Your Color

[Altair]

It occurs to me that we may not have ever had this discussion before:

Do you identify with any particular color?
Which one and why?
Does it have any spiritual significance?

For me: Blue.

Ever since I was a kid, I've been drawn to it. To me its status as a primary color represents stability, without the violence/extremes of passion of red or the purity of white, neither of which is me. Something about it--maybe from the expression "true blue"--always says loyalty to me: being a good friend, staying true to what one believes. And of course, on some level the color just appeals to me esthetically.

I've never associated it with sadness.

It definitely has spiritual significance for me, but don't ask me to explain it. Somehow it's part of the mental map that connects me to the world, which is what my paganism is about. I'm very east/air-oriented, and for me the color of that element is yellow, so it doesn't track...but then again, the sky is blue, so. (Although my blue is not a sky blue nor for that matter a navy blue, but more of a royal blue.)

[atr]

It occurs to me that we may not have ever had this discussion before:

Do you identify with any particular color?
Which one and why?
Does it have any spiritual significance?

Everyone here probably already knows this, but for me, it's red.

"atr" is short for "Alexander the Red". That is my magic / pen name, chosen to honor the Deity represented by Mars in my UPG.

This Deities messenger is the red fox. It's element is fire, and it represents growth, agriculture, tactics, cleverness, luck, knowledge and philosophy, all things I could use help with 

As far as elements go, I'm actually more of an Earth person. But fire is a good compliment so it works.

[Eastling]

Do you identify with any particular color?

I've had a number of color associations over the years; I don't know that I'd say there's a single color that is mine at this point.

Which one and why?

When I was young, I strongly preferred blue because it brought out my eyes when I wore it; most of my wardrobe was blue. After reading Sandman as a teenager I went through a goth phase, and then my wardrobe was black. In my mid-twenties, I obsessed over a character from a Japanese media franchise whose image color was red, and I spent some time associating myself with red, especially online and in fandom.

It's a bit complicated these days. My patron divinity--the immortal spirit of Freddie Mercury--favors bright sunny yellow as he did in life. He had the coloration (very dark hair and eyes, olive-brown complexion) to pull it off gorgeously. My hair is auburn/ginger and my skintone is very pink so it's not a great look on me. Therefore my most spiritually significant color is no longer really one I wear (except sometimes as an accent) or associate with myself specifically. I wear and associate a whole riot of colors with myself now because that's glam, baby. Speaking of...

Does it have any spiritual significance?

If I wanted to (why not?), I could say that my predilection for shimmer and sparkle these days honors my Powers' persistent connection to the shining stars. I do still low-key associate myself with blue as well (again, still have blue eyes), and it doesn't hurt that blue also has obvious celestial associations.

[Ashmire]

It occurs to me that we may not have ever had this discussion before:

Do you identify with any particular color?
Which one and why?
Does it have any spiritual significance?

I think I most associate myself with emerald green now, or with iridescence rather than color per se, but I'm very drawn to jewel tones in general, and cooler tones in particular.
However, most of the gods and spirits I work with tend to associate with red and gold particularly, so those are pretty prominent for spiritual reasons.

  As a child I was obsessively fond of blue, and while I still like it and, as I said, prefer cool tones in general, I suspect some of that could have been because as an AFAB child I was heavily pressured to like pink, which my sensitive autistic system found glaring to the point of nausea from the beginning ( I actually was visibly upset by the expected pink blanket even as a newborn!), so I clung hard to the 'forbidden' opposite.

  That said, I do still consider Ultramarine Blue in particular a favorite, and it does, I believe, have some strong spiritual associations in Kemetic belief.

[MadZealot]

Ever since I was a kid, I've been drawn to it. To me its status as a primary color represents stability, without the violence/extremes of passion of red or the purity of white, neither of which is me. Something about it--maybe from the expression "true blue"--always says loyalty to me: being a good friend, staying true to what one believes. And of course, on some level the color just appeals to me esthetically.
............
 (Although my blue is not a sky blue nor for that matter a navy blue, but more of a royal blue.)

See also: Spock's shirt. 

[MadZealot]

Do you identify with any particular color?

Yep.

Which one

Black.

and why?

Because it's slimming.


Long as I remember, I've had a mostly black (with a lil grey) wardrobe. Makes matching easier.

Dunno if this counts, but lately I've been mixing a little purple in there, usually in the form of a tee under the usual black work-shirt (with the top left unbuttoned for a flash of color.)

As to the 'why,' it's kinda funny. The last couple of years, the family has been big on going to Knott's theme park, where the predominant color is purple. (It's a "Berry Farm," boysenberries in particular.) So I started wearing purple on our trips for funsies.

I now have four purple tees and a matching phone case. The other day, FB gave me an ad for purple Docs. So.

As to 'is there any spiritual meaning,' the answer is... probably, I've just never really thought on it. But if I associate it with park trips, I associate it with being outside, which means Nature... and good food, and family, all rolled up with my constantly reminding myself to be grateful for the life I've been allowed to live. In pagan-y terms, I tend to favor the Harvestide part of the Wheel, which celebrates all that stuff as well.

No purple panties, tho. One must draw a line

[Sefiru]

Do you identify with any particular color?
Which one and why?
Does it have any spiritual significance?

I had to think about this; half of everything I own is some shade of teal but I didn't really link it to my identity, until I realized that when I imagine having a coat-of-arms or a lightsaber, those are also teal (well, teal and blue for the arms  ).

I don't think there's any spiritual angle to it, but maye that wil also change, who knows?

[PerditaPickle]

It occurs to me that we may not have ever had this discussion before:

Do you identify with any particular color?
Which one and why?
Does it have any spiritual significance?

For me: Blue.

Blue over here as well, and similarly since I was quite a young kid.  It sounds as though it's almost the same -or similar- shade of blue as yours, too - my favourite is that deep cobalt/Bristol blue you get in glassware (the deeper the blue the better, almost bordering in indigo).

I never really thought about whether it had a spiritual significance, but I think you could argue that it does.  I find it deeply meditative and calming.  Much like yourself, I don't associate blue with sadness, on the contrary my favourite shade is a pretty joyful colour to me.