Hello, Cecil:
Nice to read your advices.
The front of my house faces the east -- the direction the sun rises. My front door is painted red and surrounded by white frames. The combination of those two colors is very appealing to the eyes -- my front door is the first thing people notice.
However, Chinese seem to have problem with the white color. Does the white frame of my front door have any negative impact on the Feng Shui of my house?
Regards,

Dear Jen,
1. I can quite imagine that your front door and frame is indeed contrasting.
2. From a cultural point of view, Chinese do not like contrasting colours. Especially if the contrasting colour takes on to them an inauspicious `statement':
2.1 In the west white is associated purity e.g. a white wedding grown.
2.2 Under the Five Elements, Metal (white) is also associated with purity.
And if we look at a Chinese Luopan closely, it looks similar to your main door but in reverse:
The outer square of the Chinese Luo pan is painted red. This outer square represents the earth.
If we look carefully at the inner circle plate: (circle represents metal) And this plate is represented by the Heavens.
2. From the perspective of a Chinese Luo pan, your door actually symbollically represents this two state: Heaven and Earth.
3. One quite minor analysis is that fire (red) exhausts metal (white). To me there is no issue here.
4. For some Chinese, they do not like white because, some associate it with `death' or a funeral type of situation.
5. In my opinion, Para 4 is just an opinion by some.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 1/20/2003 4:06:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hello, Cecil:
Nice to read your advices.
The front of my house faces
the east -- the direction the
sun rises. My front door is
painted red and surrounded by
white frames. The combination
of those two colors is very
appealing to the eyes -- my
front door is the first thing
people notice.
However, Chinese seem to have
problem with the white color.
Does the white frame of my
front door have any negative
impact on the Feng Shui of my
house?
Regards,