Confusion about colour

[myfs_47548]

Hi Cecil,
Recently I had read some books and I am confused with some colours relationship with
the five elements. I hope that you can
enlighten me on that.
For the colour brown, is this the colour of wood or earth element ?
For the colour of bright yellow, is this the
colour of gold or earth? Some books say that
bright yellow is gold and pale yellow is earth.
For purple, what is the element related to
it?
Lastly, can you advice me what are the colours that is related to fire beside red and pink, yellow and beige that is related to earth.
This is because I am a weak earth person and the pillar of destiny(Premium) advice me that I need this colours to help me.
Thanks a lot
Kenny

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Kenny,
The resource on colours in relation to FS is at this link:
http://www.geomancy.net/fs/colours.htm
Please see below:-

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On 2/12/01 10:34:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi Cecil,
Recently I had read some books
and I am confused with some
colours relationship with
the five elements. I hope that
you can
enlighten me on that.
For the colour brown, is this
the colour of wood or earth
element ?

In general, the colour brown should be considered as wood element. Both brown and green are considered = wood element.
I can quite understand that some would argue that " brown " can be seen as the colour of earth. But, overall, it should still belong to (in my opinion brown = wood).

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For the colour of bright
yellow, is this the
colour of gold or earth? Some
books say that
bright yellow is gold and pale
yellow is earth.

Yes, Yellow colour can be quite subjective as it can either be looked at as gold or earth.
I tend to agree with what you had mentioned. However, this is can be a very subjective topic.
Where possible, if one is not sure, it is best to use WHITE = metal element.
For example, if one tries to enhance a room or a home with metal element, it would be best to paint the walls WHITE (to represent the metal element) rather than use bright yellow.
When we look at gold i.e. 99.999 percent gold it is difficult to mould and wear and usually other metals are added to harden it. Here, the colour of the gold i.e. 18K may not be the same colour as pure gold.
It is very difficult to paint a wall in gold. Thus shades of yellow or bright yellow... is very subjective.

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For purple, what is the
element related to
it?

Purple, pink and red are usually associated with the Fire element.

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Lastly, can you advice me what
are the colours that is
related to fire beside red and
pink, yellow and beige that is
related to earth.

As mentioned above, purple, red and pink are related to the fire element.

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This is because I am a weak
earth person and the pillar of
destiny(Premium) advice me
that I need this colours to
help me.
Thanks a lot
Kenny
Warmest Regards,
Cecil