The Colours That Are Calling You

Colour isn't just aesthetic it's energetic medicine

She stood in front of her closet full of black clothes and said, "I don't know why I feel so heavy all the time."

I asked her when she'd last worn colour. She couldn't remember.

"Try wearing something lighter for a week," I suggested. "Not because it looks better. Because your energy needs it. "She looked sceptical. But three days into wearing soft blues and warm creams, she texted me: "I feel like I can breathe again."

Colour isn't just aesthetic. It's energetic medicine. And your body knows exactly what it needs.

What Colour Actually Does

Colours that are calling you

We've been taught to choose colours based on what's flattering, what's in season, and what fashion dictates. But colour operates on a frequency level that has nothing to do with trends. Every colour vibrates at a specific frequency. When you wear a colour, you're literally wrapping yourself in that frequency for hours. Your body absorbs it. Your energy field responds to it. This isn't mystical—it's physics. Light is electromagnetic radiation, and different wavelengths (colours) carry different energetic properties.

Dark colours—black, deep navy, charcoal—absorb light. They pull energy inward. When you're already depleted, wearing dark colours can make you feel heavier, more drained, more disconnected. They're not generating new energy; they're containing what little you have.

Light colours—white, cream, soft pastels—reflect light. They create space. They allow energy to flow and circulate. When you're exhausted or recovering, light colours can feel like relief.

Bright colours—reds, oranges, yellows—activate and energise. They stimulate. They move energy. When you need momentum or courage, they can support you.

Cool colours—blues, greens, purples—calm and soothe. They settle the nervous system. When you're anxious or overwhelmed, they can bring you back to centre.

Your body knows this intuitively. The question is: are you listening?

The Trust You've Been Ignoring

There's a voice inside you that knows what colour you need today. It's quiet, but it's there.

You reach for a certain colour and something in you says yes. Or you put on what "should" look good and feel wrong all day.

We override this voice constantly. We wear black because it's slimming, professional, and safe. We avoid colour because we don't want to stand out. We choose what's fashionable over what feels right.

But here's what I've observed: the colours you're drawn to are rarely random. They're your system telling you what it needs.

Drawn to soft pink? Your heart might need gentleness and opening. Craving warm orange? You might need creative activation or emotional warmth. Reaching for cool blue? Your nervous system might be asking for calm. Suddenly wanting white or cream? Your energy might need clearing and space.

This isn't about chakra charts or colour theory rules. It's simpler than that. Your body is an intelligent system, and it speaks through attraction and repulsion.

When you trust what feels right over what looks "good," you start dressing in alignment with your actual energetic needs.

Why Dark Colours Drain You

I need to address something that's become a uniform in modern wardrobes: constant black.

Black has become the default. It's slimming. It's professional. It's easy. It goes with everything. It's fashion's safety blanket. But black is an absence of light. It absorbs everything and reflects nothing. Energetically, it creates density and containment.

When you're vibrant, grounded, and full of life force, black can be grounding and elegant. But when you're depleted, anxious, or disconnected—when most of us are wearing it—black can amplify that depletion.

I've watched women trapped in a cycle: feeling exhausted, wearing black because it's "safe," feeling more exhausted, wearing more black. The wardrobe becomes an energy drain rather than a support.

The same applies to other very dark colours worn constantly—deep charcoal, black-brown, heavy navy. They're not inherently negative, but when they dominate your wardrobe during times you need energy, they work against you. This doesn't mean never wear dark colours. It means notice: How do you feel after a full day in black? Heavy? Drained? Disconnected? If yes, your body is telling you something.

Light Colours for Healing

When you're recovering from illness, from stress, from emotional difficulty, from depletion—light colours can support your healing in tangible ways.

White and cream create an energetic space. They allow light to reflect and circulate. They don't demand anything from your system; they simply hold space for restoration.

Soft pastels—pale pink, light blue, gentle lavender, soft peach—carry frequencies that are inherently soothing and supportive. They're not aggressive. They don't activate or demand. They nurture.

