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Chinese culture attaches certain values to colors, like which colors are considered auspicious ( 吉利) or inauspicious ( 不利 ). The Chinese word for 'color' is yánsè ( 顏色 ). In Literary Chinese, the character 色 more literally corresponds to 'color in the face' or 'emotion'. It was generally used alone and often implied sexual ...
According to contemporary surveys in Europe and the United States, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, luxury, ambition, magic, mystery, piety and spirituality. [3] [4] When combined with pink , it is associated with eroticism , femininity , and seduction .
Royal blue (web color) Color coordinates; Hex triplet #4169E1: sRGB B (r, g, b) (65, 105, 225) HSV (h, s, v) (225°, 71%, 88%) CIELCh uv (L, C, h) (48, 103, 260°) Source: X11: ISCC–NBS descriptor: Vivid blue: B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
“Purple is the color of royalty, and many (Christians) associate it with the King of Kings, Jesus Christ,” Richter says. That explains why we often see purple used throughout Advent, the four...
Thin color 168,124,160 #A87CA0 半色: Hashita-iro: Half color 141,96,140 #8D608C 菫色: Sumire-iro: Violet color 91,50,86 #5B3256 紫: Murasaki: Purple 79,40,75 #4F284B 黒紅: Kurobeni: Dark red 35,25,30 #23191E 菖蒲色: Ayame-iro: Iris color 118,53,104 #763568 紅藤: Benifuji: Red wisteria 187,119,150 #BB7796 杜若: Kakitsubata: Rabbit ...
Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [1] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [2]
Blue in culture. Goblet from Mesopotamia, 1500–1300 BC glazed with Egyptian blue. This was the first synthetic blue, first made in about 2500 BC. The colour blue has been important in culture, politics, art and fashion since ancient times. Blue was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament. In the Renaissance, blue pigments were prized ...
Yellow is found between green and red on the spectrum of visible light. It is the color the human eye sees when it looks at light with a dominant wavelength between 570 and 590 nanometers. In color printing, yellow is one of the three subtractive primary colors of ink along with magenta and cyan.
Symbolic meanings of the colors [better source needed] black: maturation, intensified spiritual energy, spirits of ancestors, passing rites, mourning, and funerals; blue: peacefulness, harmony, and love; green: vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, spiritual renewal; gold: royalty, wealth, high status, glory, spiritual purity
Adinkra symbols. Samples of recorded Adinkra symbols. Adinkra are symbols from Ghana that represent concepts or aphorisms. Adinkra are used extensively in fabrics, logos and pottery. They are incorporated into walls and other architectural features. Adinkra symbols appear on some traditional Akan goldweights.