I haven't done it allot but I've seen peoples auras. It took me a bit of practice to get it right though. Another persons aura is supposed to be able to interfere with yours depending on it's strength, that could be a reason why you can sense anothers presence.So in response Yes and Yes.
With the mood/emotions empathy could be responsible for when you can feel what people are feeling at the time. I'm not sure but that's just an idea at any rate.
color has nothing to do with "health" of the aura, it has to do with the person.
We live in a bipolar world, u got love and hate, good and bad, and u have matter and antimatter, so you have your body and the complete opposite of your body, also known as the etheric body which sustains your body, and is a little bigger than your body, that difference is size is what we call aura. It can be bigger in some people than others, and is of different colors, every color has a meaning to it. There are some exercises that will help u seeing auras.
Auras are real, you just need to go on a bus and you can fell that someone has invaded it when a stranger sits next to you because we react to each others auras aswell, when we know someone well we feel comfortable with them and dont mind them coming into our aura, on the other hand when someone you dont know or are weary off steps into your aura you feel that sensation of ok your invading my personal space and we will step back from them to remove them from our aura, Its mainly correct that orange is a healthy colour for the aura as it represents the reproductive organs and emotions and vitality, vigor, good health and excitement and is normally found to be more in people of an outgoing nature who contain Lots of energy and stamina,creative, productive, adventurous natures, but having orange(more of a darker orange) in your aura can also mean experiencing stress related to apetites and addictions
However for me pesonally I would think the best aura colour to have mainly in aura would be gold as it represents enlightenment and divine protection and when seen within an aura that peson is said to be guided by their higest good and has protection, wisdom and inner knowledge.
But no one colour is better than the other really as our aura represents our bodies physical state at any given time and is ever changing throughout our lives.
Auras tend to do with mood more than anything else and what color it is may change from person to person some.
I personally used to have a friend who spent a lot of tie with me who saw auras. He always knew when I was pissed off even if my face wasn't showing it because my aura would be ink black, it was just something he saw.
I Can see auras :] Really good With Colors , aLthough they sometimes start flickering ? idk why ? but can anyone telL me if theres something more advance than jjust bieng abLe to see them ?
Auras is a way to read how a person is feeling that day, the better you get at reading auras you will also see outer auras which are their personality.
But, auras aren't the only way to read how a person is, I prefer to rely on peoples eyes and use auras as a backup plan.
You can alot about of person from their eyes, it just takes practice.