What are color dreams about?
On a physical level, color is simply what our eyes perceive when they view light of different wavelengths. On an emotional level, different colors can represent different things. Different colors can make us feel different things. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about color dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with color dreams. These are the words that make color dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of color dreams can be illuminating about show colors affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example color dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how colors in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that color is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that color is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, color dreams have more vision than 96.8% of dream symbols, more natural places than 87.9% of dream symbols, and more animals than 86.3% of dream symbols. On the other hand, color dreams have less hatred than 78.4% of dream symbols, less romantic partners than 76.0% of dream symbols, and less sex than 74.7% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of colors have more words related to vision than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, color dreams involve sight and seeing objects. This is interesting because dreaming is primarily a visual experience. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of colors is different than dreams of colors in general.
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How common are color dreams?
29% of dreams have the colors symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 3 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is frequent.
29%
of dreams have colors
How common are color dreams?
29% of dreams have the colors symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 3 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is frequent.
How are color dreams identified?
What is most related to dreams of colors?
Colors dreams are notable because they have substantially more verbs, blue eyes, black eyes, red eyes, green eyes, black cats, white eyes, black dogs, yellow eyes, white cats, white dogs than 95% of other dream symbols.
What is most related to dreams of colors?
Colors dreams are notable because they have substantially more verbs, blue eyes, black eyes, red eyes, green eyes, black cats, white eyes, black dogs, yellow eyes, white cats, white dogs than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of colors?
Colors dreams are notable because they have substantially less Fiji, Princess Leia, Estonia, teeth falling out, Aquaman, infidelity, precognitive dreams, incest, El Salvador, Somalia, seeing a dead pet than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of colors?
Colors dreams are notable because they have substantially less Fiji, Princess Leia, Estonia, teeth falling out, Aquaman, infidelity, precognitive dreams, incest, El Salvador, Somalia, seeing a dead pet than 95% of other dream symbols.
Deep dive into color dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in color dreams.
Who is in dreams of colors?
Dreams of colors are more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to peers, and less related to family.
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Who is in dreams of colors?
Dreams of colors are more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to peers, and less related to family.
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What are the emotions in dreams of colors?
Color dreams are more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to embarrassment.
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What are the emotions in dreams of colors?
Color dreams are more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to embarrassment.
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Where do dreams of colors take place?
Dreams of colors are more related to natural places and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to work and less related to schools.
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Where do dreams of colors take place?
Dreams of colors are more related to natural places and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to work and less related to schools.
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What happens in dreams of colors?
Dreams of colors are less related to sex.
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What happens in dreams of colors?
Dreams of colors are less related to sex.
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How do dreams of colors related to the type of dream it is?
Color dreams are more related to sleep paralysis and more related to weird dreams than dreams in general.
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How do dreams of colors related to the type of dream it is?
Color dreams are more related to sleep paralysis and more related to weird dreams than dreams in general.
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How can you make sense of colors in dreams?
Color dreams are frequent. Among other things color dreams are focused on vision. Do you think this is true for your dream of colors? How might your dream of colors be different?
All dreams have meaning
You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.
All dreams have meaning
You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience colors in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience colors in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Return to the feelings
Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about colors in dreams. See how you feel about colors now, in your waking life.
Return to the feelings
Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about colors in dreams. See how you feel about colors now, in your waking life.
An interpretation of color dreams
This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Colors in dreams can be thought of as coloring the scene and providing the emotional coloring. How mad are you? Seeing red. How sad are you? Feeling blue. How happy are you? Sunny yellow. See: Emotions The deliberate use of color in a dream is likely to be tied to emotions, though some use of color is simply to set the scene or tell the story. For example, if you dream about sitting peacefully in an open field of grass, you’d expect the grass to be green. But if the grass is purple grass, you can bet it’s significant. Color modifies other symbolism. The sports car in your dream that symbolizes your revved-up career isn’t any ol’ sports car, it’s a hot red one. The red of the sports car represents feeling vibrant and energetic. The darkness around you when you’re lost in the proverbial woods is black as night, and black is how you feel about being lost. The color combines with other dream imagery to create a composite image that sums up the situation and your related emotions. For more examples, see: Black. Color sets the mood and tone of a dream, much the same way that a movie’s mood and tone can be set through an emphasis of certain colors. Dig deeper into the connection between color and emotion in dreams by checking out the work of Bob Hoss at dreamscience.org, and reading the entries listed below. See also: Black, Blue, Chakras, Darkness, Emotions, Geese, Orange, Pink, Red, Violet, White, Yellow
An interpretation of color dreams
This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Colors in dreams can be thought of as coloring the scene and providing the emotional coloring. How mad are you? Seeing red. How sad are you? Feeling blue. How happy are you? Sunny yellow. See: Emotions The deliberate use of color in a dream is likely to be tied to emotions, though some use of color is simply to set the scene or tell the story. For example, if you dream about sitting peacefully in an open field of grass, you’d expect the grass to be green. But if the grass is purple grass, you can bet it’s significant. Color modifies other symbolism. The sports car in your dream that symbolizes your revved-up career isn’t any ol’ sports car, it’s a hot red one. The red of the sports car represents feeling vibrant and energetic. The darkness around you when you’re lost in the proverbial woods is black as night, and black is how you feel about being lost. The color combines with other dream imagery to create a composite image that sums up the situation and your related emotions. For more examples, see: Black. Color sets the mood and tone of a dream, much the same way that a movie’s mood and tone can be set through an emphasis of certain colors. Dig deeper into the connection between color and emotion in dreams by checking out the work of Bob Hoss at dreamscience.org, and reading the entries listed below. See also: Black, Blue, Chakras, Darkness, Emotions, Geese, Orange, Pink, Red, Violet, White, Yellow
Examples of dreams of colors
Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of color dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for color dreams. Read at your own risk.
