The color scales shown here come from the Golden Dawn.
SphereKing ScaleQueen ScalePrince ScalePrincess Scale
1 - Keter
Unity
Union with God
Illusion - Attainment
First Swirlings
Brilliance White brilliance White brilliance White, flecked gold
2 - Chokmah
Unconditioned Creativity
Vision of God, face to face
Illusion - Independence
The Zodiac
Pure soft blue Grey Blue pearl grey
(mother of pearl)
White, flecked red,
blue, and yellow
3 - Binah
Possibility of Boundaries
Vision of Sorrow
Illusion - Death
Saturn
Crimson Black Dark brown Grey, flecked pink
4 - Chesed
Conditioned Creativity
Vision of Love
Illusion - Rightness/Self-righteousness
Jupiter
Deep violet Blue Deep purple Deep azure,
flecked yellow
5 - Geburah
Response to Boundaries
Vision of Power
Illusion - Invincibility
Mars
Orange Scarlet Bright scarlet Red, flecked black
6 - Tiphareth
Self-Consciousness
Vision of Harmony, Vision of the Mysteries of Crucifixion
Illusion - Identification
Sun
Clear pink rose Golden yellow Rich salmon Golden amber
7 - Netzach
Response to Creativity
Vision of Beauty Triumphant
Illusion - Projection
Venus
Amber Emerald Bright yellowish green Olive, flecked gold
8 - Hod
Appreciation of Boundaries
Vision of Splendour
Illusion - Order
Mercury
Violet purple Orange Russet red Yellowish brown,
flecked gold
9 - Yesod
Ego
Vision of the Machinery of the Universe
Illusion - Security
Moon
Indigo Violet Very dark purple Citrine, flecked azure
10 - Malkuth
Diversity
Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel
Illusion - Materialism
Earth,Air,Fire,Water
Yellow
Citrine Olive
Russet Black
Citrine Olive
Russet Black
flecked gold
Black, rayed
Olive and Yellow

 

There are a huge variety of assignments of cards to paths on the Tree of Life (or Hebrew letters to paths), though the most commonly published scheme is that of the Golden Dawn (GD in the table below). I personally prefer the path assignment I first encountered in books by R J Stewart (but which was apparently developed by W.G. Gray). This is identified in the chart below as RJS. The planetary and zodiacal correspondences shown in that column are my own understanding at this point (subject to change). See this page to see these paths shown in color scales that would be associated with this scheme of zodiacal and planetary correspondences.

 

