Drawing mandalas is an activity that people of all ages enjoy, as it is relaxing, fun and expressive, although drawing or painting is only part of it.
The other part is coloring the mandalas, but what shades to choose? If you want to paint mandalas with meaning, You must know what each color represents, and combine them based on it.
Mandala colors according to the chakras
Mandalas being spiritual symbols of Buddhist and Hindu culture, many of the colors used to paint are associated with the chakras:
- Red. It represents the first chakra, the color par excellence of love, sensuality, passion, resistance, conquest and strength, although equally related to hate.
- Orange. Energy and optimism, mainly, are what most represent the second chakra, without leaving aside ambition, courage, confidence and tolerance.
- Yellow. The third chakra is widely associated with energy and light precisely from the sun, as well as liberation, wisdom and freedom, sometimes envy.
- Green. The word that best fits the fourth chakra is balance, by nature, also will, healing, integrity and hope.
- Blue. The fifth chakra represents serenity, security and freedom by dyeing environments that reflect it such as the sea or the sky, rarely boring or depressing.
- Violet. We see with this color the sixth chakra, which most represents spirituality, mysticism and magic, which at the same time generates inspiration.
- Pink. It is the seventh and last chakra that indicates charm, sociability and communication, as well as love, kindness and balance.
Other colors to use in mandalas
In addition to the colors related to the chakras, you have a much broader color palette with more meanings for your mandalas:
- White. It is par excellence the color of purity, innocence, peace and freedom, which combines with all the others.
- Black. We have another color that matches all the tones, which is equal to mystery, depth and elegance.
- Grey. It is located in the middle of black and white, combining the best for its seriousness, order, calm and elegance.
- Sky blue. It is a bright and beautiful tone that provides freshness, being a relaxing and calm-inducing color.
- Brown. Among the two words that stand out the most in brown, we have stability and firmness, adding nature.
Tips for coloring mandalas
In addition to the meaning of each color for mandalas, their conjugation is important to provide a good image. Keep these tips in mind:
- You can take advantage of the white sheet on which you paint your mandalas to leave some areas unpainted, and have a minimal presence of white.
- The black color works well to refine details within the same structure of the mandalas, as well as in small areas.
- Apply colors alternating between the strongest ones and the lighter ones, to be able to highlight the first ones you have colored.
- Try different types of colors, for example, crayons, watercolors, paints, chalk, markers, to see different results.