Colors in TCM

Question 1

This color represents:
Excess heat (whole face)
Deficiency heat (cheekbones, tidal fever, night sweat)

Answer 1

Red

Question 2

This color represents:
Blood def (dull/withered)
Yang def (bright and puffy)
Excessive cold (bluish)

Answer 2

White

Question 3

This color represents:
SP/ST def or blood def (sallow)
Damp heat (smoky, dull)
Cold damp (Dull pale)
Long standing damp (ash-like)
ST qi recovering after illness (clear and moist)
Poor prognostic sign (dried up and withered looking)
Jaundice (entire body, yang type: bright orange, yin type: smoky dark)

Answer 3

Yellow

Question 4

This color represents:
LV patterns, interior cold, pain or LV wind (face)
LV fire (complexion w/ red eyes)
Qi stagnation w/ abdominal pain (color on nose)
LV qi stagnation turning into heat (dark red complexion)

Answer 4

Green

Question 5

This represents:
Excess cold or chronic pain (white-ish)
Severe HT Yang def (dull)
HT blood stasis (purplish face and lips)
LV wind (infantile convulsion, bluish lips with high fever and seizure)

Answer 5

Blue

Question 6

This color represents:
Cold, pain or KD disease, esp yin disease
KD def
Cold
Heat
Prolonged blood stasis

Answer 6

Black/dark grey