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A map of Africa showing the continent's political systems: three monarchies (in red) and republics (in blue).. Monarchy was the prevalent form of government in the history of Africa, where self-governing states, territories, or nations existed in which supreme power resided with an individual who was recognized as the head of state. [1]
Black is a color [2] that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light.It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. [3] It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. [4]
The color of saffron comes from crocin, a red variety of carotenoid natural pigment. The color of the dyed fabric varies from deep red to orange to yellow, depending upon the type of saffron and the process. Most saffron today comes from Iran, but it is also grown commercially in Spain, Italy and Kashmir in India, and as a boutique crop in New ...
In 1830, the flag, at that time non-officially, consisted of three horizontal bands, with the colors red, yellow and black. On 23 January 1831, the National Congress enshrined the tricolor in the Constitution, but did not determine the direction and order of the color bands. As a result, the "official" flag was given vertical stripes with the ...
Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them precisely. Tyrian purple (Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye.
A fleur-de-lis, the most famous symbol in French heraldry. French heraldry is the use of heraldic symbols in France.Although it had a considerable history, existing from the 12th century, such formality has largely died out in France, as far as regulated personal heraldry is concerned.
Since the accession of Edward VII the badge of the order consists of a portrait of the sovereign set in diamonds, and is suspended from a ribbon formed into a bow. The ribbon of the royal family order changes with each monarch.
Gold: royalty, wealth, high status, glory, spiritual purity; Grey: healing and cleansing rituals; associated with ash; Maroon: the color of mother earth; associated with healing; Pink: associated with the female essence of life; a mild, gentle aspect of red; Purple: associated with feminine aspects of life; usually worn by women