Color symbolism
around the world
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what is Color
symbolism ?
Color symbolism is the cultural evolution of our
psychological associations with color.
Over millennia, particular colors have come to
represent specific meanings or life events and
have cultural-specific meanings, depending on
which part of the world we are looking at
Color symbolism around the world
RED WHITE BLACk
RED COLOR
The color red symbolizes aggression, passion, and impulsion and has led
to its cultural and literary associations with violence, sensuality, and
romance.
The Red Color
in China
The red color equates to good fortune.
At Chinese New Year, children receive
red envelopes (紅包, hóngbāo) which
contain money.
Chinese brides wear red gowns, in
hopes of prosperity.
in the west
the symbolic color of
St. Valentine and a warning color
romantic connotations
In the West In the East
The color white
White has a completely
White color symbolizes purity and
innocence in the West.
opposing color
symbolism, where it
Brides traditionally don
references death and
the color as a historic
the supernatural
ode to virginity.
BLACK COLOR
The color black symbolizes
death and mystery across a
broad range of cultures and
all that is unknown in the
world—the color of night and
underground, the traditional
domains of the dead.
black color
Christian theology Many religions believe Europe and North
states that black was that the world was America often
the color of the created from a associate it with
universe before God primordial darkness. mourning, magic, evil,
created light. elegance, and death.
In the East, black is
also symbolic of
experience and skill -
-> The black belt in
martial arts is the
highest rank one can
achieve
In Western society,
contemporary
fashion has reshaped
black as a supremely
elegant color, and
led to the ultimate
statement in chic
Parisian fashion, the
Little Black Dress.
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