Understanding the Meanings and Energy Behind Crystal Colors

Combining the physical energy and stimulation of red with the cheerfulness of yellow, the color orange brings us warmth, joy, and pleasure. Known as the “community stones,” orange crystals integrate the parts of our communal lives, bringing things and people together. Orange crystals are warm and inviting and are excellent for socializing and encouraging conversation. They encourage celebration, enjoyment, fulfillment, and merriment.

Orange crystals activate our sacral chakra, improving sexual intimacy, increasing intuition, and enhancing creative expression. The primary function of our sacral chakra is pleasure and overall enjoyment of life. When this energy center is in balance, we can expect our relationship with ourselves and others to feel harmonious, pleasureful, and filled with joy. Some popular orange crystals include Sunstone, Orange Calcite, and Tiger's Eye.

Like a bright, beautiful ray of sunshine, yellow crystals bring you happiness, optimism, and warmth. Yellow crystals relate to the solar plexus chakra, as this chakra holds an immense tie to the power of the sun. Being the lightest hue of the color spectrum, the presence of yellow is highly uplifting, illuminating, cheerful, and enlightening. Yellow crystals encourage creativity and new ideas and inspire original thought and inquisitiveness. One of our favorite yellow stones is Bumblebee Jasper, also known as the manifesting stone, it awakens our willpower and our drive to create. It brings curiosity, creativity, and manifestation into your aura.

In addition to their creative, warm, and optimistic energy, yellow crystals are wonderful for improving the organization of both your thoughts and surroundings. They foster the power of heightened awareness, improving our focus and allowing us to achieve higher consciousness. Add Citrine to your office or workspace to keep your ideas flowing brightly and abundantly with focus and clarity. Other popular yellow crystals include Yellow Fluorite, Pyrite, and Yellow Jasper.

Green is the color of spring, symbolizing growth, renewal, and rebirth. It renews and restores depleted energy. A combination of yellow and blue, green encompasses the optimism of yellow with the peace and serenity of blue. Green represents the heart chakra and is connected with balance, harmony, and abundance. Green crystals activate the heart chakra, balancing the heart and emotions and creating equilibrium between the head and the heart. They are natural peacemakers, allowing us to restore our love and nurture ourselves and others unconditionally. For example, Emerald encourages one to live and act from the heart offering unconditional love and compassion in one's daily life and relationships.

Green crystals can also manifest gifts of magnetic good fortune, abundance, and prosperity. Jade is a classic stone of abundance, wealth, luck, and success. Other popular green crystals include Malachite, Green Aventurine, and Moss Agate. We recommend adding green crystals to your collection if you are seeking personal growth, good health, and fortune in the new year.

Much like the ocean and the sky, blue crystals induce calmness, peace, and tranquility within us. They symbolize trust, honesty, and loyalty. In relationships, blue crystals give us strength and comfort when challenges arise and help us offer grace and forgiveness during difficult times.

Blue crystals activate our throat chakra, enhancing our quality of communication with the people we love. They foster openness and honesty in conversation and help us develop patience, understanding, and empathy. Use blue crystals when you need help expressing your thoughts and feelings freely, confidently, and clearly.

In addition to our throat chakra, blue crystals activate our third eye chakra, our center of perception and command. Our third eye chakra evokes intuition, perception, and inner wisdom when in balance. Some popular blue crystals include Angelite, Blue Calcite, Celestite, and Sodalite.

Purple crystals hold the energy and strength associated with red crystal energy and the spirituality and integrity of blue crystal energy, a union of body and soul, thus creating a balance between our physical and spiritual energies. Purple crystals help us connect with our mystical sides by strengthening our intuition and a higher sense of self. They signify magic, mystery, royalty, and good judgment. Consider Amethyst, a stone of transcendence that heightens psychic powers and strengthens our connection to all things mystical and magical.

Purple crystals activate our third eye and crown chakras. They promote harmony of the mind and emotions, contributing to mental balance, stability, and peace of mind and, therefore, support the practice of meditation. Consider Lepidolite, a stone of balance and stability. Lepidolite is one of the best calming and stabilizing stones to utilize during meditation whenever life overwhelms you.

Pink crystals represent gentle, loving energy and the giving and receiving of nurturing. In addition to green crystals, pink crystals represent the heart chakra. They help evaporate emotional traumas, heartbreak, and sadness and offer clarity to situations of the heart. Pink crystal energy can also assist in healing relationships, promote mutual understanding, and inspire an attitude of compassion and kindness. Pink crystals may enhance the power of your intentions, especially those related to love, romance, and compassion. 

When the days are gray, and you desire hope and love, turn to Rose Quartz, Pink Amethyst, or Morganite for a tender loving energy. Place pink crystals in your home to fill it with loving energy that offers compassion and encourages openness. Carry a pink pocket stone with you out and about to attract love and romance. Some other popular pink crystals to consider adding to your collection include Rhodonite, Pink Opal, and Rhodochrosite.   

White crystals symbolize endings and beginnings. They activate our crown chakra, represent clarity and regeneration, and illuminate us with light and guidance when we don't know where we are going. They can amplify our energies and efforts, making them powerful healers, energy transmitters, and our connection to higher consciousness. Additionally, white crystals are often famed for their powerful and wide-ranging cleansing abilities and are the ultimate crystals for inner cleansing and purification.

Try working with Rainbow Moonstone or Quartz to experience and appreciate the cyclic nature of the universe. Consider Selenite to free and cleanse unwanted vibes or energies holding you back.

Black crystals correspond to the root chakra, keeping us grounded and protected. Use them as protective amulets when traveling, as they are the ultimate crystals for protection and security. Consider Black Tourmaline whenever you feel untethered or unsafe. Place Black Tourmaline near the entrance to your home to keep all dark forces out. Tuck a small piece into your clothing or pocket for on-the-go protection.

In addition to their protective properties, black crystals imbue confidence and power due to self-doubt and uncertainty. Furthermore, they absorb negative energy, thus helping you focus and amplify your ability to keep undesirable efforts out of your life. If you need a crystal that encompasses the masculine divine, strength, confidence, and protection, consider Black Onyx.