Color Psychology Series- Yellow: A Story the Mind Begins to Shine
Yellow: A Story the Mind Begins to Shine
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So, by now you know about Red and Orange. After orange taught your soul how to feel, yellow stepped forward to teach it how to decide.
It did not rush like red, nor flow like orange. Yellow arrived like the first morning light. It’s vibrant, clear, sharp, and illuminates everything it touches. Yellow is the color of the rising sun, mustard fields when the flowers bloom, and sacred turmeric. We can also name it the quiet glow of intelligence awakening. Yellow does not ask, are you alive? or Are you feeling?
It asks, do you know who you are?
When I was an Occult science student, I used to prefer listening more than talking in my class. One of my faculty members used to think of me as a stupid person who understood nothing and still kept mum. He told me, “Samata, everyone is asking some question or other, and you are not even asking a single one. Do you even understand what I am teaching?” I said, “Yes, Sir, it’s crystal clear to me, and so I am not asking.” Honestly, I felt really bad when, in front of the whole class, he asked me like this.” To check about how classes are going, my Chapter Chairman and one of the head faculty entered the class and observed this scene. My class faculty, to taunt me, asked me a question. I replied instantly with the correct response. The whole class looked at me with Aww, including my faculty. Now, my Chapter Chairman smiled at me and said to the class faculty. “Confidence is not noise. It is clarity. She proved that.” Saying this, he stepped out of class. My faculty understood he judged me wrong. Afterwards, his behaviour changed towards me. Now, the moral is that clarity lives in yellow.
Yellow rules the Manipura Chakra, the Solar Plexus. It is located just above the navel. This is the center of personal power, identity, discipline, willpower, and self-esteem. It is where decisions are made and direction is chosen. If red anchors us and orange move us, yellow guides us.
Those whose yellow energy glows brightly carry quiet authority. They didn’t need to dominate; their presence was steady and self-assured. They took responsibility for their lives. They could say “yes” with conviction and “no” without guilt. Their minds were focused, their boundaries healthy.
But when yellow dimmed, self-doubt crept in. Indecision became constant. Comparison takes charge of confidence. One felt unseen, unheard, or incapable. On the other extreme, when yellow burned too fiercely, the ego inflated. Control, stubbornness, and arrogance replaced wisdom. Do understand neither less nor extreme yellow is good for us.
The body, ever truthful, reflected these imbalances. Digestive disturbances. Acidity. Ulcers. Diabetes tendencies. Liver stress. The solar plexus is intensely connected to metabolism and digestive fire. When emotional power struggles or chronic stress accumulate, the stomach often carries the burden.
The energy of fire must warm you and not burn you.
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In color psychology, yellow stimulates mental activity, logic, learning, and alertness. It enhances concentration and analytical thinking. Students surrounded by gentle yellow often retain information better. Yet too much bright yellow can cause anxiety or irritability. If that happens, it will overstimulate the nervous system.
In homes and workplaces, yellow is used to encourage communication and productivity. A soft yellow wall invites optimism. A harsh neon yellow creates agitation. Like sunlight, it must be balanced.
As healers, we work with yellow through turmeric healing, sun exposure, and stones like Citrine and Yellow Calcite. It symbolizes the awakening of inner authority. Yellow is not meant to grant power; rather, it reminds you that it exists within you.
In occult science, yellow represents the element of fire refined into wisdom. It represents intellect, manifestation through clarity, and the strengthening of one’s aura. Yantras and sacred geometry often incorporate yellow to amplify intention through focused will.
In Indian society, we follow a nuska… Haldi Milk. It is prescribed to give to students or someone who is not keeping well or has been hurt physically.
Visualize that a person sipping warm yellow milk at night. The warmth of yellow calms the nervous system. The turmeric reduces inflammation. The yellow color subtly signals the brain: activate clarity, restore strength. Haldi Milk helps:
Physically: supports digestion, liver detox, immunity, and anti-inflammatory response.
Psychologically: associated with optimism, intelligence, positivity.
Energetically: strengthens the Solar Plexus, restoring self-belief and willpower.
Yellow teaches discernment. It asks:
Are you living by your truth or by someone else’s expectations?
When balanced, yellow brings courage without aggression, confidence without ego, intelligence without pride. It allows you to stand in your identity without apology.
If red says, survive.
If orange says, feel.
Yellow says, “Choose.”
And in choosing consciously, the mind begins to shine like the sun it reflects. That’s the power YELLOW… in the right amount and in the right proportion in your life, it can do wonders.
This blog post is part of ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’
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