Crystal Colours

Learn about the healing properties of crystals through the 10 different colour groups.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• HOW IT WORKS
• CRYSTALS & THE CHAKRAS
• THE BIG 10
• PINK & PEACH CRYSTALS
• RED & ORANGE CRYSTALS
• YELLOW & GOLD CRYSTALS
• GREEN CRYSTALS
• TURQUOISE CRYSTALS
• BLUE & INDIGO CRYSTALS
• PURPLE CRYSTALS
• EARTHY CRYSTALS
• BLACK, GREY & SILVER CRYSTALS
• WHITE & CLEAR CRYSTALS
• SUMMARY

Introduction

Welcome to Crystal Colours Healing Properties!

Imagine being able to pick up ANY crystal in the world and immediately being able to say what its basic healing properties are. Sounds awesome, right? Well, there’s a super easy way to do this!

When you first start working with crystals from an energetic perspective, figuring out “which crystal is for what” can feel like an impossible task. With thousands of stones, memorising individual crystal properties is simply impractical. Instead, let’s learn the healing properties of crystal colours.

Ten colour groups, ten sets of healing properties. And boom – you now know the basic healing properties of any stone in the world, just by assessing its colour!

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How It Works

The basic premise of this method is that there are healing properties in colour (think colour therapy), and that all crystals of a certain colour therefore share certain energetic properties.

Let’s call them baseline properties. While every individual crystal has unique and special healing capabilities, what you can call “specialisations” in what they can do, they will also have a baseline of properties.

For example, let’s look at these 3 pink crystals: Rose Quartz, Rhodochrosite, and Pink Andean Opal.

• Rose Quartz can teach the essence of true love, and help bring love back into an existing relationship.
• Rhodochrosite can assist in healing from sexual abuse and feeling un-loveable and unworthy of love.
• Pink Andean Opal is incredibly calming and nurturing, and can offer deep hearted support during a spiritual awakening.

These are their specialised healing properties that they are known to be best at. But they also share a common set of healing properties. All three of these pink crystals have healing properties related to the heart chakra, relationships, love, self-love, peace, compassion, and empathy. When you look at their specialisations, you can see this baseline in them too.

If you were to come across a pink Opal for the first time, you’d immediately know some of what it can do, just by being aware of its colour group’s healing properties. Or if you were wanting a crystal specifically to help you work on any matter related to the heart, say, self love, you’d know you need a pink crystal.

Crystals which have more than one colour invariably have a mix of the properties of the various colours present.

Crystals & The Chakras

The human body has 7 main chakra centres where it takes in and releases energy. We cover a bit of this in our free CRYSTAL BASICS course, in lesson 3: CRYSTALS AND ENERGY. Each chakra is associated with a colour, and various energetic properties.

For example, the third eye chakra is generally seen as purple or indigo (dark purple-blue). The third eye chakra has to do with psychic abilities, intuition, visualisation, imagination, connection, self-knowledge, and so on. Purple and indigo crystals are generally aligned with the third eye chakra. So any crystal you pick up that is purple or indigo will have some or all of these properties in its baseline.

This is one way to start working with the crystal colour groups. Let’s move on to the big 10.

New to the chakras? Read our article

THE CHAKRAS FOR BEGINNERS

THE BIG 10

These 10 colour groups are based on the work of the late Judy Hall, one of the modern world’s crystal healing pioneers, and author of many well known crystal books (my favourite being The Crystal Bible). Without further ado, they are:

1. PINK: Peach and pink
2. RED: Red and orange
3. YELLOW: Yellow, cream and gold
4. GREEN: All green
5. TURQUOISE: Green-blue and turquoise
6. BLUE: Blue and indigo
7. PURPLE: Purple, lavender and violet
8. EARTHY: Brown and earth toned
9. BLACK: Black, grey and silver
10. WHITE: White and clear

1. Pink Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Heart, Sacral
KEYWORDS	Love, Comfort, Nurturing
COLOUR RANGE	Pink to peach

Pink crystals resonate unconditional love and work with our heart chakra. Comforting and calming, they help us to relax and release anxiety. They are amazing emotional healers; helping us forgive, let go and overcome loss, while allowing us to tune into the vibration of universal love.

Crystals that are peach in colour are gentle energizers that unite the heart and the sacral chakra – combining love with action. This colour group is perfect for wearing for long periods of time.