I've seen this repeatedly with clients recovering from burnout or illness. When they switch from their typical dark wardrobe to lighter, softer colours, they consistently report feeling lighter themselves. More hopeful. More able to heal.

One woman said it perfectly: "Wearing light colours feels like I'm giving my body permission to recover."

That's exactly what's happening. Your clothing is either supporting your healing or working against it.

Beyond Chakra Rules

Yes, colours correspond to energy centres in the body. Red for root, orange for sacral, yellow for solar plexus, and so on. This wisdom is real and valuable.

But I've noticed something: the rigid application of chakra colour rules can sometimes override your actual, present-moment energetic needs.

Your body is more intelligent than any chart. You might "need" root chakra support according to theory, but your system is actually craving soft blue because your nervous system needs calming more than activation right now.

Trust your body's wisdom over external systems. If you're drawn to green when you "should" be wearing red, trust the green. Your system knows.

The chakra correspondences are helpful guidelines, but they're not rules. Your intuition about what colour feels right is more accurate than any external framework.

What Fashionable Ignores

Fashion tells you what colours are "in" this season. What's trending? What's sophisticated. What makes you look current? But fashion doesn't care about your energy. It doesn't consider whether you're depleted or activated, healing or thriving, anxious or grounded. Fashion might tell you burnt orange is the colour of the season. But if your system needs cooling and calming, wearing burnt orange all fall will leave you feeling more agitated.

Fashion might insist on all black everything. But if you're exhausted and need light, that black wardrobe is working against your well-being.

This is why trusting what feels right matters more than what looks fashionable. You're not dressing for a magazine spread. You're dressing for your actual life, in your actual body, with your actual energetic needs.

When you choose colour based on internal guidance rather than external trends, getting dressed becomes supportive rather than neutral—or worse, draining.

The Practice of Colour Intuition

Learning to trust your colour intuition is simpler than you think.

Each morning, before reaching for what's practical or acceptable, pause. Close your eyes. Take a breath. Ask yourself: What colour does my energy need today?

Notice what arises. A colour might appear in your mind. You might feel drawn to open a certain section of your closet. You might suddenly remember a piece you haven't worn in months. Trust that first impulse. Even if it doesn't make logical sense. Even if it's not what you "should" wear. Then notice: How do you feel throughout the day? More energised or drained? More centred or scattered? More yourself or more disconnected? This feedback teaches you to trust your colour intuition. Over time, you develop a personal understanding of which colours support you when, regardless of what any chart or trend says. Your body becomes the authority.

What Your Wardrobe Might Be Telling You

Look at your closet right now. What colours dominate?

If it's mostly dark colours, ask yourself: Am I choosing these because I feel vibrant and grounded, or because I'm hiding? Because I feel safe in them, or because I'm afraid of being seen? If you haven't worn colour in months, ask: What am I afraid will happen if I do? If you keep buying the same colours despite feeling drawn to others, ask: Whose approval am I dressing for?

Your colour choices reveal your energetic state and your relationship with visibility, safety, and self-expression.

When you start choosing colours based on what your energy actually needs rather than what feels safe or fashionable, your wardrobe transforms from costume into medicine.

The Permission You're Waiting For

You don't need permission to wear the colour that's calling you. Even if it's "not your season." Even if it's not trending. Even if someone once told you it doesn't suit you. If your body is asking for soft pink when your wardrobe is full of black, wear the pink. If you need healing white when fashion says wear dark autumn tones, wear the white. If you're craving bright yellow when you "should" wear something subdued, wear the yellow.

Your energetic needs matter more than fashion rules. Your body's wisdom matters more than trends.

The colours calling you aren't random. They're your system communicating what it needs to thrive.

Listen. Trust. Wear what feels right, not just what looks acceptable. Because when you dress in colours that support your actual energy, you stop fighting against yourself and start supporting your life.

Love

Claie

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