Colorful elements?

First, according to the "digital feng shui", the colors of the five elements are:

1) The number "1, 2, 12" belongs to water and its color is blue.

2) The numbers "3, 8 and 9" belong to soil, 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, 1 1" belong to gold and the color is black.

Second, according to the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes, the colors of the five elements are:

1) "East and Southeast" belongs to wood, and its color is green.

2) "North" belongs to water and its color is black.

3) "West, Northwest" belongs to gold and its color is white.

4) "South" belongs to fire, and its color is red.

5) "Northeast, Southwest" belongs to soil, and its color is yellow.

Therefore, there are still differences in the colors of the five elements in different classifications, and the specific use should be determined according to the measured types to avoid confusion.

Of course, in order to make it easy for everyone to remember, the above five elements are mainly "main colors", such as the color of earth, and the main color is yellow, but if subdivided, this "yellow" can be divided into "light yellow, orange yellow, old yellow" and so on; Blue can be divided into "light blue, dark blue" and other colors; Gold, in Zhouyi numerology, can be divided into "white, gold" and so on.

That is to say: for beginners, it is not necessary to remember so complicated, just remember the "main color (that is, true color)" of each five elements first, and then subdivide them step by step after mastering it.

Third, as for the color of the five elements, how is it determined?

In fact, this is obviously based on the natural properties of objects, such as: wood is a plant, so it is designated as "green"; The soil is loess, so it is designated as "yellow"; As the saying goes: Baishan is black water, so the water is "black"; Flaming red, so the fire is red.