Feng shui colors
by Jayashree Bose

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Colors in feng shui are divided according to the elements e.g. green color would represent the wood element, blue would be water element. To know more about which color represents which element click here

Different methods in practice
There are different methods in practice for choosing a color for a certain area in your house.

Location
In this method the color is chosen according the area of the house. Below is the list
North – Blue (water element colors)
Northwest – Gray, metallic color, white (metal colors)
West - Gray, metallic color, white
Southwest – Earth colors
South – Fire colors (Red, orange etc)
Southeast – Green, turquoise, aqua colors
East - Green, turquoise, aqua colors

Flying star
In this method the flying star chart of the house is used to determine the colors that will be beneficial in a particular area e.g. if a certain area in your house has #1 star (beneficial water star) then you could use metallic colors or white or gray to enhance the benevolent star.

Bazi
In this method the person's useful element according to the person's natal chart is used to determine the color scheme. For e.g. if a person's useful element would be water then a blue color scheme would be used.

Personal gua number
In this method the person's gua number is used to select beneficial color scheme. For e.g. a Gua 2 person would have to opt for a fire color scheme or earth color scheme.

House Bazhai
In this method the color scheme followed is according to the bazhai of the house. For e.g. in a south (li) sitting house, east is sheng qi area, the element of sheng qi is wood therefore a blue (water element) based color scheme would be used to enhance the star.

All these methods can seem extremely confusing especially for a layman. The best method for a layman to follow would be the “Location” method. If you are still confused then best is to opt for pastel colors.