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The Order is "VIBGYOR"

V=Violet  I=Indigo  B=Blue  G=Green  O=Orange  R=Red

Traditionally, the rainbow's colours are described as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. In fact, our eyes can discern many more  hues.
Rainbow colures are not "pure". The classical rainbow, is made up of overlapping bows of individually pure spectral colurs.

A rainbow is composed of the entire spectrum of colors of visible light, from the longest wavelength, red, to the shortest wavelength, violet. The order of colors in a rainbow is easiest to remember by the following mnemonic (a formula that helps one remember something):

FORMULA:  “VIB.GYOR”

V=VIOLET, I=INDIGO, B=BLUE, G=GREEN, O=ORANGE, R=RED.

Blue = SPIRITUALITY

Blue is the color of distance - oceans, skies, the heavens. The energy of blue helps us to look beyond the immediate environment, expanding our perceptions towards the unknown.
Blue is the color of Divinity. It brings:

• Peace and understanding
• Enhances the easy flow of communication with yourself or others
• Calms and relaxes

Yellow = WISDOM

Yellow is naturally associated with the sun itself, and so with its life giving and sustaining energy.

Yellow enriches, lightens and activates many of the systems of the body. It's bright sunny energy brings about:

• clarity of thought
• orderliness
• memory improvement
• better decision making skills
• alleviates confusion

Red = VITALITY

Red is the color with the longest wavelength, being the nearest visible light to infrared in the electromagnetic.

We feel in red - ACTIVITY. The red ray furnishes sustenance for the physical body. It brings about:

• energy
• enthusiasm
• interest and passion
• security

Orange = CREATIVE ENERGY

Orange combines red and yellow. It contains the fiery energy of red with the wisdom and control of yellow. Orange is a dynamic energy like red but more thoughtful and controlled.

Orange brings about:

• creativity
• playfulness
• exploration on a practical level
• relief from boredom
• equilibrium

Green = LIFE, BALANCE, NATURE

Green is the merging of yellow (mind) and blue (spirit). It is located exactly at the point of color balance - midway between red and violet on the color spectrum.

The human eye is able to recognize more variation in the color green than in any other color.

Its energy contains:

• harmony
• sympathy
• health
• abundance
• balance
• growth and expansion

Indigo = INFINITY

Indigo amplifies the energy of blue in a profound way. At a physical level, while blue is calming, indigo is sedating. It deepens and turns blue energy inward.

The indigo ray symbolizes the bridge between the finite and the infinite and opens the door to the mystical borderland.

While blue energy is fast, Indigo energy is more often lightening fast.

• opens the subconscious
• spiritual attainment
• self-mastery
• wisdom
• sudden awareness
• intuition
• psychic abilities

Violet = HIGHEST ELEMENT OF SPIRITUAL MASTERY

Violet is the ray of spiritual mastery. It is the highest and most subtle specialization of light, being at the opposite end of the color spectrum to red.

It should be viewed as both a completion as well as a beginning of the energy vibration beyond the visible color spectrum.

Violet is a combination of both red and blue and this is key to understanding this color. It brings a stabilizing energy to the franticness of red. It lends practicality to the undirected spaciousness of blue.

• darker tones are associated with sorrow
• deep purple signifies high spiritual attainment
• pale lilac brings love for humanity
• bluish purple brings idealism
• sparks the imagination and inspiration
• integrates other energies for healing purposes