2. Red Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Root, Sacral
KEYWORDS	Stimulation, Creativity, Action
COLOUR RANGE	Red to Orange

Red crystals resonate with the root and sacral chakra, energizing us and spurring us into action. These crystals relight the fires of our libido and stimulate our creativity. They are extremely stimulating and best for short-term use.

Orange crystals are the colour of vitality, and resonate with the energy of the sun – working with our sacral chakra. They stimulate both creativity and assertiveness – giving us the inspiration and grounding to get things done.

3. Yellow Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Solar Plexus, Crown
KEYWORDS	Uplifting, Warming, Intellect
COLOUR RANGE	Yellow, cream, gold

This colour group resonates with the sun and intellect.

Yellow crystals work with the solar plexus chakra, balancing emotion and intellect. These crystals are wonderful for cheering us up in the winter months by bringing us the warmth and energy of the sun.

Gold crystals represent wealth and abundance. They can also give courage and confidence. Gold is sometimes used to depict the Crown Chakra.

4. Green Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Heart
KEYWORDS	Healing, Growth
COLOUR RANGE	All shades of green, e.g lime, sage, forest, olive, army

Green crystals resonate with the heart chakra, giving us emotional healing and inspiring more compassion. Green is the predominant colour of nature, which is calming and soothing. This colour group is also associated with growth and growing, attracting abundance, and general healing.

5. Turquoise Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Heart, Throat, Third Eye
KEYWORDS	Higher Communication, Peace
COLOUR RANGE	Turquoise, Green-Blue, Aqua, Teal

Turquoise coloured crystals resonates with higher levels of being. Communication, both physically and energetically.

This colour group stimulates spiritual awareness and our metaphysical abilities. They instil a profound sense of peace and relaxation.

Working with the third eye, these crystals unite the heart with our intuition.

6. Blue Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Throat, Third Eye
KEYWORDS	Communication, Expression, Spiritual Identity
COLOUR RANGE	Blue to Indigo

Blue crystals resonate with the throat chakra and are the best stones to stimulate self-expression.

These crystals bring spirits of light to assist us and counteract darkness.

Indigo crystals link to the highest states of consciousness. They stimulate intuition and metaphysical abilities.

Placed on the third eye chakra, they are said to bring about a “mystical perception” of the world, whilst placed at the soma chakra (a minor chakra above the third eye) they help us find our spiritual identity.

7. Purple Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Crown, Third Eye
KEYWORDS	Spiritual, Higher Self
COLOUR RANGE	Purple, Lavender, Violet

Purple crystals resonate with the crown chakra and are known to be of a very spiritual nature. They encourage a sense of selflessness in serving others.

Lavender and violet crystals have a lighter and finer vibration that links to the highest state of awareness. Associated to the third eye, this colour group can enhance psychic abilities, linking the third eye and crown to enhance communication with higher self and higher level energy.

8. The Earthy Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Root, Earth Star
KEYWORDS	Grounding, Stability, Cleansing
COLOUR RANGE	Browns and earth tones, e.g. tan, umber, wood, cinnamon, ruddy red browns, green browns, clay shades

Brown & earthy colour crystals are connected with the earth chakra and resonate cleansing and purifying energy.

These crystals are both grounding and protective.

They are able to absorb negative energy and harmful substances, while bringing us stability.

9. Black Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Earth Star
KEYWORDS	Protection, Grounding, Shielding
COLOUR RANGE	Black to Grey to Silver

Black crystals are strongly protective because they trap negative energy and transform it, making them also excellent detoxifiers. 

Silver crystals can deflect negative and unwanted energy and strengthen the body’s natural protective shield. 

10. White Crystals Colour Group

CHAKRA ALIGNMENT	Soul Star, Crown, Moon
KEYWORDS	Purifying, Charging, Divine Source
COLOUR RANGE	White to Clear

White and clear/colourless crystals carry the vibration of pure light, linking to the highest realms of being, and resonate with the crown chakra. They can provide a direct line of incoming energy from Divine Source.

These crystals are extremely powerful energizers, purifying and healing our auras and radiating energy out into our environments.

In Summary

You now know the 10 crystal colour groups and their healing properties! This baseline will help you know the basic healing properties for any crystal in the world.

As you progress on your crystal journey, you’ll find favourites that you’ll remember much more specific information for.

And of course, these colour groups are a fantastic way to narrow down the search when looking for a specific purpose. 

On our online shop, you can filter crystals by their colour groups, so you can filter to see all the crystals currently available in the colour group you’re looking for 🙂