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Color Helper: Black
By Cait Johnson, co-author of Celebrating the Great Mother (Inner Traditions, 1995).
Wear or invite this color into your life for greater balance and good fortune.
BLACK is a powerful color that has been associated with death in some cultures, but with the potent place of gestation and magic in others. BLACK is mysterious; it hints at hidden things, at places where one cannot see with the eyes, but with the spirit.
BLACK is a rich color, containing within it all the colors of the spectrum. Try this simple exercise to see the surprises hidden in BLACK: take a black water-based marker or pen and make a few marks with it on a piece of white paper. Now drop a drop of water on the marks. Allow the paper to dry and then see what colors emerge from the “black” ink: sometimes pink, green, and blue make an appearance. Who knew they were hidden there all along?
What mysteries and surprises may be hidden in our own places of darkness or confusion? Wear black today to remind yourself of the power of the dark earth that hides the seeds so that new growth can emerge, or the fertile womb that protects developing life. Trust that there are processes of growth going on in your own psyche that you may not be consciously aware of, but which are going on nonetheless.
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Black has never felt mystical to me. I wear it just when I want to appear to be thinner. Besides black never makes me feel energetic. High energy colors to me are always warmer hues like pink, red, or orange. Those three colors always make me feel more vigorous and more ready to move into each new day and work with the energies that day presents to me.
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great read, thank you...
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to richard: sounds like the words of a true artist - do you paint?
like the article and the comments.
in native american culture, black is one of my most powerful "colors" or absence thereof. anything will compliment black whether it is in reference to a painting, a room or clothing. black is wonderful no matter what.
as the author of this article wrote: "BLACK is mysterious; it hints at hidden things, at places where one cannot see with the eyes, but with the spirit."
and to quote the line of a song that i have loved for many years, "in the dark it's easier to see.."
the notion that black has been associated with death is absurd. black is very powerful and contains many rich blessings.
btw, my favorite cats - are and will always be BLACK, lol!
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may explian why some people feel more "together" when wearing black
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Black is not a color. It is an absence of light. Without light there can be no color. White contains all the colors of the rainbow, as evidenced when you shine light on an object in the dark. In complete darkness (no stars, no moon, no light of any kind), everything is black, and indistinguishable. Grey and black are "shades", not colors. The only reason why adding water to black water-based ink produces a color is because water separates the molecules enabling light to gain a foothold, thus producing some color. Remember, you are placing black ink on white paper which has, I repeat, all the colors in the rainbow. Try placing the black ink on black paper and see what happens when you add water.
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