Seeing Colors During Meditation: Purple, Yellow, and More
Am I Visualizing Energy Flow?
I'm writing this article in the hopes that others who experience the same phenomenon will connect to try to make sense of it: Why do I see colors -- almost always purple (indigo) and gold-yellow -- whenever I'm in a certain meditative state??? What's the meaning of this purple aura, and seeing colors during meditation? Let's go into the details.
Seeing Purple Color... When?
What spurs me to see indigo and gold? It happens whenever I'm in a certain relaxed and connected state: sometimes during deep meditation, by the middle of a professional massage, during a very deep conversation, and always during acupuncture or Reiki.
The Colors I See Move in a Specific Way
With my eyes closed, I can watch the purple and gold swirl and play. The direction and type of movement the colors do always reflects what's happening with my energy.
An Example from Acupuncture Energy Work
The moment I realized that the colors moved with purpose was when I was in my third trimester of pregnancy and went to an acupuncture appointment to ease discomfort. As I lay on the table with the needles doing their work, I closed my eyes and wondered if the colors would come.
Indeed they did: Indigo and greenish gold popped up in blobs, bobbing and weaving. Then they began a distinct downward movement. I watched as the purple and yellow alternated pulsing downward, from my head towards my feet. This is what it looked like:
At the end of the half hour, my acupuncturist came back into the room and explained that the needles she'd placed were on the specific pressure points to move my energy from my head downwards, in order to prepare the flow for birth.
I was shocked: this confirmed that the flow I'd been distinctly seeing behind my eyes in color form mirrored the exact energy direction my acupuncturist had created -- even though she hadn't told me, or placed the idea in my mind. The colors were saying something and were moving with purpose. Whoa!
What Does Seeing Colors Mean?
Over the years I've been researching what this phenomenon could indicate. We've already discussed the direction they move mirroring energy flow, but what about the meanings of these meditation colors? Each hue might have a purpose...
Do Colors Mirror Chakras?
The day I did one of my first Reiki healing touch treatments on someone and suddenly saw the color RED then began seeing orange, I realized that each person must have different energy colors. It was an odd moment seeing this new color -- I was so used to always purple and gold, that I though that's all I'd ever visualize. It got me thinking about the meaning behind each color, and why some people might have more of one than another. The answer might be found in reading about body chakras... especially the purple chakra.
Which is the Purple Chakra?
According to body chakra teaching, purple light correlates with either the 6th (Third Eye) or 7th (Crown) chakra at the top of the head or above the body. Both are about higher consciousness. Perhaps when I'm seeing purple, indigo, or violet, I'm tapping into the purple chakra, and thus the wider universe of human energy?
My guess is the color I'm seeing is more the 6th (purple chakra), because the 7th chakra is both violet and white, and one day when I was doing Reiki on someone, I distinctly saw his white sparkling light, which was very different than my purple. Another time I saw black, which might be connected with the Earth Star Chakra in the 12-Chakra system.
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What Do Yellow, Green, or Gold Light Mean?
Seeing purple light makes sense with chakra theory, but why would I also then also always see yellow-green? That color likely correlates with the 3rd (Solar Plexus) Chakra which has a yellow aura, and maybe slightly with the 4th (Heart) Chakra which has a green aura -- both in the center of the body. The third chakra is about strength, confidence, and willpower, and the fourth about love and healing. It might also correlate with the 8th or Soul Star Chakra, which has a white and golden hue.
It's interesting to me that my soul would select the colors purple and yellow, and always only these two -- unless I'm doing Reiki meditation with someone else. The one time I was able to generate different colors within myself was during my first Kundalini Reiki training years ago, during a group meditation. At that point I distinctly saw green and several other colors I hadn't seen before, perhaps because of the powerful energy of others present in the room, and the high level of training of the Reiki master teaching us.
(If you're near Massachusetts, I now run my own Boston Reiki practice, so feel free to connect. Upon request, I now also offer remote distance Reiki sessions online, from the comfort of your own home!)
Seeing Colors During Meditation and YOU
I'm thankful to the wonders of digital art that I could finally draw and make tangible and visible what I see behind my eyes on a weekly basis, so perhaps I could find others who resonate with this experience that happens in the liminal space of energy work, so we might make sense of it together.
Do see my NEW article on chakra colors and healing, which grew from your messages from this post! If any of this rings true for you, feel free to reach out in the comments section, or by the social media contacts below.
Seeing Colors During Meditation
See all my articles about seeing colors during meditation, Reiki, acupuncture, massage, and healing. What's the meaning and purpose, and how does it connect with chakras? Learn here.
Chakra Colors and Meanings
In this follow-up article to this first one about seeing purple and yellow during meditation, I dig deeper into the research, and also drew a diagram of each of the chakra colors and energy centers in the body.
More About Seeing a Purple Aura
Here is my most recent article with more information about what seeing a purple aura means, expanded upon with stories from my Reiki energy work sessions and meditation.
Seeing Red Chakra Energy
After opening my own Reiki practice, I have had the opportunity to see the colors of other people as I do sessions with them. Most recently, I've seen a lot of red in people, so this new article is an investigation of what seeing red might mean.
Seeing White Aura and Chakra Energy
What does it mean to see white light or a white aura during energy healing work like meditation or Reiki? See my exploration and illustrations here.
Seeing Black Aura Energy
Don't be alarmed if you see inky black during energy work! A black aura is actually really exciting and useful. Read this to see why.
Earth Star Chakra
My investigation into seeing the color black led me to research the 12 Chakra System which has other energy centers besides the traditional seven: Including the Earth Star Chakra below the body!
The author and artist, Lillie Marshall, is a National Board Certified Teacher of English who has been a public school educator since 2003, and an experienced Reiki practitioner since 2018. All art on this site is original and hand-drawn by Lillie. She launched DrawingsOf.com Educational Cartoons in 2020, building upon the success of her other sites, AroundTheWorldL.com (established 2009), TeachingTraveling.com (founded 2010), and ReikiColors.com. Subscribe to Lillie's monthly newsletter, and follow @WorldLillie on social media to stay connected!
I have been able to see purple and a yellow gold since I was maybe 12 or 13. The eye doctor said I was experiencing ophthalmic migraines. When these would come on I would also see flashing little sparkles. What I learned from the eye doctor is that when I'm having these ophthalmic migraine episodes parts of my vision go missing (this happened with me not noticing the basince of vision in certain areas of my visual field. But this is all that the doctors have really explained. Their pretty clueless.
This past year I've been honing in on these beautiful color skapes. One of my favorite past times is laying on the big trampoline with as much skin visible to the sun as possible (God forbid I offend someone 🙄, 😆). The colors will start with very little purple and much of the bright yellow red white, and black (I assume it's the brightness of the sun). As I relax, the flow of the colors will start pulsing from outward to inward. I haven figured out what this is/means. I often get jolted awake from hearing a loud snap/clap sound. I've researched this and it seems to be a effect if when the soul departs from the body, going into the Astral plane.
I have so much more to share!!! Is there any get togethers that ya all have virtually where we could all talk and share?
Thank you for sharing your experience! That's an intriguing idea about get-togethers. Right now I'm expanding my Reiki energy work practice to start working remotely with people who also see purple and yellow (or other colors), so that can begin to build a community across geography. We can see what that leads to!
I saw the playful purple and gold in my meditation today. Only the gold appeared more green to me. There was a blob of green and a blob of purple dancing in circles. When I meditate, I allow my cats and dogs to get in my lap or lay next to me. One of my cats has inoperable cancer. When she layed next to me and I touched I saw green and purple as well, only in a different pattern. It was like the green was behind the purple, and was trying to peek through.
I also saw black and dark navy blue towards the end of the session.
Wow! Thank you for sharing about your experiences -- sending good energy!
I meditated for the first time in a very long time today, and i can totally relate with what you mentioned in the article about purple and greenish gold colors, also the movement, i started seeing just purplish indigo at first and then gold started appearing in a semicircle form moving upwards much like the arch of a rainbow, that's why i looked it up, thank you for the article, i have bern doing a lot of healing lately, and i am glad to know the colors i saw mean it's working, right?
Yes! The colors mean it’s working!
@Lillie Marshall,
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You articulated an experience I had today while undergoing an energy healing session for the first time today. It was so interesting of an experience that I was googling and came across you post.
Glad to be able to help articulate it! As you can see, you’re not alone at all, and it’s a very powerful and healing experience.
