Feng Shui Five Elements - How to Use the Feng Shui Five Elements Theory: Colors

Feng Shui Five Elements - How Do They Work?

This article on the application of five feng shui elements has three parts.

You are now reading part I.

Part I: Colors as Expression of Five Elements
Part II: Five Elements in Shapes
Part III: Productive and Destructive Cycles of Five Elements

The easiest way to get your life moving by using feng shui is to bring the energy of specific feng shui colors in order to achieve the desired results. Color is very powerful, as it is light, and many spaces are starved for light. So, bring it on!

One of the basic principles of feng shui is the principle of five elements, which are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. These feng shui elements interact between themselves in certain ways, generally defined as the Productive and Destructive cycles. Each feng shui element is represented by a specific color, and color is the easiest way to use the five elements principle to bring more harmony into your space with feng shui.

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Here is the color correspondence of each of the five feng shui elements:

• WOOD: Green, Brown
• FIRE: Red, Strong Yellow, Orange, Purple, Pink
• EARTH: Light Yellow. Sandy/Earthy, Light Brown
• METAL: White, Gray
• WATER: Blue, Black

Knowing how to use color to strengthen and balance your environment may be a complex feng shui subject, but there are always basics to it. The right placement of feng shui colors is defined by the Ba-Gua, or the feng shui energy map of your space.

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For example, the energy of the South feng shui area is connected to your Fame & Recognition. A better translation, actually, is the "Light, or the fire within"; and the energy of this feng shui area is connected to the image you project to other people, your identity in the eyes of others, as well as how good/strong you are at spreading and maintaining your own Light/Identity/Values. The feng shui element of South is Fire, and the colors related to it are Red, Purple, Pink, Yellow and Orange. Obviously, you would not want to put down your own fire, which means you should not bring Blue or Black colors to the South feng shui area of your space (Water puts down the Fire.)

• Color Green is excellent for improving health and balancing family life when used in the East feng shui area of your home.



• Color Blue is a very good feng shui choice in the North area to support and help you with your career plans or in the East (Health/Family) and Southeast (Prosperity/Abundance) to water/nourish the Wood element.



• Have some Yellow in the South for happy gatherings and good times.



• Pure White in the West to support you in your creative endeavors.

Before bringing color into your environment as a feng shui cure, be sure to study the light patterns throughout the day in your space, as well as see how it works with the other "inhabitants" of your home, such as your furniture pieces, decor objects, art, etc. You would like all of them to have a good time, rather than argue and fight for your attention.

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Part II: Five Elements in Shapes
Part III: Productive and Destructive Cycles of Five Elements

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