Meaning Of Colors

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement to bring balance and harmony to a physical space. The loose translation of Feng Shui is wind and water. "Feng" represents the wind that carries the spiritual energy named "chi" throughout a space, while "Shui" is the water that meanders underneath the earth transporting "chi".
Feng Shui's origins are way back in the 12th century and it involves a mix of geographical, religious, philosophical, mathematical, aesthetic, and astrological ideas. This unique Chinese practice focuses on the reciprocation between the five classic elements – water, wood, fire, earth and metal. Nevertheless, colors have also a top significance in one's daily routine.
According to Feng Shui, colors are captured in different unique forms and have a significant impact on both the flowing energy inside the house and also general and mental mood.

The color red represents the classical element of fire; it invigorates adventurousness and excitement, energizes, stimulates passion, inspires activity and movement and also represents life, happiness, vigorousness and luck.

The color yellow represents the classical element of earth, and known for bringing happiness. It is a color of tolerance, energy, sociability wisdom and mental limpidity.
Yellow is very suitable in office or working places because it promotes acquired knowledge and seriousness.

The color blue represents the element of water; it gives the air of calmness and influence for the best on health, recognized with piece, trust and security.
Blue is a color of beauty, but also cold. The Feng Shui advice to avoid the use of this color in the bedroom as it not creates warmth and passionate atmosphere.

The color purple represents intuition, idealism, ritualism, power and devotion. It inspires on man and its ambience, and recognized with spiritual awareness, physical and mental healing. Purple is traditionally associated with wealth, mainly because of historical roots when it used to be one of the most expensive dyes for fabric.

The color green represents the classical element of wood. It symbolizes movement, growth, nurturing, activity and dynamics; nevertheless it represents harmony, balance, calmness, healing and health.

The location of dominant color depends on what one wants to create in a certain environment. The kitchen, the bedroom, the living room, the car, the garden and the office, all have different purposes and therefore uses different colors.
However, the color references in Feng Shui are relative to the Asian culture. The color choices aren't entirely opposite their Western counterparts, but they can be. For example, the Asian choice for mourning is white while Westerners generally choose black.