(photo from authors own collection.)

In the modern Western world, people tend to regard the emotional aspects of romance and attractions highly, whilst sometimes ignoring or forgetting the other facades of love. This can often lead to failure in the long term. Whilst recognizing and utilizing all the various components of love will not ensure your relationship is continual, it will help you focus on areas that may need attention. Various aspects of love are represented by the colors of the rainbow.

RED is the color designated to romance. It is symbolic of the love heart, red rose, boxes of chocolates and candlelight so often used to denote the entire world of love in the modern world. It also symbolizes blood, or the physical depth of a relationship. Another fiery ranged color often used in the place of a fuller love is ORANGE. This color represents affection. It is the color of hugs, cuddles, and embraces, of kisses and the gentle stroking and touching of the body. Orange demonstrates the aspect of warmth. The third fire color, YELLOW, portrays the aspect of attraction. This is a facet often enlarged and magnified, though in truth it is milder than both affection and romance. It shows the interest in, acceptance of, and admiration for others.

PURPLE is representative of passion. It emphasizes a powerful urge, a desire, a neediness and craving for the other. When used properly, it also portrays the arising energy formed from union. PINK is at the other end, signifying peace. It is found in those precious shared moments where just knowing you love your partner is all you need, where moments of stillness and silence are shared, where a mild appreciation of life is present without disturbance.

GREEN symbolizes trust, another often overlooked characteristic of love. It demonstrates the times spent when life seems to be against your union, yet you remain certain, those moments where others may wish to lead you astray yet you hold on, knowingly, and the tiny light amidst the darkness of despair. BLUE is demonstrative of truth. It shows the reality of love, the solidity. It shows the truth lying deeply below the words, deeds, and thoughts that might distort, hide, or lie.

WHITE, as in the color scheme of science, represents love in its entirety. It is a blending of all the other colors of the rainbow of love into a single focus. The purity often associated with whiteness may stem from this completion. The brightness, wholeness, and fullness of love are contained in this color. BLACK shows a darkness, symbolic of unsighted love, rather than its absence. The actual nonexistence of love is shown by TRANSPARENCY, clearness; it is like glass.

GRAY and BROWN are colors showing dirtiness, distortion, or wrongness. They define a problem or a misinterpretation of love. The former is more symbolic of unnatural distortions, whereas the latter shows the presence of natural problems. GOLD and SILVER are not mentioned in the rainbow of love, as they portray heavenly colors of divinity. They refer to the unearthly facets of love found only within the spiritual zone.