VIOLET COLOR

Meaning of color violet

The meaning of the color violet represents the balance between matter and spirit, earth and sky, senses and reason. Composed of the same proportion between red and blue, violet is also the color that symbolizes temperance, lucidity, reflected actions.

For a long time, the color violet was considered a symbol of power. In the Romans, the use of violet garments was only allowed to the emperor. Senators had to settle for a purple tie on the robe. Only Caesar was allowed to wear a violet tunic.

Meaning of colors violet

Violet is a combination of blue and red. It is associated with noble descent, so it has been the color of the royal family and aristocracy since Roman times. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, ambition, wealth, extravagance.

Considered a cold color, violet is also the color of mysticism and magic. It is used by rich people, kings and rulers to demonstrate their power, but also by magicians and sorcerers. For example, it is associated with the deep secrets of the universe.

Variations of the color purple

Lavender: Lavender is a light purple color with a bluish hue, a light violet color. It is a color that attracts beautiful things. It has a fragility, sensitivity and vulnerability.

Lilac: Lilac is a pale violet color with a slightly pinkish tone. It implies immaturity, superficiality and youth. It is extrovert and enthusiastic, inspiring glamour, romance and vanity.

Mauve: Mauve fits somewhere between lavender and lilac. It helps us make the best decisions and decisions; it cares about justice and always does the right thing. On the other hand, it can indicate a degree of community, the social climber who aspires to higher ideals.

Amethyst: a mystical color, amethyst opens intuitive channels. It protects the vulnerable and assists humanitarians. It is the color of the evolved soul.

Plum: Plum is reddish purple. Ancient in color, plum is honourable and linked to family traditions. It is also prudent and narrow-minded, always preaches to you.

Dark purple: Dark purple is related to a higher spiritual achievement. A powerful color can also indicate arrogance and cruelty.

Effects of the color violet

Empathy: Compassion, kindness and love of humanity are positive qualities of Violet.

Controlled emotion: Violet is passionate, like red, but is willing to show it only in private.

Respectable and distinguished: the darkest tones of violet are particularly linked to the origins of purple, where it was only available to royalty and the rich.

It is not practical: violet can be impractical, with the head in the clouds rather than feet on the ground. It tends to see life as it imagines it, rather than as it is.

Immature: Violet can be immature, fostering fantasy and an idealism that is often difficult to achieve in real life.

Dignity: Violet exudes a modest and tranquil form of dignity that is often attractive to others.

Cynical: This is a negative side of violet.

Positive associations with purple

Consciousness, dignity, power, diversity, wealth, mysticism, authenticity, glamour, ambition, quality, mystery, recursiveness, clairvoyance, wisdom, nobility, inclusion, sumptuousness, creativity, magic, ambiguity, originality, sexuality, sophistication

Negative associations with the color violet

intraversion, decadence, oppression, subordination, extravagance, secrecy, opulence, vanity, tyranny, bipolarity, duality, melancholy, ambivalence

Violet Personality: They spend a lot of time daydreaming, imagining with extraordinary creativity, exploring limits. They think of new things constantly and come to reinvent themselves when they consider it necessary. Those who have violet as their favorite color tend to show degrees of magnificence and intimate grandeur and are easily vain.

Zodiac: The color violet is associated with the signs Pisces, Aquarius and Sagittarius.

Meaning of the color violet in advertising and marketing

Products based on the violet color tend to have a considerable reception. Companies are seen as creators of challenges. A corporate image based on violet is received with expectation and as a sign of extreme creativity.

Meaning of violet in photography

In photography its possibilities are wide once the photographers generate a harmonic and convincing composition. The spectrum of ultraviolet light is high frequency, so it has a positive effect on the mind.

Meaning of the color violet in the cinema

It is the color of choice for developing science fiction narratives, extravagant characters, sometimes evil, sometimes very strange as the na'vi race of the planet Pandora in the film Avatar directed by Steven Spielberg. Coming out of the fantastic plane we land for example in the acclaimed drama of epoch The Purple Color  also directed by Steven Spielberg and starred by Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover that narrates the vicissitudes and hardships of a black woman at the beginning of the XX century in the south of the United States.

Meaning of the color purple in architecture

Although violet is not widely used in architecture, it is generally accepted as a distinctive color and eligible for buildings that reflect sumptuousness. Its cold aspect is not appropriate for housing masses of people, for open public spaces, but for places that require access control and people have clear objectives within the conglomerate.

