Something that appears differently in a dream than in real life, such as a woman who appears as a man or a blue room that appears as beige, can mean:
- You perceive the different characteristic in the real life person or thing (such as feeling that a real-life woman exhibits a role or characteristic that you associate with masculine energy)
- You wish the person or thing had more of the different characteristic
- The person or thing represents the different characteristic (such as a bold red vase representing a bold design sense, rather than a vase specifically)