Symbolism of Colors for Magickal Workings
For use with candles, material, and anything else that needs color


BLACK: Protection, repelling negativity, binding, shapeshifting, evil, loss, confusion, protection, banishing, meditation, birth, magic, secretiveness, sacrifice. And the day Saturday.

BLUE: Good fortune, opening blocked communication, wisdom, protection, Spiritual inspiration, calm, reassurance, gently moving, the element of Water, creativity, healing, peace, patience, astral projection, prophetic dreams, happiness, truth, loneliness. And the day Thursday
DARK BLUE: Impulsiveness, depression, changeability.
LIGHT BLUE: Tranquillity, understanding, patience, health.

BROWN: Influencing friendships, special favors, hesitation, uncertainty, neutrality, protection of physical objects, magick for animals, grounding, new growth, lack of discrimination.

COPPER: Passion, money goals, professional goals, fertility in business, career maneuvers.

GOLD: Wealth, the God, promoting winning, safety and power of the male, happiness, playful humor, attraction, persuasion, charm, confidence, communication, optimism, inspiration, needing clarification, overcriticalness.

GREEN: Earth mother, hope, physical healing, monetary success, abundance, fertility, trees and plant magic, growth, the element of Earth, personal goals, finance, luck, prosperity, uncertainty, misery, greed. And the day Friday.

GREENISH YELLOW: Sickness, cowardice, anger, jealousy, discord.

GRAY: initiation, imagination, imbalance, secretiveness, cancellation, neutrality, stalemate.

ORANGE: Business goals property deals, ambition, career goals, general success, justice, legal matters, selling, action, encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, attraction, luck, warmth, joy, creativity, pride, agitation, worry.

PINK: Romantic love, planetary good will, healing of emotions, peace, affection, romance, partnership of emotion maturity, caring, nurturing, honor, love, morality.

PURPLE: Influencing people in high places, the third eye, psychic ability, spiritual power, self assurance, hidden knowledge, royalty, tension, ambition, business progress, power, prosperity, healing, independence, alchemy, humility, spirit, obsession, misunderstanding. And the day Wednesday.

RED: Energy, strength, passion, courage, element of fire, career goals, fast action, lust, blood of the moon, vibrancy, driving force, love, survival, health, vigor, sexual love, protection, anger, aggression, impulse. And the day Tuesday.

SILVER: The Goddess, telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, intuition, dreams, astral energies, female power, communication, cancellation, neutrality, stalemate.

WHITE: Spirituality, the Goddess, peace, higher self, purity, virginity, a substitute for any other color, truth, sincerity, protection, consecration, sharing, scattered, overextended. And the day Monday.

YELLOW: The sun, intelligence, accelerated learning, memory, logical imagination, breaking mental blocks, selling yourself, attraction, persuasion, charm, confidence, communication, legalities, optimism, inspiration, needing clarification, overcriticalness. And the day Sunday




I have tried to compile all the lists I have, but if you think I missed something, feel free to email me.


Page last updated January 8, 2002