Path GD RJS Levi From To Atziluth Beriyah Yetzirah Asiyah
11 - Kether - Chokmah
Uranus - Neptune
Fool
Uranus (Air)
Innocent
(Hierophant)
Sagittarius
Magus
Air
Kether Chokmah Bright pale yellow Sky blue Blue emerald Emerald flecked gold
12 - Kether - Binah
Uranus - Saturn
Magician
Mercury (Air)
Hermit
Saturn
Priestess
Moon
Kether Binah Yellow Purple Grey Indigo, flecked violet
13 - Kether - Tiphareth
Uranus - Sun
High Priestess
Moon (Water)
Star
Virgo
Empress
Venus
Kether Tiphareth Blue Silver Cold pale blue Silver, rayed sky blue
14 - Chokmah - Binah
Neptune - Saturn
Empress
Venus (Earth)
Judgment
Fire
Emperor
Jupiter
Chokmah Binah Emerald green Sky blue Early spring green Bright rose or cerise,
rayed pale green
15 - Chokmah - Tiphareth
Uranus - Sun
Emperor
Aries (Mars) (Fire)
Temperance
Pisces
Pope
Aries
Chokmah Tiphareth Scarlet Red Brilliant flame Glowing red
16 - Chokmah - Chesed
Neptune - Jupiter
Hierophant
Taurus (Venus) (Earth)
Emperor
Jupiter
Lovers
Taurus
Chokmah Chesed Red orange Deep indigo Deep warm olive Rich brown
17 - Binah - Tiphareth
Saturn - Sun
Lovers
Gemini (Mercury) (Air)
Hanged Man
Capricorn
Chariot
Gemini
Binah Tiphareth Orange Pale mauve New yellow leather Reddish grey inclined to mauve
18 - Binah - Geburah
Saturn - Mars
Chariot
Cancer (Moon) (Water)
Death
Scorpio
Justice
Cancer
Binah Geburah Amber Maroon Rich bright russet Dark greenish brown
19 - Chesed - Geburah
Jupiter - Mars
Strength
Leo (Sun) (Air)
Justice
Air
Hermit
Leo
Chesed Geburah Greenish yellow Deep purple Grey Reddish yellow
20 - Chesed - Tiphareth
Jupiter - Sun
Hermit
Virgo (Mercury) (Air)
Strength
Leo (Sun)
Wheel
Virgo
Chesed Tiphareth Yellowish Green Indigo Greenish Grey Plum
21 - Chesed - Netzach
Jupiter - Venus
Wheel
Jupiter (Water)
Empress
Venus
Strength
Mars
Chesed Netzach Violet Purple tinged blue Bright purple Blue rayed yellow
22 - Geburah - Tiphareth
Mars - Sun
Justice
Libra (Venus) (Air)
Tower
Aries (Mars)
Hanged Man
Libra
Geburah Tiphareth Emerald Blue Deep Blue-green Pale Green
23 - Geburah - Hod
Mars - Mercury
Hanged Man
Neptune (Water)
Guardian
(Devil)
Mars
Death
Water
Geburah Hod Deep Blue Sea Green Deep Olive Green White flecked purple
24 - Tiphareth - Netzach
Sun - Venus
Death
Scorpio (Mars) (Fire)
Lovers
Libra
Temperance
Virgo
Tiphareth Netzach Green Blue Dull Brown Very Dark Brown Livid Indigo Brown
25 - Tiphareth - Yesod
Sun - Moon
Temperance
Sagittarius (Jupiter) (Fire)
Sun
Sun
Devil
Sagittarius
Tiphareth Yesod Blue Yellow Green Dark vivid blue
26 - Tiphareth - Hod
Sun - Mercury
Devil
Capricorn (Saturn) (Earth)
Chariot
Gemini
Tower
Capricorn
Tiphareth Hod Indigo Black Blue Black Cold very dark grey
27 - Netzach - Hod
Venus - Mercury
Tower
Mars (Fire)
Fortune
Water
Star
Mercury
Netzach Hod Scarlet Red Venetian Red Bright Red,
rayed Azure and Emerald
28 - Netzach - Yesod
Venus - Moon
Star
Aquarius (Uranus/Saturn) (Air)
Priestess
Moon
Moon
Aquarius
Netzach Yesod Violet Sky blue Bluish-mauve White, faintly tinted purple
29 - Netzach - Malkuth
Venus - Earth
Moon
Pisces (Moon) (Water)
Universe
Taurus
Sun
Pisces
Netzach
   
   
Crimson Buff flecked silver-white Light translucent pinkish brown Stone
30 - Hod - Yesod
Mercury - Moon
 
Sun
Sun (Air) (Fire)
Magician
Mercury
Judgment
Saturn
Hod Yesod Orange Gold yellow Rich amber Amber rayed red
31 - Hod - Malkuth
Mercury - Earth
Judgment
Pluto (Fire)
Fool
Aquarius
Fool
Fire
Hod
   
   
Glowing orange scarlet Vermilion Scarlet flecked gold Vermilion flecked crimson
32 - Yesod - Malkuth
Moon - Earth
World
Saturn (Earth)
Moon
Cancer
World
Sun
Yesod
   
   
Indigo Black Blue-black Black rayed Blue

Bill Heidrick on the King Scale of Color
Bill Heidreck on Color Theory
Bill Heidrick on the Queen Scale of Color
Here is the version of the Aurum Solis (slightly different)

Thanks to the Servants of the Light for figuring out the web colors for the Golden Dawn color scales. This page relied upon their work. See their interactive Tree of Life.

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