Pranjal Arts believes in bringing colours to your life, and with the festive season of Navratri, Indians are experiencing a festival influx with the celebration of vibrant colours. While the colours remain the same every year, the order in which they are worn changes as per the year. In this blog, let’s look at how, why, and what is the relevance of colours during Navratri.

Significance of the festival

It is believed that following the colour code brings good luck, blessings, and prosperity. One must wear clothes which are of the designated colour corresponding to the day if they want these in their life. This practise is most ardently followed by the devotees of Goddess Durga in India. Religiously speaking, each colour represents one quality of Goddess of power and strength – Goddess Durga. She is believed to have defeated a demon after a nine-day battle, and hence Navratri is celebrated as a victory of good over evil. Navratri celebrates female energy, prosperity, victory and showcases nine displays of feminine power to the world. It ends in another festival, Dusshera or Vijayadashami i.e. the tenth day of the festivities. 

9 Colours 

The most widely celebrated Indian festival, Navratri is celebrated differently in different parts of India. Some people do Indian folk dance, some do Durga Puja, and others wear different colors on different days. Every color has a uniqueness and a meaning that it represents. This year Navratri falls from 7th to 15th October and the colors are in order of yellow, green, gray, orange, white, red, royal blue, pink, and purple, on the respective days.

Yellow

The colour of mother nature, yellow represents cheerfulness. It is believed that surrounding oneself with yellow colour brings prosperity, joy, and happiness. 

Green

Green stands for aspects of nature and its nourishing qualities. It represents fresh energy, growth, wisdom, harmony, new beginnings, and knowledge. 

Gray

The colour gray foretells a period of transition. In the context of Navratri, it means the strength of transforming. If you surround your space with the colour grey, then you will find readiness and determination to fight against evil and will develop a zeal of the fighting spirit. 

Orange

Like the never-ending brightness of the sun, the orange colour reminds one of power and fame. It is also the colour of yogis, and therefore, filling up your home with orange can attract knowledge and tranquillity.

White

The serene white colour immediately brings peace to one’s mind. It speaks of the purity of eternal motherly love, and displaying elements of white colour in your home and activates meditative tendencies. 

Red

Fiery fire, passion, desire. Red represents anger, but on this day, it also urges to do the right thing. This bright colour brings out one’s passion, action, vigour, beauty and fearlessness. 

Royal Blue

Royal Blue is a fascinating colour that attracts health and wealth. This colour also stands for a powerful fierce side of women. When your wear or have this colour in your life, you can expect enormous energy. 

Pink

This soft colour is the fulfiller of desire and dreams. It stands for hope and prosperity in life. Pink could mean a compassionate self-refinement for you and social upliftment by your actions.

Purple

With purple, everything ties together neatly. This colour completes a space, as this one colour alone is a combination of all the previous colours. Purple stands for aspirations, knowledge, wisdom, power, ambition, energy, intellect and inspires us to achieve our goals. 

This Navratri keeps the significance of these Navratri colours in mind to rediscover abundance and growth. During these nine days, take this opportunity to go on a journey of being better humans, have better spaces. Explore these colours with our range of contemporary art collections and invite colours into your home.