Understanding the Duality of Colors in Dreams
Dreams that feature two distinct colors on a canvas may invoke curiosity and contemplation. These dreams often symbolize the complex nature of emotions, choices, and situations we face in our waking life. Color, as a form of expression, has profound significance, often linked to our feelings and states of mind.
When two colors appear prominent in our dreams, it can signal a pivotal moment in our lives, where decisions must be made or emotions must be balanced. The canvas serves as a metaphor for our life experiences—every stroke of color can represent different feelings, relationships, or stages in our journey. Reflecting on which colors appeared and the emotions they evoke can offer valuable insights into our personal challenges.
As we explore the meaning behind dreaming of two colors in a canvas, let us delve into the spiritual interpretations, the emotional significance, and how this can guide us in our daily lives.
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- Two colors in a dream can represent emotions, choices, or conflicts in your life.
- Understanding the specific colors involved can provide deeper insight into your feelings.
- This dream may reflect a need for balance or harmony in your waking life.
Symbols
- canvas
- Illustrator:
(Artist; Illustrator) In a dream, a painter represents knowledge, archi¬ tecture, wisdom, writing poems, writing love songs or telling lies. A painter in a dream also represents someone who conceals his acts, or hides his true face. He also could represent alcoholism, falling in love, marriage, or having children.
Some of the painter’s works are beneficial while others are harmful. All depending on the quality of his work, its objectives, balance, resemblance to the object painted and authenticity. The characteristics of such a person in the dream may be that of a hypocrite in wakefulness, or an ostentatious person, a toadying person, a hypocrite, a panegyrist, or a lauding person, though he mostly looks as a good, sincere and a hard working person.
The value of his paintings varies depending on the subject treated. A painter in a dream also represents a person who loves flattery, self-adulation, an eloquently speaking person, a liar, one who fails his promises, or he could represent strength and authority.
- Portrait:
- Pencil:
(Pencil; Tongue) In a dream, a pen represents knowledge, learning, a child, a tradesman, or commanding what is good and forbidding what is evil. If a tradesman or a craftsman sees a pen in his dream, it means that he will be successful in his trade, or that he will preside over people of the same trade. If a tradesman earns something with a pen, or writes an invoice with it in a dream, it means that he will be protected from poverty through his trade.
If a writer sees himself carrying a pen, or holding a paper, or an inkwell in a dream, it also means having a source of income, protection against poverty, earning one’s DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 325 livelihood from writing, or from working under someone in authority. A pen in a dream also represents one’s manager, his controller, a cosigner, a witness in an agreement, entering into a marriage agreement, or it could represent an intelligent son who will become a famous writer. Owning a pen or receiving a one as a gift in a dream means acquiring knowledge.
Then, if one proceeds to write with it in his dream, it means receiving an appointment, or occupying a position of authority. Looking at a pen one is holding in his hand and seeing another pen laying beside him in a dream denotes having a half brother, or if one’s mother is pregnant, it means that she will deliver a new son. A pen in a dream also means a guarantee.
If one’s wife is pregnant, then if he sees a pen laying beside an inkwell in his dream, it means that she will beget a son. Holding a pen in a dream also means making an oath. If one’s pen is broken or scratched in a dream, it will reflect on his business, trade and livelihood.
Moistening a pen from an inkwell in a dream means committing a sin. A pen in a dream also represents virtues by which one is known, or it could mean complying with a court judgement, or signing a court order, or it could represent a scholar, a judge, one’s tongue, a sword, one’s penis, a railway, generosity, abundance, human¬ kind, one’s confidant, or winning victory over one’s enemy. If one’s pen looks in good condition in the dream, it means that one’s oath or covenant is true.
Otherwise, a defective pen in a dream represents a false oath, or a biased agreement. A pen in a dream also means longevity and prosperity.
- Illustrator:
- dual shades
- Changes:
(Changes; Cover; Shelter) Witnessing a shade in the summertime in a dream means comfort, profits, honor, or becoming the protege of a great person. If one sees a shade in the winter in a dream then it means trouble, distress, adversities, or soliciting the company of people who foster innovation. Shade in a dream also represents the governor of one’s town, a man of knowledge, a pious person, an ascetic, or a religious student on the path.