Meaning of color violet in paint

Art related to the use of violet emits a sophisticated aura in art. It is not used very regularly, but it always emits a positive energy effect in the compositions.

Meaning of the color violet in fashion

Violet in fashion exploits exuberance, the sense of exclusivity. It is a color that exalts the ego in whoever wears an outfit with that predominant color. It is compatible with the seasons of the year (and the fashion that this entails) spring, winter and autumn, being a little less appetizing in summer environments and for younger people.

Meaning of color violet in politics

Violet is the color of the feminist movement, the reason being two different events that impacted the world for women's rights: The murder of 109 women in a Chicago factory in 1908 that gave rise to International Women's Day, where women were supposedly weaving violet garments before they died. It also represented the British suffragettes who fought hard for their right to vote in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In Belgium and the Netherlands when governments are formed by an alliance of social democrats (red) and neoliberal parties (blue) they are called 'purple governments'. In the United States the states where Republicans (red) and Democrats (blue) have similar support are called 'purple states'. Violet is the color of the Independent Party of Uruguay.

Meaning of the color purple in feng shui

It is a good color for ambience spaces such as living room or living room, as it favours relaxation and helps to calm nerves. In variations such as lilac and lavender acquires a certain feminine character, which makes it suitable for decorating environments for women. In contrast, purple exalts exuberance and grandeur in luxurious environments. It favours creativity and communication, as well as intellect and the desire to open up to new discoveries. In meditation, the color violet favors the clearing of the mind color violet. 

Meaning of the color violet in religions and spirituality

Violet is associated with God, the religious, spiritual and esoteric. It is the religious and mystical color par excellence. Used in some gadgets of the Catholic Eucharist. In African pagan cults it is used by the spiritual leader of the village in the form of body painting and attachments necessary for their ritual, this to highlight their aspect of closeness to the sacred sources of their creeds.

Meaning of the color violet in medicine and psychology

The color violet is associated, on the physical level, with the head, crown, brain, and scalp, as well as the pineal gland. Its therapeutic use is encouraging in the treatment of headaches, migraines or any irritation of the scalp. It is also beneficial for the immune system and nervous system.

• Attributes of the violet color:
• Spirituality
• Meditative State
• Dignity
• Transmutation
• Clairvoyance
• Wisdom
• Insight

General characteristics

The violet color increases personal magnetism. It is the color of dignity, self-respect and nobility. Indicated for concentration and meditation environments, such as Reiki Rooms, because it increases introspection. It is also the color of dreams, mysticism and enchantment. Sensitive people have a natural attraction for color.

Physical effects of violet color

Violet has purifying action. It is anti-inflammatory, disinfective, anti-stressing. It is healing, softens the states of irritation, and gives vitality to the brain. It has a purifying action on the blood and a calming effect on the heart. It helps to release vices such as alcohol and tobacco and has a healing effect on all forms of neurosis.

Effect on the body and treatments in chromotherapy

The violet color brings tranquility and relaxation to the sympathetic nervous system, calms the heart and purifies the blood. It acts on hormonal regulation and facilitates the absorption of calcium by the bones. By being able to transmute energies she is effective in the auxiliary treatment of various diseases with its anti-inflammatory, anti-stress and disinfectant effects.

It is the ideal color for neurological treatments, being indicated for nervous mental discomfort, tumors, cancer, degenerative disease, etc.. The violet color favors concentration and meditation, being indicated for environments of relaxation, mainly if it is used together with the green color, which is its complementary color. The violet color has no contraindications.

Excess of violet color

The excess of violet can bring the exaggerated intellectualization, which makes us stop paying attention to our earthly and physical needs. It can cause irritability and arrogance. It can also generate extreme idealism, not constructive idealism.

Complementary color

The complementary color of violet is yellow. If you notice that you have in excess the characteristics of the Violet color, you can use its complementary color.

Violet color stones 

Purple color stones have some characteristics in common. These are minerals with a strong liberating and purifying action. They stimulate the mind and motor nerves. They stimulate the respiratory processes favouring the assimilation of oxygen. On an emotional level, it is possible to get out of sadness. Placing a purple mineral in the third eye helps you explore your memories in search of those traumas that prevent you from continuing in your life. Using purple stones helps you to be more empathetic, to identify with others. It has a protective action against external influences.

Violet color stones promote freedom of thought. In crystal therapy, the violet stone allows during an energetic rebalancing with minerals, to break down those subtle structures created by us, society, friends, family... but which prevent us from following our true nature. Using these crystals infuses calm and harmony.