Colors and Their Meanings

Red is the color of energy, passion, action, ambition and determination. It is also the color of anger and passion.

Orange is the color of social communication and optimism. From a negative color meaning it is also a sign of pessimism and superficiality.

Yellow is the color of the mind and the intellect. It is optimistic and cheerful. However it can also suggest impatience, criticism and cowardice.

Green is the color of balance and growth. It can mean both self-reliance as a positive and possessiveness as a negative, among many other meanings.

Blue is the color of trust and peace. It can suggest loyalty and integrity as well as conservatism and frigidity.

Purple is the color of the imagination. It can be creative and individual or immature and impractical.

Pink is unconditional love and nurturing. Pink can also be immature and silly.

Brown is a friendly yet serious, down-to-earth color that relates to security, protection, comfort and material wealth.