‘Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.’ - Lois Lowry

Green is the colour of Nature and Spring. It’s associated with healing, relaxation, well-being, hope and renewal.
It has strong connection with life, the life-cycle and motherhood.

For the ancient Egyptians, Green meant rebirth and regeneration because it was associated with the annual Nile floods. It was also used in their makeup as protection for both the living and the dead. Osiris, the sun-god, was often portrayed with a Green face as a metaphor for growth and rebirth. The scarab, symbol of rebirth was also painted Green.

In ancient Greek, old Chinese, Thai, old Japanese, and Vietnamese the words for Green and blue are the same, as Green was considered a shade of blue.

In ancient Rome, Green was the colour of Venus, goddess of love and garden fertility.

Green is the traditional colour of Islam because the prophet Mohammad used to wear Green and in the Qur’an it is said that those fortunate to live in paradise wear Green silk robes. It represents wisdom, knowledge, moderation and health.

In medieval and renaissance times, Green was the colour worn by wealthy merchants and bankers.

In both Irish and English folklore, Green is associated with faeries, leprechauns and spirits of Nature. The Green man, symbol of rebirth and growth, is a legendary being whose face is covered by leaves. He often appears peeking out of thick Green foliage and can be seen in carvings across Europe, Lebanon and Iraq. Similar representations can also be found in India, Borneo and Nepal.

For Hildegard von Bingen, the German saint and philosopher, Viriditas was the Divine Healing Power of Green, which brought together human and natural wellbeing.

Modern Chinese dragons are Green and their benevolent powers symbolise strength, good-luck and control over disruptive water elements like hurricanes, floods or storms.

Green has also been associated with monsters, dragons or evil in general. The most common association is jealousy, depicted as a Green eyed-monster in Shakespeare’s Othello.

In various cultures, Green is associated with hazard, chance, jealousy, envy and rage.
This colour has also negative associations like toxicity, poison and being unwell.

Green is considered bad luck: in the theatre because it made the actors less noticeable against the limelight; and in motor racing because of a historic bad accident involving a Green car.

In Feng Shui, bright Green is associated with East, ambition, confidence, self-esteem and enthusiasm

Green is the colour of Raphael, the Archangel of healing.

Green is the colour of Anahata, the Heart Chakra.

Green Crystals

Green crystals have a balancing and harmonising power. They offer optimism and inner peace and have a cleansing effect both physically and mentally. They help with imagination, vitality and stimulation.
They are not recommended where deeper calm or prolonged energy are needed.

Emerald
It's used for inspiration, clarity, healing negativity, inner strength and balance.
crystal system: Hexagonal

Malachite
It assures protection and link to Earth, breaking unwanted habits, releasing traumas and being open to others. (Use carefully as it is poisonous!)
crystal system: Monoclinic

Jade
It promotes inner and outer harmony, insights, releasing negative thoughts and restores calm.
crystal system: Monoclinic

Olivine
It is indicated to detox body and mind, for self-growth, mental clarity and confidence.
crystal system: Orthorhombic

Moldavite
It's recommended to balance your chakras, heal mental/psychological scars and help see the spiritual side.
crystal system: Amorphous

"It is the colour closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Yellow is the colour of the sun and wintery leaves. It represents purity and transcendence as well as warmth and openness.

Yellow signifies joy, happiness, optimism, imagination, idealism and hope.
But it has also negative traits such as betrayal, dishonesty, cowardice, covetousness, deceit, illness and jealousy.
Yellow has an active character: it’s positive energy, masculine and yang.

Yellow-ochre pigment was used 17,300 years ago in the cave paintings of Lascaux, making it one of the oldest colours used by humans.

From a religious point of view, Yellow is God’s word, the Logos, the revelation, the path towards the centre and the truth.
In early Christianity, Yellow was associated with the Pope but also linked to Judas Iscariot, betrayer of Jesus.

In 16th-century Spain, those accused of heresy and who refused to renounce their views, were marked with Yellow and compelled to go before the Spanish Inquisition dressed in a Yellow cape.