Seeking refuge in the shade away from the heat of the sun in a dream means comfort, profits, or escaping from harm. As for a woman, shade in her dream represents her husband. If an unmarried woman sees herself seeking the shade in a dream, it means her marriage and that she will marry a rich and a powerful person.
If one finds it cold to sit in the shade in his dream, then if he seeks to sit under the sun to worm himself up, it means that his poverty will be dispelled, for cold in a dream also 382 1DJN biUDKIIN'S means poverty.
- Combat:
(Combat; Competition; Contest; Marriage) In a dream, a duel signifies strength or a dispute with someone or disruption, dispersion or a fight. A duel with weapons in a dream means marriage to someone whose character is similar in interpretations to the weapon one is carrying in his dream. Wearing armature during a duel in a dream means marriage to a rich but deceiving person, for part of the human body is covered during the combat.
A duel with swords in a dream means honor. Waving a sword during a duel in a dream means becoming known in one’s field.
- Perplexity:
(Atheism; Ignorance; Night; Obscurity) In a dream, darkness means straying from God’s path, being lost, committing an error, erring, confusion and perplexity. If one walks out of darkness into light in his dream, it means salvation, safety, guidance, repentance from sin or release from prison. Dark¬ ness in a dream also represents an oppressor.
Thus, walking into a dark place in a dream means being unjust. Obscurity in a dream means the darkness of one’s heart or blindness. It also could mean loneliness, keeping to oneself or hiding from people.
- Changes:
- fabric
- Adornment:
(Adornment; Attire; Costume; Garb; Veil) In a dream, one’s apparel vary in meaning depending on their contents, colors or type, etcetera. Wearing one’s garb in the winter in a dream is better than wearing it in the summer. Wrapping oneself with a cloth in a dream means becoming poor.
An attire in a dream represents a man and a leader. An attire for a scholar, or a merchant, or a leader in a dream represents his trade through which one earns his livelihood and which protects him from adversities. If one’s apparel is dirty in the dream, then it reflects his life and appearance.
If one wears a beautiful garb in the summertime in a dream, it means that he is ostentatious, arrogant and vainglorious. It also could mean that he is under great pressure and suffering from a painful distress, for the heat of a summer in a dream signifies distress. If a woman sees herself wearing a man’s apparel in a dream, it means piety and 14 IBN SEERIN’S success in her material and spiritual life.
If a man sees himself wearing a woman’s apparel in a dream, it means that he will be afflicted with fear, depression, subjugation, humiliation, trials, then all of it will be lifted away from him.
- Costume:
(Adornment; Attire; Costume; Garb; Veil) In a dream, one’s apparel vary in meaning depending on their contents, colors or type, etcetera. Wearing one’s garb in the winter in a dream is better than wearing it in the summer. Wrapping oneself with a cloth in a dream means becoming poor.
An attire in a dream represents a man and a leader. An attire for a scholar, or a merchant, or a leader in a dream represents his trade through which one earns his livelihood and which protects him from adversities. If one’s apparel is dirty in the dream, then it reflects his life and appearance.
If one wears a beautiful garb in the summertime in a dream, it means that he is ostentatious, arrogant and vainglorious. It also could mean that he is under great pressure and suffering from a painful distress, for the heat of a summer in a dream signifies distress. If a woman sees herself wearing a man’s apparel in a dream, it means piety and 14 IBN SEERIN’S success in her material and spiritual life.
If a man sees himself wearing a woman’s apparel in a dream, it means that he will be afflicted with fear, depression, subjugation, humiliation, trials, then all of it will be lifted away from him.
- Garb:
(Adornment; Attire; Costume; Garb; Veil) In a dream, one’s apparel vary in meaning depending on their contents, colors or type, etcetera. Wearing one’s garb in the winter in a dream is better than wearing it in the summer. Wrapping oneself with a cloth in a dream means becoming poor.
An attire in a dream represents a man and a leader. An attire for a scholar, or a merchant, or a leader in a dream represents his trade through which one earns his livelihood and which protects him from adversities. If one’s apparel is dirty in the dream, then it reflects his life and appearance.
If one wears a beautiful garb in the summertime in a dream, it means that he is ostentatious, arrogant and vainglorious. It also could mean that he is under great pressure and suffering from a painful distress, for the heat of a summer in a dream signifies distress. If a woman sees herself wearing a man’s apparel in a dream, it means piety and 14 IBN SEERIN’S success in her material and spiritual life.
