Aura Colors and Meanings

Maybe a friend said your energy feels blue. Maybe a reader mentioned a flash of gold around you. Or maybe you're just curious what your own colors might say about you. Whatever brought you here, this guide gives you a simple meaning for every aura color, all in one place.

If you're new to auras, start with our guide on what an aura is. If you already know the basics, the chart below is the quickest way to find your color.

Aura Color Chart

Aura colors line up closely with the colors of your chakras, the energy centers inside the body. That's why each color above is linked to a chakra. See our guide to the 7 chakra colors and meanings, or learn the difference between an aura and a chakra.

What Each Aura Color Means

Red Aura

Red is linked with energy, passion, and courage. People with red auras are often bold, confident, and driven to act. A dark or muddy red can point to frustration or stress. Read the full guide to the red aura meaning.

Orange Aura

Orange is linked with creativity, joy, and social energy. People with orange auras are often adventurous and fun to be around. A burnt orange can point to burnout. Read the full guide to the orange aura meaning.

Yellow and Gold Aura

Yellow is linked with optimism, confidence, and a curious mind. Gold is a deeper shade tied to wisdom and spiritual growth, often seen in natural teachers and kind leaders. Read the full guide to the yellow and gold aura meaning.

Green Aura

Green is linked with compassion, growth, and balance. People with green auras are often caring and drawn to helping others. Read the full guide to the green aura meaning.

Teal and Turquoise Aura

Teal and turquoise sit between green and blue, so they carry a bit of both. They're linked with compassion and calm, honest communication. People with a teal aura are often natural helpers who know how to say the right thing at the right time.

You'll often find teal in teachers, counselors, nurses, and coaches. They care deeply, like green, and they explain things clearly, like blue. The challenge is that teal can take on too much of other people's stress. Making time to rest keeps this color bright.

Blue Aura

Blue is linked with calm, honesty, and loyalty. People with blue auras are often great listeners and steady friends. Light blue points to peace, while dark blue points to deep wisdom. Read the full guide to the blue aura meaning.

Indigo Aura

Indigo is a deep blue violet, and it's linked with strong intuition and inner knowing. It ties to the third eye chakra, the center of insight. People with indigo auras often sense things before they happen or just know when something feels off.

Indigo people tend to be thoughtful, sensitive, and drawn to big questions about life and purpose. They can feel out of step with the world at times, because they see things differently. They often trust their gut more than rules. Indigo is usually described as one of the rarest aura colors.

If you think you might have an indigo aura, learning to trust that inner voice is a good place to start. Our guide to meditating to increase intuition can help.

Purple and Violet Aura

Purple is linked with spiritual insight, imagination, and a strong inner life. People with purple auras are often creative, intuitive, and drawn to the bigger picture. Read the full guide to the purple aura meaning.

Pink and Magenta Aura

Pink is linked with love, kindness, and emotional sensitivity. Magenta, a mix of pink and purple, is tied to creativity and originality. Read the full guide to the pink aura meaning.

White Aura

White is linked with peace, clarity, and a strong spiritual connection. It's often described as one of the rarest aura colors. Read the full guide to the white aura meaning.

Silver Aura

Silver is a bright, shimmering shade linked with intuition, fresh ideas, and spiritual awakening. People with a silver aura are often open minded and quick to pick up on new possibilities. Some readers see silver when someone is going through a period of growth or a big change in perspective.

Silver is sometimes linked with abundance too, in the sense of feeling open to good things coming your way. A bright silver is a hopeful color. A dull or gray silver can point to feeling unsure about which way to go.

Gray Aura

Gray is usually read as tiredness, worry, or feeling stuck between choices. It often shows up during long stretches of stress, when you're running on empty or holding back how you really feel.

Gray isn't a bad sign, and it doesn't mean anything is wrong with you. It's better seen as a signal to slow down, rest, and take care of yourself. Most people move through a gray phase at some point, and it tends to brighten as life eases. These signs you may need to clear your energy can help you check in with yourself.

Brown Aura

Brown is an earthy color linked with being grounded, practical, and hard working. People with a brown aura are often reliable and focused on building something real, like a home, a business, or a steady routine. It ties to the root chakra, the center of stability.

A clear, warm brown is a sign of someone who feels settled and knows what matters to them. A muddy brown can point to feeling stuck or too focused on work and worry. Time outdoors and simple grounding habits help brown energy feel steady instead of heavy.

Black Aura

Black or very dark tones are usually read as low energy, such as grief, stress, or exhaustion. Black is also linked with protection in some traditions. It isn't a bad omen. Read the full guide to the black aura meaning.

Rainbow Aura

A rainbow aura shows many colors at once. It's linked with people who have many gifts and a strong spiritual side. It's described as one of the rarest auras. Read the full guide to the rainbow aura meaning.

What Do Light, Bright, and Dark Shades Mean?

The shade of a color matters as much as the color itself. Here's a simple way to read any shade:

Bright and clear: Healthy, balanced energy. You're in a good place with that part of your life.
Light or pale: Gentle energy, new beginnings, or something just starting to grow.
Deep and rich: Strong, focused energy and maturity.
Muddy, dull, or dark: Stress, tiredness, or feelings you're holding back. It's a sign to rest and care for yourself, not a warning.

Can You Have More Than One Aura Color?

Yes. Most people have a mix of colors, with one or two standing out more than the rest. You might have a main color that reflects your personality and a second color that reflects what's going on in your life right now. For example, someone with a mostly green aura might show some gray during a stressful month.

Do Aura Colors Change?

They do. Your main aura color tends to stay fairly steady over time, but the shades and secondary colors can shift with your mood, relationships, and life events. A hard week can make your aura look dimmer. A happy season can make it look brighter and wider.

What Is the Rarest Aura Color?

Indigo, white, and rainbow auras are usually described as the rarest. Silver and a strong, clear gold are also considered uncommon. Blue and green are usually described as the most common aura colors.

How to Find Your Aura Color

There are a few simple ways to start:

Notice your feelings. Think about which colors you're drawn to and which descriptions above sound most like you.
Try a mirror exercise. Stand in soft light in front of a plain white wall, relax your eyes, and look just past the edge of your head and shoulders.
Practice regularly. Most people sense a faint haze or feeling before they ever see bright color. Our guide on how to see auras walks you through it step by step.
Ask a reader. Many psychics sense aura energy through intuition, even over the phone.

Aura Color Questions

What do aura colors mean?
Each color is linked with a kind of energy. Red means passion, orange means creativity, yellow means optimism, green means compassion, blue means calm, indigo means intuition, purple means spiritual insight, pink means love, and white means peace.

What is the rarest aura color?
Indigo, white, and rainbow are usually described as the rarest. Silver and a strong gold are also uncommon.

What does an indigo aura mean?
Indigo is linked with deep intuition and inner knowing. It ties to the third eye chakra.

What does a gray aura mean?
Gray is usually read as tiredness, worry, or feeling stuck. It's a signal to rest, not a bad sign.

What does a brown aura mean?
Brown is linked with being grounded, practical, and hard working. A muddy brown can point to feeling stuck.

What does a silver aura mean?
Silver is linked with intuition, new ideas, and spiritual awakening.

Can your aura color change?
Yes. Your main color tends to stay steady, but shades and secondary colors shift with your mood and life events.

Can a psychic see my aura colors?
Many psychics sense aura energy through intuition, even over the phone. A reading is one perspective to help you understand yourself, and you're always in charge of your own path.

If you'd like to talk it through with someone experienced, our readers offer private, one on one phone readings in a comfortable, nonjudgmental setting. We're a completely independent psychic service, helping people since 1991.