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Stones and crystals are often chosen by color for specific purposes in

fact for many crystal healing systems color is a primary mode of

organization and guide to the properties and functions of the stones in

treatment . You can use color as a rough guideline to the use of a

crystal.

The area of color healing and other healing and work with colored

stones and crystals is a vast area of study . Color is not the only

factor or guide to the function of the crystal in healing and other

work but it is one of the most obvious guides to use and organization of

your crystal companions .

Color vibration creates a clear and direct resonance effect on the

energy body and the mind, body and spirit .Much of our response to

color is built into our genetic and spiritual blueprint. While cultural

interpretations and beliefs about color can vary greatly from place to

place and time to time there are many aspects that appear to be almost

universal.

We have touched on colors in some other sections including those

on the the chakras and the the aura but have not gone into depth .

Now we will begin an exploration of specific colored stones and the

meanings and uses of color which will probably take several weeks or

longer to complete and post .

This first post on color is primarily about some basics of color theory

rather than being about crystals and stones .

 

 

Basic color theory and other stuff

Physical color in the environment effects our moods , relationships ,and

well being .

have a huge but often largely subconscious effect on your moods,

actions, and mental emotional states of being and function Our

reactions to colors are led by a combination of biological,

physiological, psychological, social and cultural factors.

Colors often have different symbolic meanings in different cultures.

For example, white is the color for weddings in western societies and

is for funerals in traditional Chinese culture; red is associated

with anger in America but with happiness in China.

 

Marketing experts ,psychologists, advertisers and designers have long

used color ,to affect us directly .The color in our surroundings has

amazing power to effect our moods and decisions. We can use color as a

tool to create wellness and contentment , to incite passion or anger ,

to calm and soothe, to express frivolity or seriousness.

 

As a tool for healing, color can be gazed at, beamed as healing light,

meditated on, bathed in ,worn, used in art and in ritual such as candle

magic and mandala work and painting . Spiritual light and color is used

for healing the aura. and the physical body for deepening meditation

and to promote specific effects in the energy field. There are many

systems of color healing color is of itself a vital for healing the

aura, the physical body and for deepening meditation and to promote

specific effects in the energy field.

 

Colored light is beamed through crystals using a light box or light can

be visualized and sent by intention amplified by crystals . Colors can

be run as shakti energies .

Sitting under colored light or shinning colored light on the skin is

called Chroma therapy .Color healing is a vast area of study.

 

In the physical plane color is the result of light hitting an object.

The color we see is the

frequency of light that is reflected off an object as light strikes it

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Colors that we are able to see form the visible spectrum . The easiest

way to become aware of the full spectrum in pure colored light is to

take an old cd (aol cds work well) and hold it in light while watching

the play of rainbow color across it rainbows are, of course a full

spectrum and have the range of secondary and tertiary colors as well as

the primary colors Colors react with each other either by harmonizing

or contrasting with each other. The color wheel is a valuable tool for

understanding color.

a color wheel is an image of the spectrum bent into a circle .

The colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel form a related

harmonious sequence. When you are mixing colors of paint or pigments.

the Primary colors are Red , Yellow and Blue red and yellow make

orange and they are equidistant on the color wheel When you are

working with light the Primary colors are red (magenta) , green (cyan)

and blue your computer screen is colored by light rather than with

pigment and the green (as a primary) is a much lighter yellow green

than the emerald or grass green hue often used as the secondary color

in pigment based color charts. Primary means that in theory you can mix

all other colors from them though it is not as simple

as it sounds because pure red ,blue, and yellow do not exist in

pigments .

You can not mix the primary colors from any other colors. orange, green

and violet are secondary colors and are made by mixing equal parts of

two primary colors.

yellow and blue make green blue and red make violet red and yellow

make orange

The tertiary colors are mixed from equal parts of a primary and the

secondary color next to it on the color wheel . yellow- green, blue-

green, blue- violet, red- violet ,red- orange, yellow -orange, are the

tertiary colors White things reflect all frequencies of light black

things absorb all frequencies of light.

Complimentary colors are those opposite each other on the color wheel

and they intensify each other when placed next to each other . they can

be mixed together to form a neutral gray and when you view a

photographic negative you will see the complimentary color of the

positive photo image. The complimentary colors of the pigment

primaries are Red compliment = Green Blue compliment = Orange

Yellow compliment = Violet

All colors, including browns, grays, and neutral colors are mixed from

combinations of primary and secondary colors.

Hue is another word for color it is used to describe close or similar

colors , scarlet and crimson are both hues of red for example.

Intensity ,chroma and saturation all refer to how bright a color is.

Vivid bright colors have strong intensity, pale grayed colors are weak

in intensity, adding white to strong red creates weak pink, graying a

hue by adding the complimentary color also weakens it. Tone refers to

the relative lightness or darkness of a color . when white is added to a

color the result is a tint of the color. Pink is a tint of red adding

black to a color results in a shade of the color.

 

Certain color effects seem universal, such as that of " warm " and

" cool " colors. Warm colors generally include magenta, red, orange,

yellow, and yellow green. They speed up our perception of time and

produce feelings that are warm, cozy, and inviting. Warm colors tend to

make things look near These colors are associated with excitement,

happiness and comfort. Cool Colors generally include violet, blue, light

blue, cyan and sea green. Emotions associated with these colors range

from calm and peace to sadness, withdrawal and repression, cool colors

create distance.. Red, orange, and yellow (in ascending order) will

elevate pulse, blood pressure, and incite arousal; even stimulate

appetite. Blues and blue greens will calm and suppress the appetite, and

lend a feeling of peace. Though the exact degree to which you feel

these emotions will depend on you.

 

One of the most common ways for choosing crystals is with the common

chakra color associations here is a brief list of the most common

associations with a few stones

 

first chakra root-Red and or black Physical and survival issues -

might be garnet or ruby or red jasper and or black hematite and

obsidian .

 

second chakra sacral-Orange, Emotional Issues - carnelian, fire opal,

or fire agate, ,orange jasper

third solar plexus-Yellow, mental and will issues Citrine , topaz

,amber ,sunstone tigerseye

Fourth heart - Green and pink, love and spiritual issues malachite

-emerald, green calcite ,dioptaise, jade rose Quartz , Kunzite -pink

marble pink calcite

Fifth throat -sky blue, communication turquoise, amazonite, kyanite

aquamarine gem silica (some systems blue) lapis, sodalite ,blue

sapphire, azurite

 

sixth brow - indigo or violet, intuition Lapis , Sodalite Sapphire /,

amethyst sugulite, lepediolyte, azurite

seventh crown- violet or clear higher spiritual understanding

amethyst etc. clear quartz, diamond in some systems opaque white

stones are suggested quartzite

white agate etc.

Subsequent color and crystals files will include detail about some of

the uses for specific colors and some of the stones of each color.

 

 

 

 

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