Color Magick - Earth Elements

The Magical Colors of Earth

The earth is a vast place.  Do not limit yourself to the traditional symbolic colors to evoke the
element of earth in magical workings.

The colors of a wheat field being reaped are associate associated with harvest and bounty. They could alternatively be seen as a color of dead plants or the end of growth. To other people it may evoke playfulness and memories of cornfield mazes from childhood (especially if you think about the dog in the photo).  

A color that signifies health can mean death in a different context. Bright red can be the red tide, a wave of poison and death. Deep red can be beautiful roses and mean love. The connection that we make with a color is based on our unique experience with that color.

Personal memories give greater power to a color used for ritual purposes.

Some associated meanings:

• green - plants, growth, new life, spring
• use: to invoke the constant life of evergreens
• brown - ground, dirt, wood, autumn
• use: to invoke a connection to the earth
• yellow -  sun, gold, summer, sunlight
• use: to invoke the life giving light of the sun
• gray - stone, moon, silver, storm clouds, mountains
• orange - fruit, flowers, fire
• use: to invoke the transforming heat of lava
• white - clouds, ice
• sympathetic or imitation magic
• choose an object with a color that evokes a specific earth element
• use: white - cotton balls for clouds (rain), black - burned wood for rebirth (forest fires)
• spectrum or rainbow
• multicolored - to evoke the evolved pageantry of animals (for attracting mates)