One of the fascinating things about colour is the curiosity it sparks. When I first meet people, they often ask me what their colour preference says about them. They are always intrigued by its meaning and blown away at its accuracy.
People want to learn more about themselves. They want confirmation that they are on the right path. They want to know what messages are there for them to gain greater awareness and contribute to a more fulfilling, happier life.
But what about your colour dislike? Have you ever considered what this says about you?
The Hidden Message in Colours You Avoid
Having a strong dislike of a particular colour can be indicative of an absence or want. Something that needs attention. Something that could be serving as a stumbling block in your life.
In acknowledging this aversion, you are bringing awareness to it. Notice where this resonates in your body by sending the colour that comes to you to that area. See if over time you can embrace this colour. Try a lighter or stronger hue and observe what shifts.
"In addressing your aversion to a colour, you will soon be back on track towards a full spectrum life."
What Each Colour Aversion Reveals
Read through the colours below and notice which ones provoke a reaction in you. There is information in that reaction.
If you really cannot bear this colour, most likely you are feeling rejection or a sense of defeat on some level, either now or in the past. It can also indicate physical depletion.
An aversion to pink often indicates an unresolved relationship with a maternal or paternal figure. There may be something left unsaid or unhealed in that connection.
Disliking orange points to mental or physical exhaustion. Your body and mind are asking you to slow down, rest, and genuinely recuperate rather than just pause.
Gold aversion relates to some form of rejection of either the material or spiritual worlds. There may be a block around receiving abundance in one of its many forms.
A dislike of yellow suggests you have experienced disappointments or a loss of personal power. Your confidence in your own light may need gentle rebuilding.
Green aversion is linked to feelings of loneliness, grief, rejection or mental and emotional trauma. The heart needs tending. Allow yourself to receive as well as give.
If blue feels uncomfortable to you, there may be a fear of failure or concern around loss of wealth, status or position. The throat and its expression of truth may be blocked.
Turquoise aversion suggests you may be shutting off feelings, fearing change, or feeling emotionally stuck. Something is asking to flow again.
Dark blue indicates either that someone has been disloyal to you, or that you are feeling let down and have lost faith. Trust may need to be rebuilt, beginning with yourself.
Purple aversion tells you that you may be feeling trapped by someone else's authority, or that there is a creative block somewhere in your life asking to be acknowledged.
Black can point to a strong desire for control, or conversely, a need to relinquish personal power that has become a burden rather than a gift.
White says you need to come to a decision and make a clean break. Clarity is available, but you may be resisting the freshness of a new beginning.
Brown indicates you are striving to become more independent, or that there is a need for a shift in attitude around stability and groundedness.
Grey alerts you to a need for cooperation and support from those around you. It is an invitation to stop going it alone and let people in.
How to Work With What Arises
As well as resonating with the feeling and the colour, consider changing or adjusting a related behaviour and see if things begin to shift for you over time.
Take the grey ray as an example. Begin asking your friends and family for support, even once. Notice whether your aversion to grey softens as you allow yourself to accept help. Small, consistent changes in behaviour create real internal movement.
The combination of colour awareness, attending to where it resonates in the body, and shifting habitual patterns of behaviour will bring about real, deep, long term transformation.
In addressing your colour aversions, you are not fixing yourself. You are returning to wholeness. You are expanding the spectrum of yourself.
Give it a try and let me know what unfolds for you. You can find me on Instagram at @marcia_oregan.