If a man sees himself wearing a woman’s apparel in a dream, it means that he will be afflicted with fear, depression, subjugation, humiliation, trials, then all of it will be lifted away from him.
- Adornment:
- pair of hues
- Colors of the face:
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- Trousers:
- Associate:
(Beauty; Eye brow. Also see Partnership)
- Colors of the face:
- two colors
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- Brown skin:
(Tan) Brown skin in a dream represents mixed ancestry.
- Orange:
- Colors of the face:
- cloth
- Robe:
- Serviette:
(Apron; Serviette) A towel in a dream represents one’s servant, employee, housekeeper, or it could represent a pilgrimage to Mecca. In a dream, a towel also represents one’s wife, and for a woman it represents her husband. If a towel is used as a mat during sexual intercourse in a dream, then it represents a discrete servant who protects his mistress’s secrets, or it could represent money that serves woman’s needs and those of her children.
To throw a towel at someone in a dream means to slam the door in his face, or it could mean separation between two people. To throw in the towel in a dream also means to give up one’s fight.
- Apron:
(Apron; Serviette) A towel in a dream represents one’s servant, employee, housekeeper, or it could represent a pilgrimage to Mecca. In a dream, a towel also represents one’s wife, and for a woman it represents her husband. If a towel is used as a mat during sexual intercourse in a dream, then it represents a discrete servant who protects his mistress’s secrets, or it could represent money that serves woman’s needs and those of her children.
To throw a towel at someone in a dream means to slam the door in his face, or it could mean separation between two people. To throw in the towel in a dream also means to give up one’s fight.
Practical Insights for Dreamers
- Reflect on Your Emotions
In understanding your dreams about two colors in a canvas, start by reflecting on your current emotional state. Journaling can be an effective way to capture your feelings. Ask yourself what each color represents to you personally, as color symbolism can vary.
For example, if you dream of blue and yellow, blue may evoke calmness while yellow may symbolize happiness for you. Consider how these emotions are playing out in real life. Are you feeling content or are there underlying tensions?
Recognizing these emotions will help you gain clarity on any conflicts or decisions you might be facing. The more attentively you observe your feelings and thoughts surrounding these colors, the better equipped you will be to navigate your waking life choices.
- Connect with Spiritual Guidance
Engaging in spiritual practices can enhance your understanding of dreams. Prayers or meditative moments after experiencing a colorful dream can encourage deeper insights. Many cultures believe that dreams are messages from the divine, offering guidance or warnings.
Take time in quietness to contemplate the dream, seeking clarity from God. You could also explore reading traditional texts or seeking help from a learned individual who specializes in dream interpretation, like a scholar well-versed in religious teachings. This connection can often reveal hidden meanings and teach you how to align your actions with divine wisdom.
Embrace your dreams as tools for spiritual growth and personal development.
FAQs
- What does it mean to dream of two bright colors?
Dreaming of two bright colors often signifies heightened emotions and significant events. Bright colors can indicate positivity and clarity, suggesting that you are entering a phase of self-discovery and enlightenment. The interplay between these colors can reflect a balance or a choice you may have to make in real life.
- Can the colors in my dream predict future events?
While dreams can offer insights, they do not serve as definitive predictions. The colors may symbolize your current emotional state or potential challenges ahead. Reflecting on the emotions connected to these colors can empower you to face any situations that arise.
- How can I interpret the colors in my dream more effectively?
To interpret colors effectively, consider their cultural meanings and personal associations. Keep a dream journal and note the colors that appear frequently; see if patterns emerge. Engage in discussions with others knowledgeable in dreams for varied perspectives.
- What should I do if I find the colors distressing?
If the colors elicit distress, it may represent unresolved feelings. Acknowledge this discomfort and explore it through creative expression or dialogue. Sharing your dream with a trusted friend or therapist can provide support and clarity.
- Why do I dream about colors frequently?
News from the inner self often comes in the language of color. Frequent colorful dreams may indicate that you are processing your emotions or are in a phase of personal growth. Your subconscious might be guiding you to pay attention to your feelings and to embrace the vibrancy of life.
