Colour Concepts Palettes and Pigments
A richly illustrated exploration of colour as a language of transformation in Buddhist thought. Drawing on Tibetan and Mahayana traditions, Buddhist Colour traces how blue, yellow, red, green and white express emotional states, spiritual practice, wisdom, compassion and the path towards enlightenment.
The Five Meditation Buddhas
Discover the Buddhist colour pentad through the five meditation Buddhas: blue Akshobhya, yellow Ratnasambhava, red Amitabha, green Amoghasiddhi and white Vairocana. Each colour embodies a distinct quality of mind and a route from destructive emotion to virtue.
Colour, Emotion & Transformation
Explore how Buddhist teachings treat difficult emotions not simply as obstacles, but as energies that can be understood and transformed. Ferocity becomes compassion, pride becomes equality, anger becomes discriminative wisdom, bitterness becomes intelligent action, and delusion gives way to enlightenment.
Mandalas & Sacred Space
Learn to read mandalas as coloured maps of consciousness. Their directional zones, circular pathways and central symbols bring colour, time, ritual and meditation together—guiding the mind towards balance, insight and awakening.
The Eightfold Path & Enlightenment
Follow the ethical and contemplative disciplines that connect colour symbolism with lived practice. From right understanding and right attitude to mental effort and compassionate conduct, the book shows how Buddhist colour supports a journey toward clarity and enlightenment.
The Buddhist Palette
A visual reference to Tibetan pigments, thangka painting, prayer flags, chakra colours, ritual objects and the Buddhist flag. See how colour is carried across art, ceremony and everyday spiritual life, linking material beauty with philosophical meaning.
