17/03/2026
Chromatomancy is divination by colour. Colour plays a large part in our lives and scientists claim different shades impact our moods. We choose candles by colour for our spells based on the correspondences they have. We're drawn to crystals often by their pigmentation and our very energy centres (chakras) are assigned a colour. Our emotional states are defined by them, green with envy or white with fear for example. The majority of us have a favourite shade or one we dislike. We spend hours debating over which colours to have in our homes, which ones to wear and some of us what colour hair dye to choose. Many consider certain ones lucky or unlucky. Colour is everywhere and ever present in history and within religious practices too.
It exists due to three things: The sensitivity of the retina, the interaction of light with the environment and the light or vibration of the body. This is why some of us see colours differently, hence the whole blue/black or white/gold dress fiasco in 2015. Psychoanalyst Oscar Pfister created a pyramid of colours, which he used to diagnose psychological conditions, Freud used this principle in his research.
The principle of chromatomancy is that colour can be used for self healing purposes or predictions. It uses eight colours red, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, grey and black. Each one has designated strengths, weaknesses and astrological associations. You choose them in order and based on which is first etc, this will predict or reveal your current state and where your life is headed. There are two types of readings, ' who am I?' and 'what's in store for me'.
The first is generally not used regularly, but rather a yearly check up if you will. Using the method too frequently influences the outcome as the colours become too familiar. The second can be used more often, much like other forms of divination. Pfisters research relates to the 'who am I spread' and has psychological merit. Marie Louise Von Franz, assistant to Jung, considered the 'what is in store for me spread' nothing more than a divinatory game and "meaningful chance". What do you think? How do you use colour in your day to day life? Do you think you can predict the future with chromatomancy?
The images show the 'who am I' reading and the 'what is in store for me' reading.