Feng Shui Colors

Your online resource for learning about the Feng Shui colors.

The five elements - Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood - dominate the different directions of our environment and each is represented by specific Feng Shui colors and shapes. When used correctly, Feng Shui colors bring increased harmony and balance when correctly used in space design, both in the home and at the office. Feng Shui colors can be used in art, cushion covers, drapes, curtains, carpets, etc. There are some colors that work well in all parts of your home or office, some that shouldn't be used at all, and many that work well in certain parts of your home or office.

Instead of studying which Feng Shui colors work in which room and painting each room a different color, you can use safe colors for your whole home or office. So if you prefer to have the same colors for all the rooms in your home, so that you can have continuity, then beige or white is your most desirable choice. These are the two safe Feng Shui colors which have other good Feng Shui qualities that outweigh their directional incompatibilities.

The first of these mentioned Feng Shui colors is beige (or cream), which emulates the colors of Earth, which also brings solidity and stability to the household. It occupies 3 directional sectors of the compass, those which govern Marital and Family Relationships, Family Harmony and Wisdom for Children.

White is the most Yang of all Feng Shui colors, where Yang energy denotes electricity, hot, dry, light, positive and life. It brings the most Yang energy to the household because white energy is the equivalent of 7 different colors of light! White cuts through black, and reflects and magnifies all good things! White is also the color of Metal which occupies 2 directional sectors of the compass. White governs Luck from Heaven or the Divine, and also Health and Longevity.

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