I have FINALLY found a place that fits with my experiences. When I did a meditation workshop with several others, I experienced what I call the rainbow flow of colors. Think of how a giant American flag flows in almost folded layers when the wind is gently blowing. That's how my rainbow or colors were flowing. One color flowed into another color. The instructor said it was a once in a lifetime experience. It was beautiful. while I still experience colors when doing deep breathing and I'm by myself, one-two colors flow - one flows into the next but the two colors stay on repeat. For example if I see orange it gets reilly bright then flows like the wind is blowing it into red which is bright and stays and deepens. When I ask other people about what they see during breathing exercises, they look at me like I'm crazy.
You're not alone at all, and I disagree that your experience was "Once in a lifetime" -- with practice, it's possible to learn the patterns of what helps access the colors. Sending good energy from this community!
Hi, I am so glad I found your article. I started seeing these colours swirling when I had my reiki training. I thought that was just my imagination or maybe light from outside penetrating. But sometimes it can change colours: green, blue, yellow, red, orange, purple, white. All chakra colours. My reiki trainer can download images but all I can see is just colours! Glad to know I am not just imagining things. Hopefully I can someday download more images or messages other than just colours.
Thanks for sharing your experience -- it's not just you! I invite you to explore the idea that the colors ARE the message. Each correlates to a chakra that's a different topic. Notice which colors come up when, and in which direction or shape they flow. See my articles about individual energy colors for more on how to do this. Sending you good energy!
@Erin,
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I may have experienced a few of these. It's always an eye never eyes. Sometimes it's movement like a video of an eye moving and other times it's just a beautiful eye. The most memorable one was when I "ran into" it in the middle of the night while letting the dogs out to go potty. I was still in a lucid like state going through the motions getting up and making my way to the back door, when I blinked and turned to the left at the same time. I glimpsed this big beautiful black eye surrounded by white light. It was so exciting I thought I imagined it. So I hurried to shut my eyes and look back to my right and slightly up when BOOM there it was!! I didn't think I was gonna see it again. The entire eye and eyelashes were solid black. The shade of black that eats light. Then surrounding the eye was that silvery white light color. It wasn't scary. It looked like it should be scary but it wasn't. The image was a still image. It made me smile with immense happiness and peace.
I've seen a few eyes since this one. The one before this one was of a stationary blinking eye (moving image) looking forward (across my line of vision from left to right). The eye blinks while stareing straight. When the eyelid opens, the eye is already repositioned at slight degree upward.
I'm guessing this may have been some type of guidance. I must have gotten the guidance correctly because then abt a week later is when I seen the beautiful stationary black and white eye.
I'm always watching the colors behind my eyelids. One of my main problems is my inability to control my excitement when something is happening. I end up just popping out of my zone or what ever it's called. Lol
Hi, I found your article when googling about seeing purple and yellow when receiving reiki. I always only see these two colours, sometimes separately throughout the session, but sometimes the two colours swirling together . The patterns of the colours can be very different, sometimes as of someone has dropped a drop of paint into water and it expands and spreads, sometimes a large blob of colour will appear and then seem to disappear down a tiny hole, and sometimes both colours will move around like a kaleidoscope or will be big swirls mixing together. The yellow is sometimes verging on lime green. The purple is sometimes quite dark and other times very pale. So mesmerising and relaxing when it's happening.
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience! I agree that it's so mesmerizing and relaxing!
I stumbled onto a post you wrote about colors you see while in deep meditation. I’m reaching out, because I also see those exact color hues. At first I thought they were the auras of my spirit guards. Now I wonder if it’s actually the aura of our higher self, that we connect with in that meditative state. For me these aren’t the only colors I see. During reiki I’ve had many other colors come to me, usually reflective of my current aura state. I can also see other people’s auras. Except went I meditate, I always always see the same indigo/purple and gold/greenish yellow swirling. Another question? My numerology life path also seems to connect back to these colors. Maybe yours will to.
OMG I am so excited to find you here! I have had purple/gold swirls for years during meditation. Sometimes other colors appear... often pink when my guides are talking to me or when I sense my Mother since she passed. Sometimes greens, royal blue and occasionally white sparkles. I've even had brightly colored outlines of geometric shapes/patterns flash through when I am relaxed enough to just let it all rip.
But what inspired me to finally search this is that I started receiving different colors when my NSA (Network Spinal Analysis) practitioners are working on me and moving my energy. It's such a trip! I get a beautiful pink with one of them which makes total sense to me because she embodies unconditional love; green with another gal there who is so full of life and energy, and when I told her she said "of course! Green is my color!"; then a salmon/rose color with another gal at the same place who worked on me just today. It's so amazing I had to check and see if others are experiencing this and now I have my answer.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I am eager to connect more with others who are also connecting in this way.
Gwen, thank you so much for sharing these wonderful experiences! Wow!
Thx for explaining! I have seen colors during meditation for years and this question has never been answered. I usually see purple, green, fushia in a flowing motion like a lava lamp or kaleidoscope. Sometimes I see little pix I can't ID. Once during acupuncture, I saw the eye in a pyramid like on a dollar bill. I just enjoy it, SRW
Thank you for sharing your experience! I agree that just enjoying it is the key to helping it open improved energy flow and insights.
My third message: I was pushed to take Reiki by my spirit guides. I didn't want to be a healer, but they insisted (I can give the full story if you like) The lady suggested I take a Reiki Taster before committing to taking the Reiki 1. During the session, I saw beautiful colours as each hand position was given. I also found myself striding along a corridor in a Chinese business establishment, after doing business in a back room. I wasn't asleep and wondered what the experience meant, as it was so real. The practitioner told me it was a past life experience. I told her about the colours, and she opened a cupboard door, and pinned to the door was a chart of the human body with the chakra colours on it. All the same colours and places that I had seen! I didn't know about chakras, or past lives - but now I am a Reiki Masker (since 1992) and also a Past Life Regressionist. Life is so full of wonderful mysteries and it is so good to get a peep at them now and again.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your messages! Beautiful!
I've already posted one message, but here is another: I mainly see purples and pinks and they are slow-moving and remind me of the sixties 'Lava lamps' which were made from coloured oil in water, and the heat made the oil slowly swirl and turn in lovely shapes. I've always assumed the Spiritual World was there with me, aiding in the Reiki healing, and taken it as a kind of acknowledgement from them. The fact that sometimes there would be 'spare hands' during the healing, suggested this to be so (felt by the client) Sometimes I would feel my own body shape shift, either to a tall man, or a very short person - like a pygmy - and assumed I was getting extra help (obviously my body didn't change shape, but it felt like it) However, the explanation that it is energy also makes sense - but whatever causes it, it is so lovely, and calming and I always feel privileged to receive it.
This is very interesting. I have always seen lots of colours during Reiki, and my clients say the same. However, when I had to go and have a MRI scan in a tight confine, I was really scared as I was claustrophobic. I closed my eyes before I went in, but there was such a beautiful turquoise colour that swirled and kept me calm. Afterwards, I told the ladies I was glad the turquoise light was there as it was so lovely and they said there was no light in there...
I always see purple and yellow too, during meditation, reiki, massage. Often in the beginning I will have a very anxious feeling, but as the session progresses and the colors do their thing a calmness and peace wash over me, almost as if the color is speaking an unspoken language directly to my soul. I never really understood it, but know that it couldn't be by coincidence. Your pictures describe exactly as I see it too, first pulsing individually and then coming together turning in some kind of up and down spiral dance. Thank you for confirming that this is normal and ok.
Such a perfect way to put it: these colors accompany a calmness and peace, indeed!
I'm glad I found this. I was wondering how common it is.
The first time this happened to me was during my second Reiki session. The vividness of the colours took me by surprise. Green, red, yellow, blue, purple and white seemingly coming from the centre of my perceived vision and swirling around. It wasn't an unpleasant experience so I just maintained awareness of it and enjoyed the experience. Once the session was over, the reiki practitioner told me it had been a really intense session. After that, each time I had reiki it was similar but largely blue, green and yellow.
I've recently started to meditate again and I've started to see the same swirling colours during my meditation. Seeing that this apparently has some meaning, I'll need to increase my knowledge and deepen my practice.
Thanks for posting this as the last time I searched, I didn't find much.
So glad to help! Do check out my full explanation of all the colors you're seeing at https://drawingsof.com/chakra-colors-healing/ . Sending you good energy!
