Five Elements
Five Elements
Five Elements
Represents
Examples
Represented
things that solid.
Water
Represented
things that were
fluid, flowing,
formless things
Represented the
energetic, moving
things (feet or
destruction)
Represented grow,
expand, and enjoy
freedom of
movement
Things beyond
our everyday
experience.
Shape is square,
Colour is yellow, dull yellow, beige, brown.
Sense is smell,
Deity is Ganesha
Shape is crescent (moon),
Colour is silver, royal blue, navy blue, sky blue, light grey, black.
Sense is taste,
deity is Vishnu
Shape is triangle,
Colour is red, red, pink, purple, peach, violet. Sense is vision/ light,
Function is transportation (feet),
Deity is Surya
Shape is hexagon/ is round,
Colour is blue, grey, dark green, green.
Sense is touch,
Deity is Shiva
Shape is circle/ like flame
Colour is blue, gold colour, white, silver, orange purple, black, grey (models- first
crowded and later spreading very loosely).
Sense is hearing,
Deity is Devi
Fire
Air
Space
Animals, capable of
movement and full of
forceful energy, are
primary examples
grow, expand, and
enjoy freedom of
movement
(origami optical
illusion techniquestessellation and colour
combination)