The Tarot

The Tarot

Keys

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Reference Chart
One of the most important parts of our training is the use of colour and sound. Tarot is a major part of the work we do with colour. Highly symbolic 'Keys' of conciousness these cards are an excellent tool for meditation and magic.

Here we have coloured our own versions for your reference as well as given detailed instructions for colouring your personal deck. We have used mostly flat colour in order to maximize their effectiveness as a colouring guide. The only exception to this is 'metals' where we have tried to add some dimension to show that they are metallic colours. On your own cards you may wish to apply more shading and shape than we have done with ours. Also, make sure you check the colouring instructions when choosing colours as your screen may render a colour incorrectly. One of the advantages of colouring your own is that you can make sure you have clear, rich, true colours for your meditative and magical work.

Colour Aids

Here are some colour references for different types of media. As we discover new information we will expand this list. When more than one number or name appears the one in BOLD is preferred. Please E-Mail any suggestions, recommendations, improvements or additions to this list.

Red Red
Orange		 Orange Yellow
Orange		 Yellow Yellow
Green		 Green Blue
Green		 Blue Blue
Violet		 Violet Red
Violet		 Olive Indigo Black
Hex * FF0000 FF3F00 FF7F00 FFBD00 FFFF00 BDFF00 00FF00 00AAAA 0000FF 7F00FF FF00FF FF007F
Decimal * 255
000
000		 255
063
000		 255
127
000		 255
189
000		 255
255
000		 189
255
000		 000
255
000		 000
170
170		 000
000
255		 127
000
255		 255
000
255		 255
000
127
Prismacolor:
Premier Color		 924 922 918 1002
917		 916
915		 913 908
909
910		 905 903
906		 933 932 995
931		 911 901 935
Prismacolor:
Scholar		 324 322 318 317 316
315		 313 308
309
310		 305 303
306		 333 332 395
331		 311 301 335
Pantone

* When using computer based colours (like Hex codes) you can change the intensity of the colour by making equal changes to each pair. Hex represents RGB as hex pairs (Photoshop, uses decimal values for the same thing). As long as you maintain the ratio the colour will be true, just darker or lighter.

It is important to realise, though, that light does not conform to the same colour rules as pigment. With pigment you are working with Red, Blue and Yellow as your primaries and all other colours extend from them. With light (such as computer screens, gels, or in the scientific arena) the primaries are Red, Green and Blue. As you can see, an even mixture of Red light and Green light produce Yellow. For this reason the wheel is shorter for Yellow based colours because, with Light, Yellow is a secondary, not a primary.

I won't even go into the third colour wheel which is Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.

Red FF0000 EE0000 DD0000 CC0000 BB0000 AA0000 990000 880000 770000 660000
Red Orange FF3F00 EE0000 DD1D00 CC0C00
Orange FF7F00 EE6E00 DD5D00 CC4C00 BB3B00 AA2A00
Yellow Orange FFBD00 EEAC00 DD9B00 CC8A00 BB7900 AA6800
Yellow FFFF00 EEEE00 DDDD00 CCCC00 BBBB00 AAAA00 999900 888800 777700 666600
Yellow Green BDFF00 ACEE00 BDD00 8ACC00 79BB00 68AA00 579900 468800 357700 246600
Green 00FF00 00EE00 00DD00 00CC00 00BB00 00AA00 009900 008800 007700 006600
Blue Green 00FFFF 00EEEE 00DDDD 00CCCC 00BBBB 00AAAA 009999 008888 007777 006666
Blue 0000FF 0000EE 0000DD 0000CC 0000BB 0000AA 000099 000088 000077 000066
Blue Violet 7F00FF 6E00EE 5D00DD 4C00CC 3B00BB 2A00AA 190099 080088
Violet FF00FF EE00EE DD00DD CC00CC BB00BB AA00AA 990099 880088 770077 660066
Red Violet FF007F EE006E DD005D CC004C BB003B AA002A 990019 880008 770000 661111