Nazars are eye-shaped amulets believed to protect against the evil eye or bad energy projected towards you. It has been connected to many practices and traditions and carries the saying “an eye for an eye”. Traditionally the Nazar has been made in the colors pictured but in more recent times there has been a rise in the wearing of the amulets in various colors such as red, purple, black, green, yellow and even in Orange, all with a different meaning.