Crystal Colors – Meaning, Uses, & Healing Properties

Of course, every crystal is different, but different crystal colors tend to resonate with a different part of our energy system and bring their own energy into our lives. Let’s take a look at the ten main crystal colors and their meanings and healing powers, as well as some of the most popular stones of each color.

Red Crystals

Red crystals represent blood, physical energy, vitality, love, passion, and sexual desire, as well as courage, willpower, ambition, aggression, and assertiveness. They’re most often associated with mars; the planet of action in astrology, and the element of fire, which governs passion, light, warmth, and power, as well as the root chakra.

The root chakra is the first chakra in the body, located at the base of the spine. It represents our connection to the physical world; in terms of our physical health, our relationship with nature, and our abundance and security in the material and financial world.

It also helps us to feel safe and to fulfill our basic needs in everyday life. Red crystals shouldn’t be used by people who are struggling with anger issues, as they may add fuel to the fire.

Popular Red Crystals:

• Red Jasper
• Garnet
• Ruby
• Garnet

 Orange Crystals

Orange crystals represent manifestation, fertility, virility, sexual energy, and creativity, as well as charisma and lust for life. They’re most often associated with the Sun; which represents the soul in astrology, and the element of fire, as well as the sacral chakra.

The sacral chakra is the second chakra in the body, located in the pelvic region. It governs our sexuality, sensuality, creativity, passion, and pleasure, giving us body confidence in our physical body and fueling our sense of adventure in life.

Popular Orange Crystals:

• Carnelian
• Amber
• Citrine
• Sunstone

 Yellow Crystals

Yellow crystals represent joy, positivity, optimism, and confidence. They’re most often associated with the planet mercury; which represents logic and communication in astrology, and the element of fire, as well as the solar plexus chakra.

The solar plexus is the third chakra in the body, located in the stomach area. It governs our sense of purpose, self-esteem, and self-worth, as well as our happiness, digestion, and metabolism. These are great stones to use for following your dreams.

Popular Yellow Crystals:

• Yellow jade
• Yellow jasper
• Yellow aventurine
• Yellow garnet

 Green Crystals

Green crystals represent nurturing, self-respect, luck prosperity, growth, and harmony, as well as releasing negative emotions like anger and jealousy. They’re most often associated with both the planet Earth astrologically and the element of Earth spiritually, which represent purpose and grounding, as well as the heart chakra.

The heart chakra is the fourth chakra in the body, located in the chest area. It governs our unconditional love for ourselves and others, as well as our compassion, forgiveness, and our ability to heal ourselves and others. These are great stones for people who want to improve their relationships, manifest money, luck, or success, and heal themselves from past trauma or self-loathing.

Popular Green Crystals:

• Moss Agate
• Green Adventurine
• Jade
• Emerald

 Blue Crystals

Blue crystals bring truth, peace, and communication. They’re most often associated with the planet Jupiter, which represents healing, fortune, and miracles, and the elements of water and air, which represent sensitivity, intuition, and communication respectively, as well as the throat chakra.

The throat chakra is the fifth chakra in the body, located in the throat area. It governs our sense of identity, honesty, communication, and creative expression. They’re great stones to use for finding yourself, finding your voice, and combating social anxiety.

Popular Blue Crystals:

• Blue Lace Agate
• Lapis Lazuli
• Turquoise
• Labradorite

 Pink Crystals

Pink crystals represent love, healing, friendship, and femininity. They’re most often associated with the planet Venus, which represents romance, and the element of Earth, as well as the heart chakra. They’re great stones for people who want to heal their deep emotional traumas, enhance their feminine energy, or manifest new love.

Popular Pink Crystals:

• Rose Quartz
• Lepidolite
• Rhodochrosite
• Kunzite

 Purple Crystals

Purple crystals are very mystical stones. They’re associated with the planet Neptune, which represents spirituality, as well as the element of water and the third eye chakra. The third eye is the sixth chakra in the body located in-between the eyebrows and it governs our spiritual intuition and psychic abilities, so they’re great stones to meditate and manifest with.

Popular Purple Crystals:

• Amethyst
• Lolite
• Auralite
• Tanzanite

White Crystals

White or clear crystals represent cleansing, purification, divinity, and spiritual growth. They’re also associated with the Moon and Uranus, both of which have purifying energies, and the crown chakra, which is the seventh chakra located at the top of our heads and represents our connection to the divine.

These are great stones for cleansing the energy of yourself and your home or improving your relationship with the spiritual world.

Popular White Crystals:

• Clear Quartz
• Selenite
• Moonstone
• Diamond

Black Crystals

Black crystals are usually protective crystals that can be used to protect their surroundings from negative energies, or even transform them into positive energies. They’re associated with Pluto, the planet of the underworld, as well as the element of Earth and the root chakra.

Popular Black Crystals:

• Black Tourmaline
• Black Obsidian
• Shungite
• Jet

Brown Crystals

Brown crystals represent grounding, stability, and security in the home, body, and family, as well as connection to nature. They are associated with the planet Saturn which represents practicality and responsibility, and the element of Earth, as well as the root chakra.

Popular Brown Crystals:

• Smoky Quartz
• Aragonite
• Brown Agate
• Bronzite