What Do Candle Colors Mean in Wicca?

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Candle magic is a key skill for all Wiccans and witches, especially novices since it’s a user-friendly intro to spellwork. However there is a wide variety of candle colors available– which one do you need? This guide will give you a comprehensive overview of candle colors, their correspondences, and how to use them in your own candle magick.

In Wicca, common candle color meanings are: white for general purposes, black for protection, yellow/orange/red for solar/masculine energies, silver for lunar/feminine energies, brown for grounding, green for growth, purple for wisdom, indigo for balance, and blue for Water and harmony.

Lighting candles opens the door to many possibilities, such as inviting love in, summoning justice, invoking prosperity, and communicating with deities. But knowing the meanings of candle colors is the primary step toward a thorough understanding of their craft.

This article discusses the candle colors used in Wicca, their meanings, and the traditional uses. Let’s continue!

What Is Candle Magic?

Candle magic is a powerful form of natural and sympathetic magic that combines lighting candles of various colors, time, the fire element, and targeted intention to achieve goals.

It is one of the most ancient forms of magic. According to the Celtic Connections, humans have been practicing it since the Paleolithic era. The National Candle Association tracked the earliest recorded candle use to 3000 BC Egypt.

As candle magic is one of the simplest kinds of magic, it’s an easy way to dynamize spells, especially for beginners. That’s why newbie Wiccans and witches often begin with it when they first start learning the craft.

Candles can be used in spells, exercises, meditations, and magick for a wide range of outcomes.

Candle magic can be either simple or complex, depending on your preferences. However, the color is always significant. So we must take careful consideration when selecting candle colors.

That being said, color correspondences are only one integral part of candle magick. Other additions can have a profound effect including magical herbs, healing crystals, inscriptions, tarot cards, elementals, and deities.

Pointers When Performing Candle Magic

As with practicing any form of magick, candle magick has many consequences including ripple effects. Your magick will be sent out to the entire world, not just to your spell’s target.

If you are Wiccan, always keep in mind the Wiccan Rede, “Harm no one.” And remember the threefold law, that the magick you send out will return back to you threefold, whether good or bad.

So be exact in your incantations and formulas: Cover all areas and leave no gaps. Be cautious, succinct, and accurate. And try to minimize any external effects or unintended negative consequences.

Since some candle magick can linger energetically, be sure to store candles in a safe, secure location. Avoid placing them near curtains, high-traffic areas, or any appliance that generates disturbance or noise.

Also, do not extinguish your candle flames by blowing on them. This affects the climax of the candle burning exercise. So instead use a hollow metal cone or snuffer instead.

Why Do Wiccans Use Candles in Magic?

Almost all global religions and spiritual practices use candles in one way or another, whether for spirituality, meditation, and ritual.

Candles give a sacred and somber effect which makes them popular in ceremonial uses. They help us to invoke awe, quiet our minds, and connect with the divine. Most religious practitioners would not refer to their candle use as magick though.

In Wicca and witchcraft, candles have a similar appeal. Not only do they help us focus on the divine, but they are a tool which is explicitly magickal.

Candles are some of the best magickal tools because of their ease of use and accessibility, especially for new witches. Many books on Wicca recommend candle magic to newbies because it’s a way to quickly and easily harness magical power.

What Kinds of Candles Should You Use?

You can use just about any kind of candle, provided you purify and consecrate it beforehand.

The best materials for candles are those that are all-natural. Beeswax, for example, is direct from nature and so will produce very powerful magick.

(Check out this cool coiled “timer” candle, shown below. It’s made from beeswax and will self-extinguish after your set length burns. Great for timed spells and rituals.)

Not all of us can afford beeswax candles however, so you can easily make substitutions with other candles you find in stores, online, or in your home. You can easily repurpose your tapered dining room candles, scented candle, or tea lights if you’re in a pinch. In fact, even birthday candles can work well with proper cleansing and consecration!

Many witches and Wiccans like to make their own candles. Making candles is a fun project to do at home. It’s also a great way to imbue your candles with as much magickal energy as possible.

Crafting candles captures both your personal energies and your specific intentions. The end result is a highly charged and effective candle, aligned with your magickal goals.

What Is Color Magic?

Color magick is the process of using color to change the world around us. The impact can be subtle or major, depending on the color selected, how multiple colors are combined, where it is placed, and with what intention it’s instilled.

