Pure tints, hues and their relationship to adjacent colors are essential. Colors need to integrate with the function of the space and those using it to create harmony, or else there will be discord. The principle of male and female are also very essential to good feng shui. The feminine principle, Chi or life-force, is round soft lines which compliment and enhance the stark, straight foundation of male energy. Once again a balance of opposites is required.
Controversy exists as to what constitutes a feng shui master or specialist.
Several schools of thought exist, concepts vary and methods are many. Consulting oracles such as the I Ching, Tarot, Gong Hee Fot Choy, astrologers, fortune tellers, shamans, sorcerers and deities are all accepted and widely used methods of accessing the divine. I am a feng shui practitioner studying to be a Tibetan Buddhist Black Sect Master. While the Black Sect of Sino Tibetan Buddhism is an integration of Buddhist, Taoist, Bon, Confucian, and folk traditions, its heart is the Heart Sutra, a Buddhist wisdom teaching. Tibetan Black Sect explores the scientific ramifications of light matter and intention with a focus on the Heart Sutra.