What do the five colors mean?

1, according to the "number of feng shui", the five elements of the color are:

1) The number "1, 2, 12" belongs to the water, the color is: blue.

2) The numbers "3, 8, 9" belong to earth, and the color is yellow.

3) The numbers "4, 5" belong to wood, and the color is: green.

4) The numbers "6, 7" belong to fire, and the color is: red.

5) The numbers "10, 11" belong to gold, and the color is: black.

Second, according to the "I Ching Bagua", the five elements of the color are:

1) "East, southeast" belongs to the wood, the color is: green.

2) "North" belongs to water, the color is: black.

3) "West, Northwest" belongs to gold, the color is: white.

4) "South" belongs to fire, the color is: red.

5) "Northeast, Southwest" belongs to earth, the color is: yellow.

So, different classifications, there is still a difference in the color of the five elements, in the specific use, according to the type of measurement to determine, do not get confused.

Of course, the above mentioned five elements of color, in order to facilitate the memory of the main introduction of the "main color", for example: the color of the earth, the main color for the yellow, but, if the specific breakdown, this "yellow "can be divided into" tender yellow, orange, old yellow "and so on; blue, can be divided into" light blue, dark blue "and other colors; gold, in the life of the week, can be divided into" white, gold color" and so on.

That is to say: for beginners, there is no need to remember so complicated, as long as the first to remember each of the five elements of the "main color (i.e., the original color)" can be, to be proficient in the mastery, and then gradually to be subdivided into the study.

Three, as for the five elements of the color is how to determine?

In fact, it is very obvious, according to the natural properties of the object to determine, for example: wood for plants, so it is designated as "green"; earth for the yellow earth, so it is designated as "yellow"; as the saying goes: white mountains and black water, so the water is designated as "black". The water is designated as "black"; the fire is red, so the fire is designated as red.