Yellow is associated with a variety things in different countries. In Europe, Canada, the United States, Yellow is often associated with amusement, gentleness, humour and spontaneity, but also with duplicity, envy, jealousy, avarice and cowardice. In Iran it has connotations of pallor/sickness, but also wisdom and connection.

In most Asian countries it is the colour of happiness, glory, harmony and wisdom.
In China, bright Yellow was the colour of the Middle Kingdom and could be worn only by the emperor and his household; special guests were welcomed on a Yellow carpet.

Saffron, one of the most expensive spices in the world, is the precious Yellow stigma of the crocus flower. Saffron is also used as a dye for the robes of Buddhist monks and it is said that Buddha himself chose this colour to signify his renunciation of the outside world.

In Hinduism, the divinities Krishna and Ganesh are both dressed in Yellow.
For Islam Yellow gold is a symbol of wisdom.

In Wicca, Yellow represents intellect, inspiration, imagination, and knowledge. It is used for communication, confidence, divination, and study.

In psychology, Yellow means awakening, clairvoyance, aura, spiritual richness and the opening of the conscience.

In Alchemy, Citrinitas, or yellowness, is one of the four stages of the Magnum Opus where silver is mutated into gold.

In Feng shui, Yellow represents the centre, power and justice. It is associated with the element Earth and brings inspiration and calm.

Jophiel, the Archangel that brings illumination and stronger connection to guidance, is linked to this colour.

Yellow is associated with Manipura, the Solar Plexus Chakra, and the Sun.

Yellow crystals

Yellow crystals imbue energy, strength and vigour. They help us understand our daily life, the meaning of existence and support mental and spiritual maturity.

They are not recommended if you are low in self-esteem, fighting fears or isolation.

Brucite
It helps with intuition, channeling, to raise personal vibration and enhances will.
crystal system: Trigonal

Iron Pyrite
It's used to block negativity, to give energy and confidence, overcome a sense of inferiority and balance instinct with intuition.
crystal system: Cubic

Heliodor
This crystal promotes honesty, independence and self-potential. It's also used for protection.
crystal system: Hexagonal

Bumblebee Jasper
It stimulates creativity, courage and will to do. It's an ideal companion to persist through obstacles.
crystal system: Amorphous

Amber
It's a healer and a deep cleanser for the body and the space. It can absorbe negative energy from places and can be used as protection.
crystal system: Noncrystalline

“Toutes les couleurs amènent des associations d’idées concrètes, matérielles et tangibles, tandis que le bleu rappelle tout au plus la mer et le ciel, ce qu’il y a de plus abstrait dans la nature tangible et visible.” – Yves Klein

Blue is the most ethereal of the colours and the one with the greatest number of shades. It represents calm, loyalty and harmony. We live on a ‘Blue Planet’ with its oceans and skies; some stars are blue and as a colour, it seems to have a universe all to itself.
Blue always evokes the celestial domain, sacrality, freedom and spirituality but also depth and mystery.

Ancient Egyptians were the first to create a synthetic blue pigment, mixing pulverised silica, copper shavings and lime. For them, blue represented the creator-god Amun and it protected against evil.

The cities Chefchaouen in Morocco and Jodhpur in India are painted in blue.

Blue was adopted by nobility when King Louis IX of France became the first monarch regularly to dress in that colour.

In China, blue is commonly associated with torment, ghosts, and death, whereas according to rabbinic sages, blue is the colour of God's Glory.

The Tuareg of the Sahara are called ‘the blue men of the desert’ because the blue dye they use for their clothing seeps onto their skin.

The term ‘blue blood’ comes from the Spanish sangre azul as the pale skin of their nobility made their blue veins more evident.

In Catholicism Blue is associated with the Virgin Mary as her veil was nearly always coloured blue.

In Hinduism, blue is the colour of the skin of the god Vishnu - the world preserver - as well as his incarnations as Krishna and Rama. It symbolises infinite force and the immeasurable and all-pervading reality.