I’ve seen both the purple and gold moving downwards and like a bullseye and expanding, alternating the purple and gold. This is a great image of it. I also see blue, black, green, so many during my acupuncture, massage, yoga, and so much more.
Thank you for sharing your experiences, Jasmine! I'm curious if the direction that the colors move ever changes for you, and what meaning you assign to that.
I've only started seeing colours after a few attempts I didn't notice at first probably but today was intense...I saw four colours green, light/royal blue, pink and white they came as stripes then looked like it was mixed. I saw a wave of rainbow colours after and random spots of different colours...
I did have an outer body experience when I was about 4....icing on the cake is now I'm seeing lights at night I've also got videos and pictures to prove it. They have popped up recently on the same day I've been meditating.
Thanks for sharing your experiences, Jay!
Hi! Great explanation and illustrations. I also see gold and purple lights when meditating and before sleeping. I can see them with open eyes if the room is so dark. Sometimes in the middle of the light circle some 3D images, faces, animals appear. They all are like made out of light, like spirits i guess. Sometimes when I suddenly wake up I see a cat like creature thats watching me. It is not scary but exciting. Does it happen to you too? Do you know what does it mean? Thank you
Thanks for your kind words and for sharing your experiences! Some similar things have happened to me, and I would say to just be open and curious about them. There are a number of ways they could be interpreted, so journaling or discussing the symbolism of the images with others can be helpful. Enjoy!
Thank YOU so much for sharing this. I have been meditating for 2 months and today I decided to do a mid day meditation. This was the first time that I experienced visuals this bright. It was exactly like your purple and yellow illustration in the circle! It was amazing. I googled to see what this meant and came across your page. Anyways thank you for sharing!
I'm thrilled that you were able to resonate with my drawings! Keep up your exploration and be in touch.
I see the same colors! I often wondered why those 2 although sometimes royal blue makes an appearance. Usually for my in meditation it’s a purple background and yellow/ green circling in the middle like a dance like a lava lamp sometimes. Also on a rare occasion my consciousness might feel like it’s spinning, swaying, tilting, like floating and swirling in space although I am still sitting physically. It’s very cool to see that I’m not alone!
You are in very good company! For more about seeing blue, see here: https://drawingsof.com/blue-aura-meaning-chakra/
Hey what's fascinating is I recently had an energy healing session and I saw purple and yellow that looked just like your drawing! I tend to see purple, blue or green when I meditate. I once had my root chakra opened up through reiki and I saw vivid red then. Very cool!
It’s so amazing (and very satisfying) when what we see matches the chakra colors so perfectly! Happy energizing!
I just had an EEG and was seeing purple coming in waves from the outside of my eyes to the center which was gold. I see color behind my eyes when relaxing or falling asleep. I thought everyone did, but I never saw it pulsate or move so rapidly before. When I got home I decided to look it up because I had a friend years ago that was studying Reiki who told me that energy had different colors and meanings. I stumbled across your page and I am fascinated by what I have learned! Thank you for sharing this.
Dawn,
So glad you found this article, and thank you for sharing your experience! I've started to become very curious about the intersection of the neuroscience (what the brain is doing) and the spiritual with these colors. Keep us posted if you have any further insights!
I've recently been reconnecting with my spirituality and I was finally able to successfully meditate by practicing divided attention. The first time I experienced seeing a swirling green light with my eyes closed. I learned that was my heart chakra healing, meaning I'm ready to give and receive love. The next time I meditated all it took was just laying in bed listening to relaxing music. This time I saw mostly purple light and some green. It's nice to know this is confirming what I've recognized in my life recently: a wider consciousness and perspective. A spiritual wisdom must be developing within me. I quite like it 😊
Thank you for sharing your beautiful experiences! Keep it up!
@Lillie Marshall, I always see purple and yellow-green lights when I meditate. I heard elsewhere that it indicates you are either clear or clouded in the respective chakra. My guess is clear. I also often see floating eyes, even demonic looking ones (but usually not). These are mainly what I see when meditating, but I also see many other visuals, but eyes are the most common thing that just floats up to where the purple & yellow blobs are.
It absolutely indicates clearing chakras and beautifully flowing energy and integration! Keep following the visions that come up with curiosity: they're always so interesting in their messages.
Happy i found someone else seeing purple and yellow! I havet Just startede gjetting interested in spirituality and im trying to connect more and awaken more. I didnt think i havet experienced anything until i noticed the colors 😍
Hi Karoline,
You're not alone! Very cool that you're also seeing the colors!
I am pretty must in tune with my spiritual self but I had never tried meditating before, I managed to get time today meditated for the first time. This is how it started, everything was black and foggy for the first few mins so I started focusing on my breath… soon I stopped hearing external noise… my visual was sort of messed up but as I tried to focus deeply I started seeing a circle of white smoke with purple in the center .. closing in .. I really don’t know how to explain this .. but imagine a circle moving away from u .. it becomes smaller and smaller and then another circle appears from the corners of your eyes and that becomes smaller .. it was like a loop and it got pretty fast, until I could just see a white circle and no more purple and something like a skyline.. this part was really hazy. I swear I cannot share this with anyone coz they will call me crazy but I’m definitely going to meditate more often now. I just wish I knew what it all meant .. this post was the closest to my experience but not quite .
if any of u know please drop me a msg.
Hi Star,
Thank you for sharing your experience! I've definitely experienced something like that -- each time the colors move in different shapes and directions. You're not crazy, you're not alone, and it's nothing bad! Keep meditating and see what happens. Do share back with us if you have a moment, after you've tried it several more times.
@Star,
You are not alone. I see the exact same thing. When the purple clears it is like standing in the night sky with shooting stars. It is similar to others because initially with the purple I have the lava lamp effect with the shadows dancing or kissing or flying. My question for Lillie is what are the shadows that keep moving like a lava lamp? And what dimension am I in during this space?
To answer your question, I would classify it not as being in another dimension, but rather being able to see the visual color manifestation of energy right here among us. For that reason, when you see the lava lamp-like movement, pay attention to the shapes and directions in which it's moving. For example, if it's moving downward, that is a grounding message -- connecting with safety, stability, and the earth. Keep exploring, meditating, and doing energy work, and the patterns will become clearer!
Finally! Yes, I also see the indigo and yellow/ green Hughes. Usually it’s indigo is circular ( like an eye) and the yellow or golden green is all around it and it floats and mostly opens and closes. I have had many profound somatic releases/ healing experiences with energy work and massage. Thank you for this.And I would love to be a healing practitioner, but I’ve been too caught up hustling as a nurse! You give me that inspiration. And to add, I did a Polarity Therapy training for 4 weeks and I would see circles like fingerprints. My teacher said according to ancient scriptures I saw Prana.
Thank you for sharing your perspective! Perhaps you can combine your work as a nurse with energy work!
Chakras do not have colors, crystals, emotional/ psychological correspondences or musical notes. They do not open or close and the goal is to create balance. These are all new age and none of this is in the vedic texts. Color came from a book called “Nuclear Evolution” written in the 70’s. Now color does hold vibration and frequency but it has nothing to do with the chakras. In the 7 chakra system it is only 6. The 7th Sahasrara (not crown) which means 1,000 petal lotus, it’s not a chakra at all. There is more than 1 chakra system and we have 114 of them. In the vedas the info is somewhat vague as the info is prescriptive and not descriptive. I feel it’s done this way for each practitioner to develop a personal relationship with the chakras. I’m not saying this to take away from your experience which is very real and powerful. I’m sharing so those that think they know the chakras may only know a white washed new age version that has nothing to do with chakras or for those that want to learn.
Thank you for sharing this important perspective!
Each time I do a meditation the colours would change each time and I don't know why the colours are ,pink,yellow ,white ,dark blue , light blue. Can someone help?
Hi Christina,
They likely correspond to the chakras you have activated, each of which corresponds with a different element of life. Here's an overview: https://drawingsof.com/chakra-colors-healing/ . Hope this helps!
So nice to hear about this! I've seen many colors during acupuncture, but, the colors I see the rest of the time is purple and chartreuse!!
I am so happy to know I'm not alone! I have had so much synchronicity that sometimes I wonder if I'm imagining it. It's been 3 years since I started this journey to my soul, and I know now how real it is! And this is one more thing that I'm happy to share with people!
Yes!!!!
I see yellow and purple! Thank you for sharing💛💜
Ah! Welcome to our community of others who do, too!
