Color Magic in Wicca

Colors are just colors, right? Pretty items used to paint a canvas, invoke a feeling, or to bring out the blue in your eyes when you wear them. But in Wicca, colors are used in part of magic. Using colors in spell work and other rituals is called color magic. Colors have genders, seasons, direction, elements, workings, and stages of life. Below are colors and what they represent in the Wiccan religion.

Red

Red is used in workings for love, has the element of Fire, and a Southern direction. It can be female or male, but leans to the male side of issues and intensity. It symbolizes the season of Summer, and the Youth and Maturity stage of life. Red is the color of intensity, devotion, passion, and of sex.

Blue

Blue is used in workings to bring calm and deepen the emotional ties, has the element of Water, and a Western direction. It can be female or male, but leans to the female side of issues. It symbolizes the season of Summer and Spring, and the Maturity stage of life. Blue is the color of depth, change, moon energy, and serene spiritual issues.

Yellow

Yellow is used in workings to bring new ideas and new environments, has the element of Air, and an Eastern direction. It is a masculine color. It symbolizes the season of Spring and Summer, and the Youth and Maturity stages of life. Yellow is the color of creativity, thought, sun energy, and intellect.

Black

Black is used in workings to absorb negativity and to end one situation and begin a new one, has the element of Earth, and a Northern direction. It is female. It symbolizes the season of Winter and the Elder stage of life. Black is the color of night, new beginnings, and absorption of energy.

Orange

Orange is used in workings for anything related to achieving a goal and things in the south, has the element of Fire, and a Southern direction. It is a masculine color. It symbolizes the season of Summer, and the Youth and Maturity stages of life. Orange is the color of success and sun energy.

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