I have here tried to count atariki in Ka2-3 as in a position of Mercury (the liquid planet), because Betelgeuze can be thought of as in contact with the Milky Way. Colours are only visible in the light from Sun and a solar month does not stop with the 20th day, thus I have coloured Ka2-3 as number 22. Otherwise the colour would have been green (3 ® Venus).

For atariki in Ga1-24 the black colour of Saturn depends on counting glyphs from Gb8-30. Otherwise also this glyph would have been green (24 ® Venus).

Presumably I was wrong in my colouring above. Venus is the supreme ruler of the waters, not Mercury and not Saturn.

But the Chinese colours differ from mine:

Elements:	fire	water	wood	metal	earth
Cardinal points:	south	north	east	west	middle
Planets:	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
Sense organ:	tongue	ear	eye	nose	mouth
Taste:	bitter	salty	sour	rank	sweet
Crop:	beans	hirs (Setaria)	wheat	hemp	hirs (Panicum)
Animal:	hen	pig	sheep	dog	ox
Colour:	red	black	bluegreen	white	yellow

However, systems of colour should break down when there is no Sun light, e.g. down in murky waters.