Table 4.

Percentage of the most represented colors in each group.

Color	Symbolic	% in Consultation group	% in Hemodialysis group	% in Psychiatry group
Red	Color of life (blood) and fire. Vitality but also danger. Libido (vital energy, sexuality), ardor, and daring. Transmutation of the ore and integration of the personality.	8%	7%	11%
Orange	Molten lava. Excitement. Physical body energy. Holding, guarding, and protecting. Energy, heat, and growth. Harvest. Transformation of the psyche.	7%	8%	9%
Yellow	Symbol of the highest things, joy, and fertility. Associated with gold. Also a symbol of betrayal and deception. Proud, ambitious, perceptive, and quick to anger. Increased energy and integration into life.	7%	11%	/
Pink	Emblem of femininity. The intense, deep color of pink is associated with seduction, tenderness, and romance. Pink is the color of love and sexuality. More commonly, pink symbolizes childhood.	7%	7%	10%
Blue	Unknown and depth of the sea (dark) or sky (light). Linked to eternity, to the highest. Cold, melancholy, isolation, spleen, and despair. Halfway between the black of despair and the white of hope.	/	10% (light)	13% (light)
				7% (dark)
Violet	Majesty, wealth, and honor. Symbolizes the union of opposites (red/blue) and the final union of substances. Process of spiritual growth and martyrdom.	/	9%	/
Green	Vibrant, vital energy. Creative power. Hope. But also an image of death and decay (decomposition, mold, pus, and mud).	/	8%	/

Only values greater than or equal to 7% were considered symbolically significant. The number in bold corresponds to the percentage of the shape’s colored surface filled for given color.