was yellow. I was never too fond of yellow. However, during that season, I realized that I needed a bright and light atmosphere.
I needed a room that felt like early morning sunrise rays seeping into my bones.
Deep Dive: Is there a color you “hate” or always avoid? Why? What story does it hold for you? This week, we’ll begin gently embracing that color, on your terms.
Your world is a literal canvas; every shade you wear, cook with, or placehold in your space paints a story about your energy, emotions, and evolution.
Color isn’t just decoration; it’s language, vibration, and, oftentimes, medicine.
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius
In this post, we explore the hidden language of color—how it shapes emotion, energy, and self-expression.
You’ll learn to decode the messages behind your favorite (and least favorite) shades, balance your sacral energy, and find simple ways to bring more vibrancy and meaning into your life.
The Essence of Colour
Use this palette as a starting point, and I want you to notice how you feel in your body surrounding each color:
▪ Red: Vitality, passion, presence. Ignites action; too much can feel agitating
▪ Orange: Creativity, connection, pleasure. Warms the sacral center and invites play.
▪ Yellow : Clarity, confidence, intellect. A spark for the solar plexus can also signal caution.
▪ Green: Growth, balance, renewal. If muted or sterile, it may feel emotionally distant; choose living greens that feel vital.
▪ Blue: Calm, truth, serenity. Softens the system and steadies the voice.
▪ Purple / Pink: Intuition, imagination, self-compassion, romance. Opens wonder and higher insight.
▪ Black: Boundaries, elegance, protection. Excellent for focus; balance with light to avoid contraction.
▪ White: Purity, spaciousness, reset. Cleans the visual field; too much can feel clinical, so temper it with texture and warmth.
“There are no rules for analyzing colour theories… the only way to get better is to observe.” — Kota Teja
The Science of Seeing (so you can create with intention)
▪ Hue: the family of the color (red, blue, green).
▪ Saturation: the intensity of the color (muted vs. vivid).
▪ Luminance: how light or dark the color appears.
Play with all three. You could wear a saturated yellow blouse; it feels different than a pale butter cardigan.
A deep forest green wall soothes differently than, let's say, a neon lime throw.
Colour in Action: The Sacral Portal (Orange)
▪ Theme: emotion, sensuality, creativity, relationships
▪ Body: ovaries/pancreas, blood sugar, lower abdomen (2 inches below the navel)
▪ Formative window: ages ~8-14 (emerging sense of self)
▪ When balanced: warmth, generosity, creative flow.
▪ When imbalanced: fear, overwhelm, emotional swings, numbing, addictive cycles.
⪢ Ways to nourish orange this week
▪ Wear: a scarf, ring, or hair clip in burnt orange or apricot.
▪ Eat: sweet potatoes, mangos, carrots, and citrus; infuse water with clementines or golden raspberries.
▪ Hold: carnelian or tiger’s eye over the sacral while you breathe.
▪ Visualize: a small orange sun at the sacral, spinning steadily.
▪ Affirm: “I am creative. I am free to feel and express.”
Practical Ways to Color Your Life
Rotate your focus color weekly or biweekly and notice the shifts.
▪ Wardrobe: Choose your day’s color with intention: a blouse, scarf, lipstick, nail polish, or socks. Black-and-bold can be a bridge if you’re easing in.
▪ Home: Swap throw pillows, blankets, flowers, candles, or art prints by color theme. A monthly color altar on a shelf or side table can anchor your intention.
▪ Food: Build plates by color families to feed the corresponding energy centers. Photograph your “color plates” to track mood shifts.
▪ Ritual: Light a candle of your focus color during journaling or meditation. Sit in that light for five minutes before bed.
▪ Creativity: Make a color playlist; sketch with three markers of the week’s hue; write a short poem titled with the color.
5-Minute Morning Colour Meditation
Close your eyes.
Ask, “Body, what color do you need today?”
Breathe that color in through the nose, three slow breaths.
See it expand around you like a soft aura.
Place a hand on the related chakra and whisper, “I align with this energy.”
Spot the color “in the wild” throughout your day, let life mirror your intention, and see what you come across.
The Deep-Dive Challenge: Befriending the Colour You Resist
Name the color you avoid.
Write one sentence about why you avoid or dislike this color.
Choose a micro-step: a teacup, a phone wallpaper, or a single-stem flower on your table in that hue.
Notice: what shifts when you invite it in gently?
Color permeates both the conscious and the spiritual.
It moves mood, steadies breath, and, over time, can help heal.
You don’t have to chase enlightenment; sometimes, you just need to wear it, taste it, and live with it long enough to let it soften you.
Coming next: Mudras: The Power Is in Your Hands.
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