I just recently started meditating and started seeing deep purple waves. Occasionally I will see what looks like lightning of hot pink or electric blue. I thought it was a function of having my eyes closed. I’m new to this and had never heard of seeing colors. When I googled it, I was very relieved and happy to see that this actually happens and that it wasn’t me doing something wrong. Thank you for this blog Lillie and thank you all for sharing your journeys!
My pleasure, Ime! Thank you for sharing your beautiful experience, and keep up your meditation work!
Like others, when I meditate I see purple, yellow, green, chartreuse, and what seems like faces popping in and out. Today was the first day I listened to binaural beats while meditating and the color experience intensified. What meditation practices, breathing practices, mantra, do you employ when you meditate?
So interesting -- thanks for sharing! For my daily meditation, I use chanting mantras from Insight Timer, but what really makes me see colors is meditation paired with Reiki, or healing touch. I agree with you that binaural beats really help.
Every time I meditate or do reiki, I see indigo with a white light that swallows the indigo almost like a bullseye. Today the white light morphed into a chartreuse as it reached the center. The deeper I go into this consciousness I am able to see energy vibrations and visions of places and people though I haven’t been able to make sense of all of them.
Thank you for sharing your journey.
Beautiful images! Thank you for sharing.
I've seen dark purple that was all around then shrinking into the middle with sharp leafy corners in black. Then it became green and the same happened until it was gone.
All while connecting to the Akashic records.
Any explanation would be appreciated.
So interesting! Dark purple would be either 6th or 7th Chakra (intuition, healing, and connecting to universal energy), while black is the Earth Star Chakra (womb-like creation and growth). Green is the heart chakra, about compassionate love. Might any of these elements connect to you?
I just found this site looking for info on the colors I see behind my eyes. I never knew others see these. I’m a retired RN and saw the bright green first on a locker in the nurses station with my eyes open. I see colors all the time but since my daughter died a year ago I see bright purple with a yellow bright Centre the colors move and are circular. Sometimes they come when I think of my daughter and sometimes just spontaneously and I feel she is there.
Im so glad to read that others see this as none of my friends and family see them or have heard of this and likely think I’m nuts.
I’ve thought this a blessing and have See gorgeous galaxies and other patterns and most all colors but didn’t know they were representative of the chakras.
Thank you for writing about this!
I had experienced something similar today hence this led me to your blog. I had an acupuncture session (8th one) and I have not only noticed the physical changes from acupuncture benefits but I can see now that healing is happening on a deeper level too. Today for the first time in my session I could see (with my open eyes) purple and green colours forming the circle. It started with purple and then from the middle of that circle green came out and those colours were swapping this way for a while. I was just staring at the ceiling and watching it and it was very amusing.
My acupuncture sessions are for my problems with bowls but as we know everything connects. All our emotions sit in our stomachs and I know I have a lot of emotional healing to do so this makes sense now. Green represents the heart chakra which is for love and healing and that's what is changing now in my life. Purple is for the crown chakra most spiritual one and it brings wisdom and enlightenment. As I am going through a growing process this connects as well with the green.
How fascinating is our spiritual world 🙂
So fascinating! Thank you for taking the time to share. Acupuncture is so healing and powerful!
I do...all day long and especially with music. Purple. Gold. Chartreuse. Green...blue.... star bursts of gold. I've always wondered. Esp with chakra music and sitting in nature. Prayer and meditation... with people and their moods...colors change
My experience exactly. Thank you for posting the images. I have been experiencing this since 2018 and I love it. Always purple and greenish gold, but occasionally black, and with reiki I had red/orange. Anytime I truly relax/meditate. I have seen it with eyes open a couple times, but almost 100% eyes closed. First time was at a sound healing and ever since then it can happen almost spontaneously when I relax.
Amazing! Isn't it fascinating how bringing other people into the mix (ex: with Reiki) changes the colors?
Forgot to say I do reflexology and mostly I see blue around the left side of my clients. I sometimes tell them that. Some days later they text me to say they have never felt so good.
Thank you for sharing your fascinating experiences, Brenda! Sending the best to your son for healing, and to you for how you're helping your family and your reflexology clients.
So interesting. My son had cancer three years ago in his mouth and can only drink a special milk drink, no food at all. I decided to try to heal him each night and was amazed how I saw lilac mauve yellow and blue, out of the blue he told me he has been trying to eat food. I just thought this was amazing and tonight he popped into see me and said he was going to try Chinese food. I’m waiting to see how he gets on. I did reiki healing many years ago,best thing ever. I don’t know who is more excited him or me.
Also I failed to mention I’ve seen other colors as well but only occasionally. I started seeing auras in others around 2 years ago, my closest friends daughter, she and I were visiting and the daughter had the most beautiful rainbow aura… I burst into joyful laughter and my eyes teared at the sight…
I researched some into this, which made perfect sense as the young woman is a paramedic and a beautiful caring person.
The colors that represent myself are close to what you described, and patterns can be very different on separate occasions. Lately the colors seem to burst forth from the center of the previous color in the most vibrant hues imaginable.
Thank you again for delving into and helping to explain this, much love
Beautiful images! I love the vision of the rainbow aura. Agreed about the colors sometimes bursting forth from the center of the previous color.
I have always seen bright purple primarily, with gold and a bright chartreuse green since childhood. I never knew others did as well until reading your article. Your digital representation is SO much like mine it’s uncanny. Thank you for the information and explanation, I will be researching further much appreciated!
So glad to help show that you're not alone! "Chartreuse" is a perfect word for the greenish-yellow.
I decided to Google colors while you meditate not mentioning any color in particular (not wanting to give anything away ) it has blown my mind there are really other people out there that see the purple and green (Orbs I Call them dancing in the 3rd eye area) Its not my imagination other people can see them too I actually bought an eye mask to stop any outside lighting or shadows thinking that I - wasn't seeing what was in front of me
I NOW SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY
On other occasions whilst meditating not long after the orbs there may be vast darkness outer space and milky ways and a feeling of
no feeling ??? like floating or not knowing where I was fitting in almost a huming ???/ I can not really explain it but its not the sort of conversation one might have. Up until now I was a little worried but am so glad I have found these pages and no longer wonder if what I am seeing is REAL for this I am
Grateful Warmest Regards Gail
Thank you for sharing your experience, Gail -- you are not alone and don't need to be worried! I like your description of feeling like floating in outer space. To me it feels kind of like following a mystery path through the galaxy...
Today early morning while Iam meditating I saw purple color..
Ah! Was it the first time?
I don't know if the following was saved, so am repeating and adding to my post.
Ever since I started having acupuncture for various health conditions, I have been having what some call "closed eye hallucinations" of colors. Searching further, I found this website that matches my own experiences. The paintings are amazing! I don't get the curling twining shapes, just usually blobs of intense colors changing size and color combinations. I've been curious to see if anybody else has these colorful visions, so thank you Lillie Marshall! They don't happen to me only with acupuncture, they have happened whilst praying with eyes closed, and during any number of other situations. Because they were most pronounced when a certain intern worked on me with acupuncture, tuning forks and other methods at the Bastyr Clinic in Seattle, I would describe the colors and morphing blobs to her. "I see purple with red in the center. Now it's changing to a blue center", and so on. Later she told me that Chinese medicine had interpreted the meanings of the colors. For example, she said that purple, which I see more often than any other color, is related to forgiveness. Red is related to passion, etc. When I see purple with my eyes closed, I do think about wanting to be more forgiving of others, so I'm glad she identified this for me. Now if I could just see purple with my eyes open and when speaking or writing to others . . . !
This is so interesting, Heidi -- thank you for taking the time to share your experience! I'm interested that there was a specific person you saw the colors more with. It does seem that there's a set of people tuned into giving and receiving these vibrations.
Wow, I'm so happy to have found this, and that others are able to tune into the same thing a well.
The only way I've been able to explain this...is by calling it my "Sixth Sense Meditation".
It's not technically any of the 5 senses we normally experience...not traditionally visual (because my eyes are closed), it's not smell, taste, touch, sound...etc.
But, my brain interprets it as a visual experience nonetheless.
The way I achieve this, is by closing my eyes (usually in bed), and just looking off into the darkness and distance...and waiting. Any time a thought comes into my head, I release it with a breath and regain my focus...just looking around with my eyes closed.
Sometimes...not always...but sometimes, a shape...pattern...or color will appear. Sometimes it flows, sometimes it is fractals, sometimes it's vibrating wildly...sometimes inky black clouds...sometimes bright white and every other color too.
