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Dream Colors
Do you dream in color? Most people who pay attention to their dreams DO dream in color, which can definitely
lend valuable meaning to the dream message.
When I was in the ninth grade, my biology teacher taught us about ROY G. BIV as a way to remember the colors of
the rainbow (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet).
These seven colors, plus black, white and brown and their various shades make up the spectrum of colors that
we see in waking life, that will also carry over into our dreams.
When a prominent color jumps out at you in a dream, first consider the feeling that comes across. If the dream
seems particularly symbolic, you might also match it up with the associated chakra. I know that some of you
reading this work with chakras, so I will include these associations as well.
(For those of you who don’t know what a chakra is, go to
Sacred Centers to learn more about them)
Dream Color Meanings
| RED |
anger, passion, sexual, stop, alert, excitement, aggression, danger,
fast paced, blood, heart |
Root
Chakra |
survival, earth, grounding, drives |
| ORANGE |
physical or mental energy, adventure, creative, friendly, playful, satisfaction,
warmth, happiness |
Sacral
Chakra |
creativity, emotion, sexuality |
| YELLOW |
happiness, cheerful, friendly, joy, hope, vitality, nurturing, content, warmth,
sickly, cowardice |
Solar
Chakra |
personal power, will |
| GREEN |
abundance, growth, peaceful, stability, healthy, wealthy, prestige, sickly,
envious |
Heart
Chakra |
love, healing, compassion, duality |
| BLUE |
spirituality, healing, calmness, tranquility, sadness
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Throat
Chakra |
communication, self expression, vibration of sound |
INDIGO and
VIOLET |
high spirituality, intuitive, erotic, high ranking, magical, classy, romantic,
mysterious. |
Brow
Chakra |
(Indigo): 3rd eye, psychic, self reflection |
Crown
Chakra |
(Violet): awareness, self knowledge, divinity, wisdom, spiritual
connection, the universe |
| WHITE |
purity, a beginning, goodness, innocence, positive, truthful, divine, clean
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| GRAY |
a ‘gray area’, fuzzy thinking,
lacking in emotion, unknown
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| BROWN |
nature, earthy, richness, grounded, security, home, dirty, dullness
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| BLACK |
the night, obscurity, death, negative, dark feelings, the unconscious, evil
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The associations listed above are some of the common ones, but as with any other symbol,
YOU are the best judge of what that color brings up for you.
Again, bring to mind the emotion or feeling that the color invokes within the dream and it should
help to decipher the message behind it.
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As you go about writing out and interpreting your dreams,
remember to record dream symbols and characters along with their meanings (including colors)
in your own personal symbol dictionary.
Here is a link to a free symbol index page that you can download and copy.
Put it at the back of your dream binder, or make a separate booklet for your own reference.
Symbol Index
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