In Tibetan Buddhism blue is the colour of universal conscience and elevated Knowledge. The Blue Buddhist flag represents the spirit of ‘Universal Compassion’.
In Judaism it is the colour of memory.

In Alchemy it represents the element Air, the mediator between Water and Fire.

Michael, the Archangel of protection and strength, is linked to blue.

Blue is the colour of Visuddha, the throat chakra.

Blue Crystals

Blue crystals have a calming, relaxing and soothing effect. They encourage stability, both physical and mental. They are recommended when going through deep emotions and when soothing is needed.
They are not suitable for mild, calm temperaments or where energy is required.

Sapphire
It aids with concentration, inner balance, wisdom and insights and it's used as a shield against negativity.
crystal system: Hexagonal

Kyanite
It is recommended yin-yang balance, help meditating, aligning chakras, stimulating mind, intuition and concentration.
crystal system: Triclinic

Celestite
It promotes peace, used to stimulate intuition, connection with higher realms, creativity and greater harmony in life.
crystal system: Orthorhombic

Azurite
It's indicated for connecting and developing intuition, to remove stress, let go of sadness, for detoxing both physically and mentally.
crystal system: Monoclinic

Blue Lace Agate
It's used to develop self-expression and communication, to re-balance especially after a trauma, to calm down after a bout of anger and to balance your sensitive side.
crystal system: Trigonal

"Red protects itself. No colour is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum."
- Derek Jarman, Chroma

Red is the colour of ripe fruit, blood, passion, love and energy, but also anger, aggression, lust and war. It has been associated with desire, courage, confidence, danger and revenge.

Red ochre, from iron oxide, was used for millennia by our ancestors.

It was a sign of victory for Ancient Egyptians and Romans, and associated with Mars, the god of war. Red was a ceremonial colour for Mayans and Ancient Egyptians.

In Japan, Red is the colour of temple gateways of the Shinto shrines - torii - and garden bridges. They symbolise the passage from one reality to another, from the sacred to the profane. Red is also the colour of heroic figures.

In Africa, Red has different meanings: for the warriors of Ndembu - a population of Northwestern Zambia - it means life and health but in other regions it’s a symbol of death and the colour of mourning..

In China, Red is associated with courage, loyalty, success, happiness and fortune. Chinese brides dress in Red in the hope of a fulfilling marriage.

In India, Red is a symbol of happiness and good luck and the colour reserved for the clothing of brides and married women.

Red in the past was associated with power and monarchy, hence the famous ‘Red carpet treatment’.

Adopted by the Jacobins during the French Revolution, the colour became the symbol of Socialism. After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Red also became the colour of Communism and has since been adopted by communist countries. Red in politics is the symbol of left or centre-left parties worldwide.

In Alchemy, Rubedo, or redness, is the sign of success in the ‘Magnum Opus’.

In Feng Shui, Red is the colour of the element Fire and the East. It represents happiness, enthusiasm, boldness, progress, passion and sensuality.

This colour is also linked to the Archangel Uriel, the angel of wisdom.

Red is associated with Muladhara, the Root Chakra, and the planet Mars.

Red Crystals

Red crystals push towards energy, action, sanguinity, creativity and stimulate libido.
Not suggested when you need calm, self-reflection, peace and rest.

Red Jasper
It is recommended to help digestion, blood circulation, intensify libido, help with protection and grounding.
Crystal system: Trigonal

Garnet
It's suggested to attract love, raise libido and passion, remove trauma, find courage self-confidence.
Crystal system: Cubic

Cinnabar
It's used for strength, physical power, self-acceptance, to remove blockages, to increase good mood and positivity. (Beware it’s toxic!)
Crystal system: Hexagonal

Red Calcite
It's suggested for fighting fear and emotional stress, increasing willpower, inner-strength, removing stagnant energy and emotions.
Crystal system: Hexagonal

Ruby
It's ideal to fight anxiety and depression, for inner strength, courage, self-esteem and to boost positivity.
Crystal system: Trigonal