But, I am fully awake...and it dances and moves about on it's own. My only purpose at that time, is to observe.
The energy(s) I see, seem to prefer coming around when I'm in a state of mind that can only be described as unconditional love (or absence of fear).
Usually I can stay awake for about 30 minutes to an hour watching this, and then drift off into sleep...or get up and go back to doing whatever I was doing normally.
Here's the weird thing that's been happening since I've been practicing this "Sixth Sense Meditation"... I've started to have predictive feelings. It's like a "Spidey Sense" for lack of a better term.
*A free flowing thought would come to my mind. Then something will happen shortly after, which is directly related to that same thought. It began happening so frequently, that I started keeping a journal of the dates and times of each thought...and of the subsequent happenings (I called it a Synchronicity Log).
At one point, I even began trying to find any sort of pattern in the time frame between the thoughts and the actions...but, I became sidetracked and have yet to start the journal and study back up again.
However, I still practice this "Sixt Sense Meditation" technique frequently. It seems to help re-align my own energy (regardless of the situation surrounding me), and I've really been in the most joyful place in my life since I started practicing this in (2016)...
I have my theories as to what it is...but your guess is as good as mine...and I'd love to hear them all.
🙂
I LOVE this! How nice to have a clear method to access seeing these colors, and what beautiful benefits it has produced. Curious to hear more if you're willing to share. Thanks for connecting!
@Matt, what you are describing is Claircognizance, which is when a seemingly random though pops into your head, or just a sense of knowing. This thought will have the same internal dialogue voice as the rest of your thoughts that you form yourself, but you may notice that the “download” has a slightly different energy. Downloads (which some call this) happen when Spirit Guides or other spirits or energies are communicating with you.
I also relate to this article and see colors the way you and the OP describe. I have been told my main Clair is Claircognizance, and writing down the messages received is supposed to help strengthen the sense.
I am currently taking an intuition development class to develop my Clairs more (clairvoyance, clairsentience, clairaudience, claircognizance, etc.), but there are many resources on these topics if you are interested. It is possible through practice (meditation) to learn and develop these skills!
Thanks for sharing this, Emily!
I am SO glad that I found this article! I have just recently started meditating without any kind of guidance. Last night I was on my balcony meditating, with my eyes closed and I could see blue & indigo first, almost like a Kalidescope, but like moving front to back, after several minutes, it switched to white/off white in color. I could have sat there all night. It was AMAZING! I told my husband because I was in such amazement- very excited....he was kind of like, "hmmm, umm ok". Lol
I had to research it. Glad I found this, because the majority of information I found talks about migraines & auras with them, but I don't have migraines. So, thank you for this!
Much love,
Kay
Glad you found us, Kay, and that you had such an amazing experience! I actually also experience migraines with auras -- https://drawingsof.com/seeing-sparkles-in-vision-eyes-open/ -- but this article is about something totally different: seeing colors with eyes CLOSED during meditation or bodywork. It's clear there's a whole set of us who experience this, and it's also clear that it has great healing powers!
The past few months I have been trying to understand myself better and actually pay attention to my intuition. I am a believer in spiritual energy but only until recently, have I really been feeling it deeper than ever. It captures my attention in subtle ways. That’s why I am drawn to try to learn & understand. My intuition isn’t new and I believe we all have it. Sometimes we just don’t slow down or recognize it as we should.
About a month ago, I woke up during the night ( definitely AWAKE). As i sat up in bed, eyes wide open in total darkness, loving on my dog and talking to him- I realized my room was filled with different colors in different shapes. I sat there for a few minutes looking around my room in amazement. Shapes & bright colors everywhere. I looked down at my dog and with him was a white light shining. Almost as if he was lite up with a flashlight. I could see him looking up at me knowing I was awake. After a few moments, my dogs wanted outside. I turned on the lamp next to my bed and colors and shapes disappeared.
I’ve tried finding anything on the internet that might explain. Everything I have found is about people dreaming, or seeing a color or shape with their eyes closed or having hallucinations. I’ve never had any kind of hallucination in the past. I’m not on any kind of drugs
(script, street, and/or have alcohol abuse). Your blog is the closest I have found to what I experienced. Do you have any insight, thoughts, or ideas? I haven’t discussed this with anyone because no idea how it would be received. I’m open to any opinions, medical or spiritual. I’m seeking understanding. I’ve wanted it to happen again - I wasn’t fearful at all. I’m a 48 yr old female with 3 sons and married 30 years.
Interesting! I have also experienced that, but more with seeing objects than colors: I can clearly remember times when I've woken up, sat up with eyes open, and very vividly seen things in the air for several sustained minutes, despite being awake. I even remember grasping at them and seeing my hand go through them! This phenomenon is different from what I'm explaining in the article about seeing colors with eyes closed during meditation, but you bring up an important point that it's in the same realm of the mysteries of the brain and body. When that open-eyed visualizing happened to me, I took it more as a continuation of a dream that somehow was able to affect my vision, but I'm open to thinking through other meanings. Appreciate you taking the time to write!
@Lillie Marshall,
I appreciate you writing this post and responding back to me. I’m genuinely grateful to have a place to express the experience I had. Keeping it to myself and not finding anything that directly explains has been challenging. My curiosity about the experience hasn’t left me. Perhaps I was still asleep, but the interaction with my dogs and being totally aware of it all is what stumps me the most.
You're welcome and glad you could join the conversation! I think you were awake, but in a liminal space between dream and fully in the material world: https://drawingsof.com/liminal-space . Again open to other ideas though! Let's keep exploring.
@Lillie Marshall
I just read the link…WOW that helped me make the BEST sense out of my experience. Regardless if I was genuinely awake or asleep, I am definitely on a transitional path of learning more about myself. I’ve spent the past 30 years taking care of my husband & sons in addition to other extended family needs. I’ve been a caregiver for my grandparents, parents, and my mother in law whose all passed on. I know without a doubt I’m growing mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. We all grow as life brings new circumstances. I’m now in a place of taking better care of me and recognizing more of who I am and it’s definitely a form of Awakening/Arriving. I cannot thank you enough for sharing with me. Your writings are beautifully written. I will continue on my path and embrace it all every step of the way.
Whether it’s hindsight or foresight- It’s undoubtedly sight. It doesn’t matter whether your awake, asleep, or meditation. It’s a gift to see
Thank you so much for sharing your powerful experience, and sending you so much good energy!
Hey! I kind of feel like I was reading my own experiences with this! Especially when you referred to seeing white light that looks like lace over a darker background - I see exactly that when I do my own reiki sessions, also on my husband at times. I don’t see purple and yellow, but I do see purple and light blue when meditating. They hover over each other - not perfectly overlapping - and look like ethereal, glowing watercolor splotches. Kind of move in a circle together. I’ve seen purple and black swirling together during one session on myself. I also see colors spin counterclockwise when meditating on my chakras, but the outermost parts kind of remind me of those sparkly, pinwheel things people sometimes put in their lawns. I’m eager to hear about others’ experiences in seeing colors during energy healing as well! 🖤
Wow! Thank you for taking the time to share you experiences. Blue is a color I see far less than others, but I'm starting to see it more as I continue my Reiki practice -- often in a sort of mandala lace form. Keep us posted on what develops in your visions and thinking, and best of luck!
Hi, I just had some healing and for the first time ever I saw such vivid colours! The first was bright yellow/golden and it was swirling around in front of me. This then got taken over by the most vibrant bright purple I have ever seen! But what’s strange is that next the purple became a swirling circle, like a vortex and the yellow was then coming in bursts and travelling into the purple vortex! It was truly amazing and I would absolutely love to know what it means if anyone has any idea! Thanks x
Sounds like you see the same colors and patterns as me! I'm really starting to believe it correlates with spiritual healing, as well as connecting with universal energy. Overall: It's a good thing! I'm curious what others have to say, as well. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience, Alison!
I’m so glad I found this information. I just saw color for the first time today. It was slightly unnerving because it had never happened to me before. I saw purple and indigo. It felt calming and I was lost in it. For four days I have been listening to binaural beats, 15 minutes each day, and think maybe this has something to do with it? Does anyone have experience with this?
Hi Teresa,
Glad you found this, and thank you for sharing your experience! I also listen to binaural beats and think there's definitely a connection. Scientifically, colors are just vibrations, so one interpretation of seeing purple is your brain's vibration is at the frequency that matches that color (which also seems to correlate with the chakra on the body associated with purple). Specific frequency music and sounds like binaural beats could certainly help guide one's brain into the corresponding color frequency... and be relaxing, too!
