Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Colour

According to Signs & Symbols by Dorling Kindersley the following colours are attributed with the following traits:

Red:

  • warmth
  • love
  • passion
  • war
  • danger
  • fertility

Yellow:

  • enlightenment
  • new life
  • cowardice
  • envy

Green:

  • youth
  • hope
  • joy
  • jealousy

Blue:

  • emptiness
  • infinite
  • divine
  • calmness
  • reflection
  • intellect

Purple:

  • luxury
  • wealth
  • power
  • temperance

Pink:

  • femininity (west)
  • gay pride (west)

Grey:

  • evil
  • secrecy
  • sorrow
  • misfortune
  • gloom
  • anonymity

White:

  • purity
  • innocence
  • death & mourning (east)
  • light (Buddhism)
  • wisdom (Sufism)

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