Colors

Pearl white

A white with depth — the inner colour of something made slowly by irritation.

Pearl white in a dream is the dream's image of a white that holds depth — the white of the inside of the shell, made slowly around a piece of grit. Pearl is not pure; it is the result of a wound coated over and over until the coating itself becomes beautiful. The dream brings the colour when something in your life — a piece of grace, a personal style, an outlook — has been formed by long, patient work around an original irritation. A pearl held in the palm is the dream affirming that the coating has produced something worth carrying. A pearl cracked, showing the grit at the centre, is the dream noting that the original wound is still in there, and the covering has reached the limit of what it can hide.

Related symbols

Amber (colour)

A warm honey-gold — the colour of preserved old material held in something translucent.

Ash grey

The grey of what fire leaves — colour that is evidence of a finished burning.

Black

What is hidden — the unknown, the unconscious, what you have not let into the light.

Blue

Calm, distance, and the cool part of the spectrum — what holds steady.

Brown

Earth, durability — what is not glamorous and is reliably solid.

Crimson

A deep, blood-toned red — the colour of decision and of cost that has already been paid.

Disclaimer: For entertainment and self-reflection only. Not a substitute for professional advice.