Colors have pairs. Red and green, for instance are a pair of opposite colors. However, in the field of auras, the opposites are not exactly the same as they are in the art world. It's important to understand the auric pairs. Sometimes when you are viewing an aura, you are not seeing the aura, but the opposite color that is its pair. This is how the dicyanin screen works, blocking one color so that it's opposite can be seen.

Bare skin is the best representation, or white or black clothing, for the color of the clothing does not interfere with what you are seeing. The best place to look for the aura is around the head and shoulders because there is no interference from clothing. Yes, there do seem to be times when the aura is not affected by the clothing, or you are seeing a layer that is not affected by the clothing, but there are some layers that seem to get covered up by the auric pair of the color of the clothing. If a person is wearing a red dress, the green you are seeing in the aura may be coming from the dress rather than the aura. If a person is wearing a blue shirt, there will be a yellow permeation in the aura.

Tom Chalko, Ph.D. at http://www.thiaoouba.com/aura_eye_exercise.htm has this to say about auric pairs. "Note, that… auric pairs are different than complementary color pairs, 'color wheels' and color spaces' promoted by the science and art on Earth… A good look around will prove that the Nature is very fond of auric pairs. Take any red colored bird and you can be sure that this bird will have turquoise body parts too. The same applies to blue-orange, yellow-violet and pink-green combinations, not only in birds, but in fish, butterflies, flowers, etc.—anything which is vividly colored by Nature." I would say that is a very interesting idea, that nature follows the patterns of auric pairs. It would be interesting to catalogue all the auric pairs that exist in nature and find out how many really exist. A research project for a willing soul someday, perhaps.

There are some differences in what are being determined to be auric pairs by various people. Here are two different charts on auric pairs from two sources, and they differ a lot. What one is to assume from this is that perhaps the auric pairing is still a field, as I just said, to be explored further by gathering many reports on auric pairs. You might want to see if you can discover for yourself what the auric pairs are.

From http://www.thiaoouba.com/aura_eye_exercise.htm

Red—Turquoise, Turquoise—Red
Orange—Blue, Blue—Orange
Yellow—Violet, Violet—Yellow
Green—Pink, Pink—Green

From http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/6670/doc/t_auras.html

Red—Green
Orange—Pale Green
Yellow—Pale Blue
Green—Orange
Blue—Yellow
Indigo—Gold
Violet—Pale Gold
Pink—Iridescent Green