Fascinating topics and information...I see colors and need/want more information. I have persistently seen one color, and seem to be adding more. Reiki has taught/focused me on seeing more. Thanks for this opportunity to grow...
Glad you found this conversation! I'm curious what is the color you see!
I had reiki today for the first time and saw exactly what you have drawn. I have seen purple and yellow before in like a Kapow shape with some black. It faded as the reiki moved to my legs but intense when working on the top half. I too have wondered about these colours for a while as I can't visualise normally.
So fascinating! Thank you for sharing!
Got solid cobalt blue. A rich blue then some purple with some dark blue or burgundy/orange but then cobalt blue. Tonight was my first time. I started about 2 weeks ago. I personally think it is the alignment of our chakras that we are witnessing. I had my guardian angel align all my chakras and cleanse my aura, because I was going way too slow 🙂 When she was done, I saw the blast of all the colors. This is why I think it’s the alignment we are witnessing. Perhaps the main dominant color (purple for you and the blue for me) is the highest chakra we opened to during that session, or we are always destined to open to?
I started meditating about a month ago and immediately was immersed in colors. I started wondering if it was normal. I start with the green northern lights and then go to purple. The purple appears as the sky and white puffy clouds pass by. Deep into meditation I sometimes see what looks like a violet/purple lake. I just sit back with an empty mind and just watch the show. I also get the spirals sometimes in a counterclockwise motion. Thanks for sharing!
That sounds very much like what I see -- but you're brilliant for drawing the connection to the Northern Lights; I never realized how similar it looks!
For what it’s worth …
Almost 40 years ago I had about 5 or 6 sessions with a hypnotist to stop smoking cigarettes.
Each session began with his soft spoken relaxation countdown with me in a comfortable reclining chair with my eyes closed. The countdown took about 10 minutes or so, and as it progressed he intermittently asked what color I was “seeing”. It wasn’t until I answered “purple” that his suggestions began (which mostly had to do with feeling ever more relaxed and visualizing my not smoking and how good I felt about not smoking).
My typical countdown color sequence was red, followed by blue, then finally purple as I went deeper (and in reverse order as I was gradually “awakened” at the end of the session).
At my first session he hat told me that the significance of purple meant that I was in a completely relaxed state and open to suggestions.
As an aside, I am happy to say I haven’t had a cigarette since then.
This is fascinating! I'm really starting to agree with you that purple indicates a frequency of brain waves that correlates with relaxation and openness to healing. Congrats on your successful hypnosis and quitting!
Yes, I see all the chakra colors exactly as they are described. Red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue and purple. They come to me, move towards my closed eyes in a spiral motion one after another. It happens mainly when I wake up in the morning and before I fall asleep in the evening. I think this I the awakened kundalini. When I do eft tapping session or matrix reimprinting session they almost always end with that rainbow spiral. Once I started doing eft and mp on a regular basis to clear up my energy blockages I even started seeing the colors of people' s emotions. All it takes to be able to see like that is to free energy. It takes a free flow of energy within the body. Less blocked energy= more seeing. Or, more free energy= more seeing.
I agree with you that seeing the colors indicates less blocked, more free energy. I have only just started to get into EFT tapping and this makes me curious to do more. I haven't heard of matrix reimprinting but am headed to look it up now! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your thoughts.
@Lillie Marshall,
I also thank you for sharing your experience as I have wondered how comes all the people around me don't have similar things happening to them. Here is the information for Matrix reimprinting and its author Karl Dawson:
https://www.matrixreimprinting.com/what-is-matrix.aspx
Also Sharon King who is Matrix birth reimprinting practicioner and Melissie Jolly share their discoveries about Melissie's system called Color Mirrors. Sharon has online trainings on the subject.
https://www.magicalnewbeginnings.com/colour-in-the-matrix-online-program/
Meditation is nice and calming but EFT and MP are really powerful and effective yet gentle tools for ensuring free energy flow. Working with colors gives an extra bonus. I've just started to discover for myself the meanings of colors in regards with emotions and in the matrix the information comes directly as I see the color and get its meaning right away. So many more things to learn...
By the way if not all the chakra colors are visible, but only some of them, the reason is simple. We see the colors of the hyperactive chakras mainly. The underactive ones are bearly noticeable. It can be easily checked with a simple chakra test. A crystal pendant on a necklace will do. One needs to hang it from about 10 cm distance over each chakra while laying in a comfortable position. The necklace will start to go round in circles and the bigger the circles the more active the chakra and vice versa. The crown chakra is not quite suitable for doing this test alone so some assistance will be needed there. Each chakra makes the necklace turn in a certain direction and even if you try to make it move in the opposite direction it will resist and once you keep your hand still it will come back to its original direction. Each next chakra has its own direction and switches to the opposite direction of the previous one - their energy moves like a toothed wheels chain. The test should reveal that the colors we see the most are the ones of our most active chakras and the ones we don't see are of the underactive chakras. Seeing colors is not the main purpose of meditation but gives us practically useful information. A hyper or underactive chakra could mean health and emotional issues so it is helpful to be worked on.
Lillie
Can you also explain the meaning of images we see during meditations?
I know there is a site that deals with that but can't find it.
Images of an eye is supposed to be a sign the third eye is opening....
Good question! That will be the topic of upcoming articles. For now I'm still in the research phase, so feel free to share any insights you have.
@Lillie Marshall, hello, I'm very curious about this subject as well, I often see many colors at once, as a child it was primarily gold and black, but the more experience I've had with energy work and meditation fuschia comes up frequently. When others are near me I often see bursts of hot white sometimes blue/gold or green. Lately, the colors have been prone to molding into recognizable shapes vs just dancing blobs and several times now have formed tangible well defined images. I describe these visions as 3-d, as it feels I could nearly grab hold of the object or image. These images usually turn out to be significant (symbolic of something or literal). I just recently went through Reiki 1 and for the 1st time I saw the eyes, wasn't sure what they meant. So anyway, thank you for taking the initiative to share, it's fascinating how we all experience this differently, I look forward tomlearning more as you do!
Krystal, this is fascinating! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences!
Lillie,
How can I thank you enough?
I teach Extra Ocular Vision ( seeing without eyes)
and seeing colours is one way for me to gauge their progress.
They do describe colours and movements but I was not able explain what the colours and movements mean.
I was searching for interpretations.
You have done an amazing job of even showing pictures of the movements
Raymond,
Thank you so much for your kind words -- happy to help! -- and for giving a name to this phenomenon. I'd never heard of "Extra Ocular Vision" before, but that term fits this perfectly. I'm curious to hear more about what you teach!
@RAYMOND, Do you have any resources for someone curious about this training? I'm trying to look it up online/Amazon books/YouTube and finding very little information not related to children.
I've been seeing these for the past 12 years and always wondered about it. It feels soothing and calming, healing even. So i assumed that's what it meant. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I really agree with you that it's calming, soothing, and healing. Yesterday I had a hypnotherapy appointment and WOW did I ever see a ton of purple and yellow-green! The colors were more blotchy than the more even and neat pictures I drew here, and had a shiny and luminous white light to them -- glowing. Indeed, the session was very therapeutic, so these colors are definitely good!
Good day.
I am seeing the same two colours in meditation
No way! What do you make of it?
Thank you so much for writing this article! I see swirling purple and gold, just as you describe, when I meditate or when I’m just waking up in the morning. I can see them with my eyes open or closed. I’ve been wondering about this for a long time!
So glad to help find a community for you of others who experience the same thing! You're not alone!
@Lillie Marshall, Wow...I'm so excited and inspired to be connected with you and this community...thanks so much...
Yes, your art accurately depicts what I usually see! As in it depicts the form of the energy that I see, and the description of the energy flowing and playing is exactly what I experience. Usually when I meditate I see orange red, not infrequently I see white. Pretty infrequently I see a blue or indigo. But this morning I was laying with my girlfriend and when she laid her head on me I started to see purple. They were bursts of circular energy that burst big and bright, then faded/shrank slowly. I don’t think I’ve ever seen purple on my own. I go to a Reiki training class in August, I can’t wait to learn more about this.
You've brought up a great point: I often have my color visions activated by cuddling! What's interesting is the other person usually doesn't see colors, so it's funny that one of us can see the energy but the other can't. Fascinating that you mostly see orange and red. Have you read my other article about what chakras those would be connected to? Curious if those elements resonate with you. Keep us posted on your Reiki training insights, and thanks for taking the time to write!
