Color in Chinese culture
Theory of the Five Elements
Columns: Element | Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal | Water
Color | Green | Red | Yellow | White | Black | Direction | east | south | center | west | north | Planet | Jupiter | Mars | Saturn | Venus | Mercury | Heavenly creature | Azure Dragon 青龍 | Vermilion Bird 朱雀 | Yellow Dragon 黃龍 | White Tiger 白虎 | Black Tortoise 玄武 | Heavenly Stems | 甲 , 乙 | 丙 , 丁 | 戊 , 己 | 庚 , 辛 | 壬 , 癸 | Phase | New Yang | Full Yang | Yin/Yang balance | New Yin | Full Yin | Energy | Generative | Expansive | Stabilizing | Contracting | Conserving | Season | Spring | Summer | Change of seasons (Every third month) | Autumn | Winter | Climate | Windy | Hot | Damp | Dry | Cold | Development | Sprouting | Blooming | Ripening | Withering | Dormant | Livestock | dog | sheep / goat | cattle | chicken | pig | Fruit | plum | apricot | jujube | peach | chestnut | Grain | wheat | beans | rice | hemp | millet