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Violet Aura

A violet aura is read as the pull toward what is larger than the person. Unlike most aura colors it is a real wavelength, 380–450 nanometres.

Wavelength
380–450 nm a color of the spectrum
Swatch #8F6FD6
≈ 436 nm dominant wavelength
In Thought-Forms, 1905
In the key quoted below, Besant & Leadbeater
Chakra pairing
Crown rainbow scheme, 1970s on

Swatch measured against the CIE 1931 observer; key: Besant and Leadbeater, Thought-Forms, 1905.

Read in a similar way: purple aura, lavender aura, coral aura, red aura and yellow aura.

Its neighbors on the color wheel: indigo aura, blue aura, teal aura and aqua aura.

Further along the same lines: white aura, lime aura and green aura.

Checked against the visible spectrum

Violet is a real color of light

Wavelength 380–450 nm
Width of the band 70 nm of the visible 370
Chakra Crown — one of only 8 covered
Lightness of the swatch L* 54 of 100
Purity of the swatch 44% of a spectral color

The shortest visible wavelength — below 380 nanometres is ultraviolet, invisible to us. Unlike purple, which most sources treat as its synonym, violet is a genuine spectral color.

19 of 31 aura colors have no wavelength. Why →

Where violet sits in the visible spectrum: 380–450 nm
Where violet sits in the visible spectrum: 380–450 nmVisible spectrum from 380 to 750 nanometres with the bands of 12 spectral aura colors bracketed; violet (380–450 nm) highlighted.Violet: 380–450 nmVioletIndigo: 445–464 nmIndigoBlue: 450–495 nmBlueTurquoise: 490–505 nmTurquoiseTeal: 490–500 nmTealAqua: 490–500 nmAquaGreen: 495–570 nmGreenLime: 555–565 nmLimeYellow: 570–590 nmYellowAmber: 585–595 nmAmberOrange: 590–620 nmOrangeRed: 620–750 nmRed400 nm450 nm500 nm550 nm600 nm650 nm700 nm750 nm← ultravioletinfrared →Source: wavelengths from our aura-color table, 380–750 nm visible rangeastrohot.com
Where violet sits in the visible spectrum: 380–450 nmVisible spectrum from 380 to 750 nanometres with the bands of 12 spectral aura colors bracketed; violet (380–450 nm) highlighted.Violet: 380–450 nmVioletIndigo: 445–464 nmBlue: 450–495 nmTurquoise: 490–505 nmTeal: 490–500 nmAqua: 490–500 nmGreen: 495–570 nmLime: 555–565 nmYellow: 570–590 nmAmber: 585–595 nmOrange: 590–620 nmRed: 620–750 nm400 nm450500550600650700750← ultravioletinfrared →Source: wavelengths from our aura-color table, 380–750 nm visible rangeastrohot.com

Violet: 70 of the 370 visible nanometres (18.9%). Overlaps indigo.

The violet swatch among all colors the eye can see
The violet swatch among all colors the eye can seeCIE 1931 chromaticity diagram: the horseshoe of spectral colors from 380 to 700 nm, white point D65, the 31 aura colors of this site as dots, and violet (#8F6FD6) highlighted with a line to its dominant wavelength.line of purples460480490500510520540560580600620700BlueBlackPinkGreenGoldCrystalWhitePurpleYellowRedOrangeBrownRoseRainbowSilverNavyClearGrayTealAquaMagentaAmberTurquoiseLavenderIndigoLimePeachMaroonOliveCoral≈ 436 nmwhiteViolet #8F6FD6Big dot: violet as shown on this pageSmall dots: the other 30 aura colorsSource: CIE 1931 2° observer; sRGB swatches of this siteastrohot.com

The #8F6FD6 swatch points to 436 nm, inside the band, at 44% of full spectral purity.

Nearest colors in the spectrum

Physically adjacent to violet — a few nanometres apart, yet given entirely separate meanings.

Indigo 445–464 nm Blue 450–495 nm Teal 490–500 nm Aqua 490–500 nm

What a violet aura is said to mean

Violet is read as the pull toward something larger than oneself — vision, idealism and spiritual purpose. Aura readers describe it as lighter and more outward-looking than purple: the color of humanitarians, visionaries and people who feel they have a mission. It is linked to the crown chakra.

The reading

The pull toward what is larger than the person

The shadow side

Transcendence used to skip the practical

Tradition, not measurement. What aura cameras actually record →

Primary source

The violet aura in the first published color key

Besant and Leadbeater, 1905
“A mixture of affection and devotion is manifested by a tint of violet, and the more delicate shades of this invariably show the capacity of absorbing and responding to a high and beautiful ideal.”
Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, Thought-Forms (London, 1905), “The Meaning of the Colours” — read the original text. Besant and Leadbeater repeat the key from Leadbeater’s Man Visible and Invisible (1903), the book that popularized the idea of a colored aura. Most modern aura charts descend from Christopher Hills’s rainbow scheme of 1977, which is why their meanings often differ.

The violet aura in everyday life

In love

Idealistic and looking for a soulmate. A violet partner can be disappointed when daily life does not match the vision.

At work

Spiritual leadership, humanitarian work, art and roles with a clear larger purpose.

Finding balance

Readers suggest handling the practical side — bills, health, people nearby — so the vision has something to stand on.

Light and dark violet

Adding white more than halves the purity of violet, from 44% to 20% in #C1B0E8 (L* 75), because white is every wavelength at once. Adding black barely touches it: #4F3D76, at L* 30, keeps the hue and almost all of the purity.

Light violet · #C1B0E8 · L* 75

Read as a softer form of the same reading: the pull toward what is larger than the person.

Dark violet · #4F3D76 · L* 30

Read as transcendence used to skip the practical — the strained version.

Questions about the violet aura

What does a violet aura mean?

The pull toward what is larger than the person. The shadow side is transcendence used to skip the practical.

Is violet a real color of light?

Yes. Violet occupies 380–450 nanometres, 70 nm of the roughly 370 the eye can see. No other aura color's band overlaps even half of that range.

Which chakra is violet?

The crown chakra. It is one of 8 aura colors out of 31 that map onto a chakra at all.

How rare is a violet aura?

Auras have never been counted, so rarity cannot be measured. Interest can: violet sits between aqua and magenta in searches, 21st of 31 colors at 0.49%.

The seven chakras and their colors →

Aura colors read alongside violet

Colors people look up about as often as violet:

Teal Aqua Magenta Amber

All 31 colors, with wavelengths →

Band 380–450 nm, width 70 nm. Swatch #8F6FD6, dominant wavelength 436 nm. How this was produced →

Sources

  1. Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, Thought-Forms (London, 1905), “The Meaning of the Colours”

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