I’ve been meditating for about 3 months now and recently I’m seeing these really vivid bursts of purple everywhere when I meditate. It’s basically purple with some indigo and white but mostly the purple.. then I read that it was a bad thing and I was devastated..I read it on the internet and my sister said anyone can write anything on there!! Doesn’t make it true! I’m hoping it’s positive because I really feel like somethings been leading me to all these positive things lately like breathing classes and meditation and tv documentaries and certain books with a lot of synchronicities thrown in… so it must be good, right?
Whoa! In what way could it be a bad thing? Judging from the experiences of all who've written here, and my own, it's a good, deep, positive thing!
@Lorraine Walters, I'm nobody, but I wholeheartedly agree with Lillie! Amen to the positive; Nix to the negative!
I was wondering the same thing I experience this as well.
You can see you're not alone!
Thank you for your article. I came across it while searching for similar answers. What I see is purple, but it's in a loosely shaped round form.There is a regular pulse to this. But they are not flowing down, they are flowing out. It's like I am sending out a pulsing signal. The timing of these pulses is always exactly the same, and they're not tied to the beat of my heart, they're slower. They appear large and as they flow out they shrink in size, like fading into the distance, one after another. I once saw a sketch of this on a Kabbalah site several years ago, but I have not been able to locate it again. I'm really curious as to whether anyone else experiences this and whether or not anyone knows exactly what this means.
Thank you,
Gary
I've definitely experienced exactly what you explain: the pulse moving outwards, slower than a heartbeat, but my shapes change, while it seems yours are the same. This is fascinating. As to meaning, do click through to my follow-up article. Let me know if you have trouble finding it.
@Gary, I experience EXACTLY what you do. Usually at meditation or when I sleep at night. Mine is always a rainbow of colors. And there is usually a dark center that grows into a pulse of rainbow colors, completely different from my heartbeat. It’s slower. Maybe 30 beats a minute if I would guess. You put it into words so well my friend.
You are not alone
Thank you for taking the time to reply to Gary, Brice!
I am a massage therapist and counsellor, several of my clients say they see colours when I massage them, can you tell me what this means please? Generally people say the colours are purple, green, blue and white.
I'm fascinated and curious to learn more.
Thank you
Angie
Ah! That's so cool that they've been sharing that experience with you and that you're able to evoke it! Here's my current thinking on the topic: https://drawingsof.com/chakra-colors-healing/ . Curious what others' theories are.
Those are the two colors that I see, every time. First Fushia then a goldish green! Your first photo is spot on. I've seen other colors, but you are right. Usually when I'm with others.
Wow!!! Thank you for sharing your experience, Jee! This is blowing my mind.
I just finished a Reiki 1 course this weekend. During the course while meditating (first time I have seriously deeply meditated), I started to see colours dancing. First purple, then other colours started to appear - green, indigo, blue, yellow, sometimes red orange and white. Also while practising reiki these colours sometimes appeared. The Purple colour seamed to be most prominent in big or small round moving blobs/circles. Then the other colours, mostly green and blue flashed or moved in a similar way to the northern lights dashing across the night sky. Sometimes it was a line of a colour that had another colour tailing behind it, mostly yellow. Also an eye appeared every now and then, like some of the other readers had experienced. I have never experienced this before, it was bizarre and amazing. The other people in my class didn't experience this. Tonight after coming home, I googled this to see if other people have experienced this too. By reading your article followed by reading the comments, I now know that this is a thing! It a amazing feeling to think I was seeing the energy at work and making a spiritual connection. Thank you for your article, It was inspiring, informative and now I will be on a mission to learn more.
Michelle, thank you so much for sharing your experience, and it warms my heart to see how this community of people who experience this beautiful phenomenon are finding each other! Your Northern Lights analogy is perfect. Best of luck and be in touch!
@Lillie Marshall, Hello again...I'm experiencing a Meditnative Mind Set reading on these comments (shared experiences) Thank you...
I've always wondered if seeing these colors was normal or not! Funny enough, we see the same colors, although I get a little white every now and then as well - mine usually undulate kind of like a bird flapping its wings or pulse from the center of my "vision"
I definitely get white, too! Fascinating about seeing wings -- I've never thought about that but will investigate. Pulsing I also see for sure. So interesting!
@Alyssa, Hopefully you will still this response. If the flapping happens quite frequently, maybe try focusing/ encouraging the energy to form. The reason I say this, is it may be a spirit guide (it might help to remind yourself that everyone and everything is made of energy). Quite often I see spirit animals when I meditate but in the early days they took a lot of coaxing and even now some can take time to show or are quite quick to disappear. It is likely they will only show if you are open and ready to accept it, so don't be disappointed if nothing happens. I hope this helps. x
I see purple when I’m in a deep stage of meditation and often wondered why
Thank you, I have been seeing purple, when I do reiki on myself. I always see a Violet color and a beautiful eye of that color. But today I could see the eye and purple violet , green, but today seem special I could see stars and space with the color dancing with the stars.
Fascinating! Several other people have mentioned seeing an eye shape. Wow! I wonder what elicited the new colors for you. Very curious.
@Meme, oh my, me exactly! I’ll see a large eye slowly blinking and shifting in my vision it will morph from purple to green to yellow to blue and then sometimes it opens up and it’s as if I’m seeing stars in space. As if I’m flying through space or maybe like the small dots of sediment when you see Light shining through deep ocean spaces, like on the National Geographic Channel.
@Meme, Do you think you possibly went to another realm? Try looking at Earth Angels. Doreen Virtue (unfortunately no longer spiritual) done a really helpful little book on earth angels and different realms - there may be one that rings true to you. Light and love x
I love how the universe sends me directly to what I need to read. Thank you to the author of this article.
So glad it was helpful! Here's the author and the universe giving you a supportive hug!
Thank you for this. I have begun to meditate more/take it more seriously and I have been having many colors. I’m glad to know it is normal. I have seen white, purple, blue, green, yellow and a brief wispy red once. The first time I saw a color was when I was meditating with a Tibetan singing bowl and the practitioner brought the bowl close to my ear and bam explosion of blue.
WOW! What a vivid example of how this phenomenon works! Interesting that a SINGING bowl would activate the color for the throat chakra which is about voice and communication (blue). Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences! If you have a moment, can you click over to my next article about this -- https://drawingsof.com/chakra-colors-healing/ -- and see if any other colors you've seen have matched the ideas behind their corresponding chakras?
Hi Lillie!
I'm so happy someone is talking about this! I too see mainly the violet/gold combo that you see. Sometimes the gold can become a little green as you described and sometimes the violet is varying shades some closer to blue, sometimes closer to magenta, but mostly I see a deep violet and with a yellow/gold/green. I am not sure when it started, but I definitely can recall it from at least most of my adult life. I actually can call on it at will and it will appear in my mind's eye with my eyes closed or with my eyes open, either way! When my eyes are open I can still see or be aware of my surroundings, it is more like an light overlay of color. It is lighter than when my eyes are closed. Your art depicts what I see nearly perfectly! And yes, there is a fading in and out and back and forth of the colors. I like to think it is healing and positive because it is very calming to me. Also, I wonder if those are the predominant colors in my aura or something like that, but I don't really know. It is interesting how different people see different colors.
Thank you!
Your description is so spot on, and I'm thrilled this article resonates. I'm also inspired and intrigued that you can call up the colors whenever you want. I'm not at that point yet -- it's a little hit or miss for when they show up, though acupuncture and Reiki are 100% effective. Makes me so curious what can be cultivated in this with practice, and also curious to research more about your aura question.
Hi there I've been doing some pretty intense meditations and have been seeing purple and gold. The purple looks like very...very elegant smoke while the gold/yellow seems to radiate like an aura and envelope me.
Chris, thank you for taking the time to share your experience! Your description really resonates: "elegant smoke" and radiating like an aura to envelop for sure!
@Camille, I wondered if the color was part of my aura too. Ik I do have purple in it almost every time I see it
Great article!!! I too have seen these dancing patterns and see a lot of purple especially when I am in need of gods help or really deep in prayer. The purple always forms in somewhat of a cloudy line down each of the corners of wherever I am and all around the top and bottom perimeter of the 4 walls. I mostly saw these dancing patterns when I was trying to sleep and I always bought they were SO ANNOYING because I’d be trying to sleep and it would literally keep me up at night because it never shut off. I’ve been experiencing with auras and trying to see energy and colors around my hands and now I have these dancing patterns that generate from my fingertips!! How cool to
Find someone else who had experienced these things. THANKS so much for sharing!
