the meaning of colours

The meanings and uses of colors



Black

• In Japan an inky black color is made from the
• pitch and soot of burned pine trees
• Women in India use kohl, a black cosmetic preparation, to darken and outline the rims of their eyelids
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• Native Americans used black body paint to signify death.

Blue

• The Ashanti people of Africa wear blue as the color of mourning
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• Since 1748 navy blue has been the color used by the British for their navy uniform
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• Ultramarine blue was the first made by grinding precious lapis lazuli stones
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• Blue is the national color of Scotland.
• Native Americans wore blue paint to show trouble.

Brown

• European artist painted many master pieces with a brown pigment made from grinding the remains of Egyptians mummies.

White

• In Japan oyster shells are aged for least 20 years before being crushed into a white pigment used to paint the faces of dolls
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• In the United States white is worn by brides because it signifies purity
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• In India white is the color of mourning
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• In Spain women wear lace mantillas of white when attending a bullfight.

Red

• Explorers from Portugal used a red and purple pigment that the South American natives found in the Brazil wood tree. The Portuguese called the area Tierra de Brazil, which was later shortened to Brazil
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• In Thailand, mothers dress their babies in headgear with bright red pompoms in order to attract good fortune
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• Most Asians believe that red chases away evil spirits
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• Natives of North America were called red skins by the Europeans because they painted their bodies for tribal rituals and ceremonies. They believed that red was the color of life
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• Many Asians celebrate Chinese New Year by hanging a red banner on their front door
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• Tibetan monks were red-brown robes. The color is made from roots, bark, and wild rhubarb that grow in the area
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• A red pigment used in Japan is made from the cochineal insect.

Purple

• Sea mollusks living around the Canary Islands and near Oaxaca. Mexico produces purple.

Yellow

* A highly prized yellow substance called saffron is obtained from the stigma of the crocus flower. It is used both as a dye and as a seasoning for food. The orange robes of some Buddhist monks of china are dyed with saffron.

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white represents death in china while its purity in our culture< weird how contraversial it is the difference of the meanings between differtent countries

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