In fact, whether present in candles, fashion, art, or branding– color elicits a magickal response whenever and wherever it is used.

Color magick is a vital part of other spiritual practices, such as Feng Shui. Feng Shui uses specific colors, in specific areas of the home, to create a desired energy flow.

The Purpose of Color

Each color has a specific correspondence– a magickal meaning, energetic vibration, and use. For instance, green increases prosperity, while white purifies and heals.

Each color has a specific frequency and energy type that Wiccans can harness and use in their magical applications. Match the right candle color to its application, and see the power of your spellcraft rapidly increase.

Colors can be used in isolation, to create a concentrated and focused effect. They can also be combined, to create a blended and balanced magickal result. Similarly, spells may call for a single colored candle to achieve a specific end. Or, they might call for one candle color to represent one aspect of the spell, and another candle color for a different aspect.

New witches and those new to candle magick should strive to work with just a single color first. This allows you to build knowledge and skill about color correspondences. Then after some experience, you can then start to work with the complexities of multiple colors.

Colors–Their Meanings and Uses

According to Wiccan Life Tips, color plays a significant role in magical functions. Since each color has a magical correspondence, you’ll want to pick the color associated with your magical goals.

You can incorporate color not just in your candles but in other spell tools and paraphernalia. For example ink, clothing, altar covers, canvas charm bags, and water offerings.

The below candle color meanings are just guidelines– they not absolute. What matters most is what a particular color means to you.

For example, even if the color chart states that green symbolizes money best, but you are drawn to gold, then so be it.

These are the colors often used in Wiccan and witchcraft magical applications:

White

White represents a host of magickal concepts:

Female divine, the goddess, and all female deities
Aether/Ether element (the Wiccan 5th element)
Spiritual blessings

Divinity
Virginity
Purity

Sincerity
Peace
Healing

Rest
Wholesomeness
Higher self

Clairvoyance
Power of higher nature
The Aether

White stands for balance in all colors. Use it as a substitute for any color. This is especially handy when you have a spell calling for a specific candle color that you don’t have on hand.

Wiccans use white in rituals to communicate with the goddess or to examine their own divine nature. They also integrate it into rites utilizing the energy of the moon.

Use it for cleansing, seeking the truth, spiritual enlightenment, and ending conflicts.

A simple way to start with white candle magic is to do a candle purification ritual before embarking on meditation.

Black and Gray

Contrary to popular belief, black candles don’t represent evil. Instead, they are used for the expulsion of evil. Use black candles for:

Expelling dark magic

Undoing hexes, curses, the evil eye, and other dark attacks
Binding hostile forces
Eliminating dark thoughts, sorrow, or negativity

Shapeshifting
Releasing
Reversal

Protection and defensive magick

You will commonly find black candle rituals at the Samhain sabbat.

Black uncovers the more extensive levels of the unconscious. Use it in rituals to draw Saturn’s power, instigate a deep meditative state, or in uncrossing rituals to repel evil.

Use neutral gray to mull over-complicated matters, cause confusion, disarm an enemy, or render an opposing force harmless.

Gold

Gold represents many things, generally revolving around the male divine and solar power. Use it for connections to:

The male divine, the god, all male deities

Masculine power
Happiness
Intuition

Understanding
Harnessing cosmic power
Influencing victory

Attract fortune
Facilitate learning

Silver

Silver spans a wide spectrum of uses that emcompass feminine energy, psychic intuition, and victory.

The female divine and female deities
Feminine power and the female divine
Cosmic energy

Dreams
Meditation
Victory

Banishing negativity
Endorsing stability
Psychic abilities (clairvoyance, intuition, and telepathy)

Copper

Copper is a color that we don’t often think of, but it has a number of useful correspondences:

Career advancement
Business growth

Financial prosperity
Fertility

Yellow

As it represents the sun, Wiccans use yellow in rituals that involve solar energy. Yellow also symbolizes the air element, which comes along with its own correspondences. Use yellow for:

Mental prowess
Memory
Clairvoyance

Devotion
Prayer
Cheerfulness

Attraction
Stimulation
Inspiration

Unity

It has many uses for practical and professional goals as well. Use it to:

Speed up learning

Remove mental blocks
Bolster concentration
Boost creativity

Gain another’s trust
Instigate action
Dissolve hesitancy

Implement sudden changes
Take control
Assume power

Attract positivity
Bring about a change in fortune

Brown

This balanced color represents grounding, earthly sentiments, and keeping one’s feet firmly planted. Use brown for magickal work concerning:

Money
Intuition
Study

Neutrality
Extrasensory perception
Boost concentration

Strengthen friendships
Dispel indecisiveness
Find lost items

Settle large disagreements, such as arguments or court cases

Orange

Bright orange is a solar color that has bold and adventurous uses:

Increase assertiveness
Ambition
Manifesting career goals and professional success

Self-confidence
Prophetic dreams
Creativity

Ensuring fairness and justice (use to produce the best outcomes with property deals, sales, and legal matters)

Red

Red represents male energies and the fire element. Use it in magickal work relating to:

Male energies, the god, and male deities

The fire element
Driving force
Strength and virility

Decisiveness and rapid action
Passion
Survival instinct

Health, energy, and vigor
Willpower
Courage to face fears

Sexual potency and fertility
Elevating magnetism in rituals
Summoning energy from Aries and Scorpio

Pink

Pink is the color of the soft and affectionate. Use it for spells involving:

Femininity
Self-love

Spiritual awakening
Healing
Goodwill
Honor
Service
Clean living
Attraction
Affection
Friendship
Romance

Magenta

Wiccans and witches use magenta for its high frequency. A mix of violet and red, it has a dynamic and powerful energy. Magenta is great for:

Removing evil spirits
Initiating rapid change
Creating intense power
Dynamizing stale rituals
Manifesting promptly
Quickening spiritual healing
Supercharging dull or lifeless spells

Purple

Purple is a regal, ambitious, and wise color. It’s most commonly associated with the head chakra, which is the source of our pure thought and spiritual enlightenment. Incorporate purple into spellwork for:

Spiritual wisdom and power
Seeing the bigger picture
Uncovering secret knowledge
Idealism and honor
Success and mastery
Realizing ambitions and reaping financial rewards
Harvesting Neptune’s energy
Controlling your destiny
Influencing decision-makers and VIPs
Connection to, and communication with, the spiritual world
Finding independence

Indigo

Associated with the 3rd eye chakra, indigo is the color of balance and meditation. Indigo is great for magick involving:

Inertia
Finding workarounds and reconcilation with negative situations or people
Neutralize opposing magick
Balancing energies and karma
Ending gossip
Entering deep meditative states
Harnessing Saturn’s energy

Blue

Blue is a mainstay spiritual color. It symbolizes the water element and spiritual inspiration. Include blue in your magickal work if you are dealing with:

Protection
Peace
Good fortune
Occult power
Happiness
Understanding
Patience
Benevolent intentions
Healing
Repairing mishandled communication
Securing harmony, wisdom, or inner light
Teaching guidance to others

Royal Blue

Royal blue is a cheerful color associated with Jupiter. Use it for:

Evoke laughter
Receiving loyalty
Escalating influence
Summoning Jupiter’s energy

Light Blue

Light blue is a spiritual color used in devotional meditations. Incorporate light blue shades to bring about:

Tranquality to the home
Neutralizing awkward situations
Emitting Aquarius energy

Green

Greens represent the element of earth, and are great for herbal magick and fertility magick. Use green to produce:

Growth
Abundance
Encouraging successful harvests
Fertility
Generosity
Plant and herbal magick
Fortifying prosperity
Stimulating good luck
Marriage and relationship harmony
Physical healing
Rejuvenation and regrowth
Organically manifesting personal and financial goals

Dark green and emerald green have some unique correspondences of their own.

Use dark green in candle rituals for:

Representing the goddess
Fending off jealousy, greed, and over-ambition

Use emerald green for magick involving:

Summoning Venus’s energy
Nurturing love and fertility
Smoothing social interactions

Color Combinations

As mentioned, color combinations are a flexible technique for experienced candle magick practitioners and those familiar with color correspondences already.

If you’d like to try your hand at some simple candle color combinations, here are a few common and introductory pairings that work well:

Black and green—remove curses that impede money flow
Black and red—remove spells that inhibit love
Black and white—return curses to the sender

Conclusion

Color in candle magic is about color correspondences, preference, and personal connection. For an in-depth understanding of colors in Wicca, read Wicca Candles—Meaning and Spells for Beginners by Dayanara Blue Star.

We hope you found this candle color guide useful in learning color significance and steering your magical applications to the next dimension!