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2. Orange (colour) - Wikipedia

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   It was also used as a fly poison and to poison arrows. Because of its yellow-orange colour, it was also a favourite with alchemists who were searching for a way to make gold, both in China and in the West. Before the late 15th century, the colour orange existed in Europe, but without the name; it was simply called yellow-red.

3. Mary, mother of Jesus - Wikipedia

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   This tradition can trace its origin to the Byzantine Empire, from c. 500 AD, where blue was "the colour of an empress". A more practical explanation for the use of this colour is that in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, the blue pigment was derived from the rock lapis lazuli, a stone of greater value than gold, which was imported from ...