Colors: what do they represent?

1. Colors: what do they represent?

7. Colors play an important role in our lives. They can remind us of a place, a time of year, or our favorite traditions, and can also shape the way we feel. However, colors can symbolize different things for different cultures.

8. Purple • Purple is often associated with royalty, wealth, spirituality, and nobility around the world. • Historically in Japan, only the highest ranked Buddhist monks wore purple robes. Purple is also associated with faith, and in Catholicism, penitence. • In Brazil and Thailand, purple is the color of mourning. -It’s also a color of honor — the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to US military members

9. White • In Western cultures, white symbolizes purity, elegance, peace, and cleanliness; brides traditionally wear white dresses at their weddings. • But in China, Korea, and some other Asian countries, white represents death, mourning, and bad luck, and is traditionally worn at funerals. • In Peru, white is associated with angels, good health, and time.

10. Blue • It is considered the safest color choice around the world • In North America and Europe, blue represents trust, security, and authority, and is considered to be soothing and peaceful. • However, it can also represent depression, loneliness, and sadness (hence having “the blues”). • In some countries, blue symbolizes healing and evil repellence. (Turkey, Greece, Iran, Afghanistan, and Albania) • In Eastern cultures, blue symbolizes immortality, while in the Ukraine, it is a sign of good health. • In Hinduism, blue is strongly associated with Krishna, who embodies love and divine joy.

11. Red • Red symbolizes excitement, energy, passion, action, love, and danger in Western cultures. • In Asian cultures, red is a very important color — it symbolizes good luck, joy, prosperity, celebration, happiness, and a long life. Brides often wear red on their wedding day, and red envelopes containing money are given out during holidays and special occasions. • In India, red is associated with purity, sensuality, and spirituality. • Some countries in Africa associate red with death, and in Nigeria, it represents aggression and vitality. • It’s considered a lucky charm in Egypt, and symbolizes good fortune and courage in Iran.

12. Yellow • In Western cultures, yellow is associated with happiness, cheeriness, optimism, warmth (as the color of sunlight), joy, and hope, as well as caution and cowardice. • In Germany, yellow represents envy, but in Egypt, it conveys happiness and good fortune.

13. Orange • Orange represents autumn, harvest, warmth, and visibility in Western cultures. • In Hinduism, saffron (a soft orange color) represents success and is sacred. • In the Netherlands, orange is the color of the Dutch Royal family, while it also represents fertilityin Colombia. • In Eastern cultures, orange symbolizes love, happiness, humility, and good health. Buddhist monks’ robes are often orange.

14. Black • In many cultures, black symbolizes sophistication and formality, but it also represents death, evil, mourning, magic, fierceness, illness, bad luck, and mystery. In the Middle East, black can represent both rebirth and mourning. In Africa, it symbolizes age, maturity, and masculinity.