| Color or Color Group
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Properties/Lore/Seasonality
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Example Jewelry Components
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| Black
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Authority, power, sensuality. Popular for fall and winter, or with evening wear any time of year.
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Glass and crystal beads, onyx. Metals with a black anodized or “gunmetal” finish. Dyed leather or colored cord.
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| White
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Innocence and purity, cleanliness. Popular for formal wear or in light doses with summer and spring casual fashions.
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Pearls, snow quartz, bone, shell, glass beads. Satin cord.
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| Brown
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Solidity, groundedness. A wonderful neutral anytime, but especially fall and winter. Pair with red, green and blue to add depth and texture.
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Jasper, some agate, wood, shell, bone, horn, glass beads, leather. Antiqued brass metalwork.
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| Red
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New beginnings, love, energy, bravery, confidence. A popular color for fall, but appropriate year-round.
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Carnelian, ruby, red jasper, glass and crystal beads. Dyed leather or colored cord. Rhinestones.
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| Yellow
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Intellect, happiness, radiance, optimism. Let popular overall in jewelry, but seen especially in summer and fall.
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Citrine, some quartzes, class and crystal beads. Rhinestones.
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| Green
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Growth, healing, youthfulness, calm, refreshment. A favorite color for spring summer, green transitions well into fall, especially when paired with other fall colors.
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Emerald, peridot, green jaspers, green quartz, aventurine, jade. Glass and crystal beads. Dyed leather or colored cord. Rhinestones.
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| Blue
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Relaxation, spirituality, tranquility, peace. Popular year-round, with casual and formal fashions.
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Lapis, sodalite, dyed jade, glass and crystal beads.
Dyed leather or colored cord. Dyed freshwater pearls. Rhinestones.
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| Purple
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Intuition, spirituality, sophistication, wealth, romance. Most people either love or hate purple – to take care when choosing it in a gift. Common year-round, with casual and formal fashions.
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Dyed leather or colored cord. Dyed freshwater pearls. Rhinestones.
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| Clear
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Not really a color, clear components often reflect formality and radiance. Worn year-round, often with more formal fashions and evening wear.
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Rock crystal (clear quartz), glass and crystal beads. Cubic zirconia, rhinestones.
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