lunagoddess_66 said:
What is the significance of the background colours on the cards?
It depends on where you look and how you relate to colors, I like what Rasa had to say about chakras.
I pulled together a study on color for an online group using various online sources... it was really interesting to go through RWS and study it by color alone.
That one dash of red on the Fool's sleeve is the image that drives home the use of color; he's wearing his heart right there on his sleeve, it's just in disguise! How fitting of the fool.
Red - energy, passion, survival, instincts, action, security, blood, life, desire, action, strength, courage, sex, death, vitality, generosity, ambition
Muddy: rage, indignation, uncontrolled emotions, resentment, violence
Orange - self confidence, optimism, energy, pride, ego, ambition, force, liveliness, happy memories, Fire, vitality, authority, magic, energy, life force, wisdom through understanding
Muddy: sorcery, insecurity, impulsive, misspent energies, possessive
Yellow - intellect, mental, happiness, youth, creativity, new ideas, adaptability, active
Muddy: cowardly, apprehensive, deception, suspicious
Green - health, abundance, vitality, harmony, healing, well being, New life, hope, fertility, growth, security, sympathy, rebirth, balance, prosperity, peace, ambition,
Muddy: envy, jealousy, green, possessive
Pink - love, compassion, femininity, innocence
Turquoise - deep compassion and inner healing
Blue - communication, contemplation, intuition, emotion, Spirit, Friendship, water, sky, devotion, feelings, devotion, aspiration, impersonal, idealism, obedience, visionary, kindness, idealism
Muddy: dishonesty, shrewd, helpless, victim, dejected
Indigo - knowledge we need to progress along our path
Muddy: depression, ignorance, lethargic, illiterate, shallow, deceit
Purple - insight and wisdom, Royalty, power, pride, esoteric understanding, psychic, ruler-ship, authority, emotion, progressive
Brown - conventional, foundation, elemental
Muddy: stagnation, sordid, offensive, polluted, contaminated
Black - darkness, ignorance, infinity, thwarted ambition, Death, endings, destruction, the occult, negativity, sin, depth, power, blending all earthly colors
Muddy: immoral, domination, sinister, corruption, violent
White - clarity, illumination, purity, truth, openness, enlightenment, expansion, knowledge, Universal, joy, happiness, symphonic harmony and unification, blending of all colors of light
Dull: unclean, impure, defective
Gray - balance must be achieved, Stormy weather, grief, mourning, sadness, depression, wisdom from experience
Gold: Attainment, illumination, sun, success, glory, the divine, warmth, wealth, male
Dull: green, avarice, power hungry
Silver: tidal, inner self, cool, reflective, Moon, hidden knowledge, feminine intuition, psychic ability, emotions, receptive, emotional, ebb and flow, female
Dull: self pity, dismal, depressive
Rainbow: All the colors! triumphant, joy, beauty, not dull.