What is the New Year color for 2023?

What Are the Lucky Colors for the Year of the Water Rabbit 2023?

Color is one of the simplest ways to change the energy in your house or at the office and create a good Feng Shui.

Each color is an expression of one of the five Feng Shui elements: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. These elements are used in specific areas, depending on Feng Shui, space energy map, or Bagua.

The year 2023 is the year of the Water Rabbit, and these are the colors considered to be lucky this year: white, blue, green, and black. Also, the combination of these colors with yellow or beige is auspicious.

Also, in Feng shui and the Year of the Rabbit, the lucky color for 2023 family in the Philippines will be Azur Blue. If you want to buy new clothes, accessories (wallet, scarf, gloves) or renovate your home or office, you might want to consider this lucky color.

The color Blue brings positivity and joy. Also, blue is associated with success on all levels. Besides this shade you can also choose white or yellow, it seems that these two will also bring opportunities in your way.

Apart from colors, the water element brings peace and abundance. A harmonious Feng Shui water element will bring a refreshing energy of calmness, lightness, purity, and freshness. The water element is also an ancient symbol of abundance, a powerful Feng Shui remedy for attracting wealth.

Water is associated with wisdom, social life, and career. This element helps us connect with others and also, and it can deepen our perceptiveness, understanding, and intuition. The blue, green, and black colors used in clothing and home decor will help increase your social connections or improve your intuition.

The colors of the water elements are black and blue. Although such dark colors could be overwhelming in some areas, they can also be beautiful and impactful if used on small spaces (a wall, a sofa, frames, paintings, pillows).

2023 Lucky colors to wear

Here are the colors you can wear for Chinese New Year and the rest of 2023 that are said to bring you good luck: green, yellow, red.

Of course, you can also use these colors for your New Year’s Eve decorations if you’re helping to organise a party, or you can keep them just for yourself and your New Year’s Eve outfit.

The meaning of colours is often different in different parts of the world. That’s why we’ve chosen to introduce you to those colours that are said to bring good luck everywhere, to make sure you start the new year on the right foot.

Green dress – Choose a light green dress for a year where you’ll be full of positive energy, zest for life and always ready for new beginnings. You can also turn your attention to a darker green dress for prosperity, money and good luck in all your plans for the year ahead.

In 2023, Wood is the key determinant of career success. That’s why it is recommended to wear green more often. You will gain authority, recognition and popularity among colleagues and business partners.

Yellow clothes – From a psychological point of view, yellow is associated with the mental side, with inner determination and the desire to shine, in any plane of life. By simply wearing a yellow accessory, article of clothing or footwear, a yellow wallet, you get feelings of optimism, confidence and hope that the coming year will be better and kinder to you.

Red clothes – Red is the color of fire, passion and sexuality, and when you choose to wear a piece of clothing in this color, you begin to have more confidence in yourself, in the power of seduction and feel a rapid revitalization of the senses. If you wear it on New Year’s Eve, the color red brings a lot of good luck, inner strength, ambition and determination in pursuing the dreams and goals set for the coming year.

Lucky Colors of the Rabbit Year 2023 and Their Symbolism in Chinese Culture

Black

In Feng Shui, black is associated with a mysterious, powerful, and protective energy that brings stability and defines the space, giving it depth.

It is a Yin, a feminine, passive color that fits best in the north direction, associated with the Water element.

It can also be used in the east and southeast, two areas corresponding to the Wood element. Black is not recommended in the south, associated with the Fire element, and should be used moderately in the children’s bedroom, kitchen, and entryway.

Black can be used either for furniture or various accessories, such as photo frames or mirror frames.

The lucky black stone for 2023 is tourmaline.

The most powerful lucky stone, quartz with tourmaline, is a rock crystal displaying inclusions of delicate stems of black tourmaline.

The combination of quartz and tourmaline creates powerful proprieties, which is why this gem is a tremendously lucky stone, especially if you want to increase your chances in each situation.

It repels all negative energies and influences the fortune in your life. Like all other lucky stones, quartz of this kind must be recharged using natural light. But you can also purify it in demineralized water.

Blue

Blue corresponds to the clear sky, being connected with clean and healing water. The bright blue tones express harmony and compassion, while the dark blue hues ingrain the atmosphere with calm and quiet.

Blue is recommended in the east area of the house or office (health and family) and the south-east (prosperity and wealth) because they mix very well with the Wood element.

Dark blue is enhanced when used with other colors in the south, north-west, and west, and individually in the north, east, and south-east. Blue hues are welcome in the bedroom – for a more restful sleep – and in the living room – if you have a big and agitated family. In Feng Shui, one of the best chromatic combinations is blue and white.

The blue lucky color in the Water Rabbit year is aquamarine.

This light blue crystal can encourage a person to confess the truth and has a very efficient effect in reconciling and harmonizing human relationships. Once used in exorcism (to repel evil spirits), aquamarine helps to ward off fear and increase relaxation. It encourages inspiration, peace, calm, and love.

White

In Feng Shui, white represents balance and favors Chi energy. It symbolizes innocence, spirituality, and stimulates creativity. If it is combines with earth elements, it can create a welcoming atmosphere in the bedroom.
It is a color recommended if you want to relax and calm down. However, it is best not to opt for full white, as it can be tiring. Use more muted and neutral shades

The luck white stone in 2023 is white quartz.

White, colorless, or silver crystals offer the wearer inner peace and protection force against danger. Also, the crystals are beneficial for those who don’t know how to love, improving family relationships.

Women wearing a white or colorless crystal become warmer and more attractive, while the men become more understanding regarding the women’s universe. Moreover, white crystals facilitate peaceful sleep, bring to light the negative energies, canceling out the negative one, protecting against illnesses, dark thoughts, depression, and suffering caused by love.

Green

In Feng Shui, green is the color of freshness, of growth, and of new beginnings. In the Feng Shui five elements theory, green color is connected to the Wood element.

Green is favorable to health, calms down the nervous system, and balances the body, attracting the healing Feng Shui vibes of the nature. When green is used as a Feng Shui remedy, it is best to use more nuances and tones to attract more energy.

To use the green color in Feng Shui, resort to plants with waxy, fleshy leaves. The color of growth and healing, green can be also used to activate the flying star governed by the fire element.

The lucky green stone in 2023 is amazonite.

This is a green-turquoise precious stone with white layers, known as the Stone of Hope.

It can help you remove overloaded thoughts and allow you to focus on achieving your goals and dreams. It can simply enlighten your mind. Also, it gives you the power and motivation to fulfill your dreams.

If you prefer jewelry, this will accompany you and bestow upon you all the virtues this stone presents. After a while, the energy emitted by amazonite runs out. It must be purified and recharged by submerging it for a few hours in demineralized water. Then, it is necessary to expose the stone or jewelry to the sun.