WOW! Thanks for sharing your experience with seeing colors! So interesting that it's moved from being perceived as "annoying" to important and spiritual! You bring up an important word with the term "aura." Makes me realize I need to do another post covering migraine auras of sparkly white (different from this kind of seeing colors) and the Instagram account @WeAreAuraAura who has a technique to photograph the colors of energy around people (I think somewhat related to what we're experiencing, but seems overall different.
I'm wondering if someone can tell me why I see colors all the time. Pinks, blues, green, yellow usually. I see them when I'm just watching tv or talking or anything. I'm not sure what it means or what to do with it. Is it to heal myself or does it mean something different? I look forward to seeing what it could be. Thank you!
Hi Katie,
It sounds like you're experiencing something different than this article is talking about because you're seeing colors all the time, not just during meditation. It's possible you may have a cool thing called synesthesia where your brain links visual hues to non-visual things like sounds or emotions. Here is more about this phenomenon: https://www.apa.org/monitor/mar01/synesthesia . Does this sound like what you experience?
Thanks so much for sharing!
I was researching the possible meaning for seeing purple and yellow during meditation and found someone who experiences the same as me. I see yellow and purple light moving and playing in the same way you’ve shown. They seem to be my default colours as well. I’m curious about what that really means.
Only a few times have I seen other colours like green and blue when I’ve set my intentions to meditate on my heart/compassion or on my throat/voice.
It’s very interesting to me that we each see different colours more effortlessly and what we can learn about ourselves from that. Could it be that the colours we see with more ease are the energies that are stronger or more present in us. I wonder if we can change that through meditating on and cultivating other energies.
Hi Izzy! I see you've found my second, follow-up article on this -- https://drawingsof.com/chakra-colors-healing/ -- and totally agree with you! I left an additional comment for you over there, but over here you add a very useful part to this puzzle by sharing that indeed you see green or blue (for example) when focusing on those chakras. It really makes me wonder what we can develop through consciously cultivating this practice. Thanks for taking the time to write!
I've been seeing the colors of purple and gold for years. I've always perceived them to be healing colors. I first began seeing them during craniosacral therapy and myofascial release therapy. If I see red, it was always associated with pain, unfortunately. Now during either of those therapies or meditation I always see purple and gold. It's very soothing. I am glad to hear that others experience this too.
So glad to hear from another person who has seen this! I really agree with you that the colors must be something having to do with healing. I've been doing some reading about chakra colors and meanings and am planning a follow-up article soon. Thanks for taking the time to write!
Hi Lillie ~
I'm a 5-foot tall (lol) Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC via AFCPE.org), Licensed Religious Science Practitioner (RScP), and Reiki Master who has been pursuing a spiritual path since forever. =)
Guess what? I'm also grateful to find your two-sense along with all the comments. Thank you for posting! Wow!! We're in it together!!!
I started noticing that I was seeing colors the other day. They look like the colors you drew and others described.
When I saw the patterns today during Meditation I just had to see if it was happening to anyone else and what the colors might mean:
We are One, in all-ways, All-One, never "alone".
peace
~ pj
Wow!!! Thank you for taking the time to write this lovely comment! Sending you the best as we investigate this magical mystery.
@PJ Gunter,
Sounds like you're opening to an expanded experience of God, the Universe, and Spirit...
Thank you for this! I've seen the color yellow many times during meditation. At my first reiki session, my practitioner mentioned my 3rd chakra is prominent. I concluded its my dominant chakra as I sometimes struggle or thrive within it! Today was the first time I saw purple in my mediation. I released myself to the universe with love and excitement asking for any messages - nothing in particular. I learned so much in those 10 minutes. It's as if I was having conversations with myself. When I noticed the color purple it was reassurance that I was touched by the universe as it sent me messages and advice. I then started to see yellow as well, and your pictures help describe just how it looked! I googled "seeing purple in meditation" and this is the first article I read and my, how it resonates with me. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your experience, Aileen! I really agree with you that the color that shows up is correlated with the type of healing that's happening and dominant, and have been realizing that my yellow might be connected to my dominant 3rd chakra confidence trait. I hadn't figured out the purple as much (I'm still in the middle of a chakra healing course and haven't gotten that far yet), but what you describe of purple being love and healing from the universe -- third-eye chakra correlated with wisdom -- is so well put!
I tend to see mainly purple, but also often the greenish gold you mention when doing breathwork and somatic practices. They swirl in a constant movement, like passing through veils and seem to be mostly emitting from the are of the third eye. If I let them be there, without consciously thinking about it too much, they tend to spread projecting outwards. I always thought its just my own perception, but reading your article I related very strongly to the experience you describe. I‘m super curious if this perception is related to visual perception or tapping deeper into neural networks inside the brain.
WOW!!!! I'm so curious too!!!! Thank you for taking the time to comment. I certainly feel less alone!
I struggle with debilitating anxiety and these color meditations help me tremendously, especially during a panic attack. Thank you for shedding light on this important issue. Our mental health is everything.
It's been fascinating reading research about how meditation and mindfulness exercises (including visualizations and breathing) can help with anxiety, depression, and more.
As I went through the article and the comments I am stunned. There was a time when i did meditation regularly and saw eyes, angry at first then slowly calm down. So much that the prefect asked me if I see eyes. Now I rarely meditate so your article is telling me to start regularly. Thanks
WOW! Thank you for sharing this mindfulness experience. I'm curious to hear what happens as you get back into meditation. Our bodies really have a way of healing and caring for us, sometimes in surprising ways.
Come to think of it, I don't remember focusing or noticing or even aware of any color while meditating. I am usually concentrating on breathing and absorbing the energy in my environment. I also have a busy mind so maybe that is distracting me from colours.... Anyway, you are making me think I should try and be more aware of it next time I meditate...
I think we all have different areas of deep insight or superpowers. My spouse has an intense level of auditory processing, so when he meditates he doesn't see things visually, but rather hears music and other beautiful and insightful things. Every person is unique!
@Lillie Marshall,
Agreed!
How interesting! Meditating more is one of my goals for 2021!
A worthy goal! This article from my other site might help: https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/starting-daily-meditation-insight-timer-review/ . It explains what finally helped me get into the daily meditation habit after years of not being able to stick with it.
Such a lovely article! I absolutely loved your story on how you first realized the purpose of color movements!
Glad you enjoyed reading!
Woah this is so interesting! I didn't know that seeing colors had any purpose. I also see purple quite frequently!
I'm so excited to see I'm not alone in seeing indigo!
This is so interesting, thank you for sharing your experiences! I love the combination of purple and gold!
It's a very pleasing combination of hues. I've been noticing where I see the indigo-yellow combination out in the world, because when brands or artists use it, it makes me wonder if they also experience this phenomenon.
This is so interesting! I'm not sure if I've ever been relaxed enough to have this happen. But, a few years ago I was having ongoing problems getting to sleep, so I decided to try valerian tea. I did see swirling colors whenever I opened my eyes as I was trying to fall asleep. I was so disconcerted that I never tried the tea again - but maybe I WAS just relaxed!
Whoa! I don't know much about valerian tea so I'm googling it now... fascinating!
I'm only just beginning with mindfulness meditation. I do see colors occasionally, though mine are usually blue and yellow. I had never puzzled out what that might mean. This is really fascinating!
Ooo -- another blue seer! Check out the earlier comments by readers who've also experienced that, along with info on which chakra it might represent, and meaning.
Cool. I see blue. Like a cobalt blue color. Usually in a dot that moves and sometimes cycles out like a cyclone.
Haven’t been able to find out why. Some people said it was called a blue pearl but didn’t elaborate on the real significance. Just said I was tapped into a higher state of meditation.
It’s cool that yours followed the direction of that treatment. Fascinated by this.
So interesting that you and Stephanie both posted about blue color! I'm searching "blue pearl meditation" now and finding a whole world of energy analysis out there. Thank you for sharing your experience!
After a month of consistent meditation, I have began seeing purple and blue and for some reason visualize these colors "above me" from my head onward. I do feel like I am reaching a point of clarity in my life at the same time that these colors arrived
Fascinating! Blue would be the fifth chakra: Throat Chakra. So cool that the color seems to come when thoughts or energy shifts for you.