Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.

-Oscar Wilde

Color is one of the most interesting and universal symbols in tarot. Colors have a life of their own and inherent meanings. In Tarot a reader can look at the general meanings of color as well as the specific meanings of color based on many systems of attribution.

Color results from the way things emit or transmit or reflect light. The appearance of an object can be described in terms of the perception of hue, saturation and brightness.

Color has a profound effect on our minds, emotions and bodies. Out of all of the tarot attributions it is the one we can experience directly. Color can be a bridge between the abstract of a reading and the physical world. A color might jump out at you in a reading in a specific symbol or through a predominance of a suit. The absence or presence of a color in a tarot reading is provocative. It may suggest bringing that color or its complement into your life in the form of clothing, food or gemstones.

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