Monday, September 28, 2009

Different Cultures of Colors Blog #5

In different cultures and different environments in the world, there are many different uses for color. In western culture, the color purple is most associated with royalty or wealth of a person. Red, white, and blue are symbolized because they are on the American flag, and as such, represent patriotism and conservatism. Green mostly represents biology but when it is used with red, it can represent Christmas. In some other cultures, such as in Europe or China, these colors have different meanings, such as red means danger or love, green represents the earth and its nature, blue represents defeat or possibly even soothing, white represents god or spirituality in a person, and black represents sadness or evil. Many other traditions represent colors in many different ways, based on how they started their civilization. Color also communicates meaning within a person. For one thing, it can affect a person's mind and how they might think differently from another person. It interacts with different cultures and how these cultures interpret certain things as a type of color. It is associated with politics, such as a certain party might be one color and another party might be the other. Color is also linked to religion, such as Hindu gods might have blue colors, or Islam might be associated with a different colors. Color has many meanings in this world, and we have yet to know how many more meanings there are.


For more information regarding the meaning of colors and how they are used in life, click on one of these two links:

http://www.sibagraphics.com/colour.php

http://carsonified.com/blog/design/color/how-colour-communicates-meaning/

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