Pink is not one of the major spectrum colours, although it is referred to in the song about the rainbow! It is in fact a tone of red, which is reduced in potency with the addition of white. However unlike other colours which are lighter or darker than their parent colour, which are referred to as light blue or dark green, light red is called pink.

In common with red, pink has passionate, energising qualities, but unlike red these are reduced in potency and it has a calmer, less aggressive side to it. In US prisons pink has been used in holding cells to calm down aggressive inmates and authorities noticed it worked more quickly and effectively than any calming drugs they had been previously using, without the harmful side affects.

It has a many positive attributes and naturally several negative attributes and as with other colours these depend on tone, tint and surrounding colours. Each attribute relates to how we feel when we are in the presence of the colour as well as what it says about our own personalities when indigo is our favourite or least favourite colour.

Positive traits:

Tranquil

Nurturing

Warmth

Feminine

Love, passion and sexuality

Soothing

Survival of the species, maternal, fertility

Compassion, empathy and faithful

Imaginative, innovative, fun, frivolous and outrageous

Negative traits:

Effeminate

Inhibition

Claustrophobia

Emasculation

Physical weakness

If you love the colour pink, you may well be referred to as girly and giggly by your friends, but are fun, friendly and love life. You have a strong imagination, are capable of being soothing, compassionate and maternal, love being in love and being treated romantically. Being feminine is important to you, as is having an outrageous sense of style and a happy disposition.

If you do not like pink, you might well be male! Men find pink emasculating, due to its historical connection to female babies, although women do not have the same association with blue. Pink is seen to be effeminate, and for many people, male and female this is too girly and weak. It is also associated with being inhibited and feeling claustrophobic.

When we don't like a colour one of the best things to do is acknowledge what negative aspects or traits relate to us and try to embrace the colour's positive traits through meditation, wearing the colour, or surrounding ourselves with that colour in a personal space (not necessarily by going as far as decorating, but with a throw or piece of material). Tune into the colour and try to learn the lessons it is sharing with us.

In the home, pink is best found in the bedroom due to its soothing yet passionate qualities, like lilac it is ideal to get the heart pumping and help us drop off to sleep afterwards! It is often seen in bathrooms and is great to create a tranquil haven using the right tone.

Pink is not associated with any charkas or specific tarot cards.