Post on 03-Jan-2016
Color MeaningBasic Color Theory of different cultures
COLOR MEANING
• Do different colors affect your mood?
Black
• China: Color for young boys• Western: Funerals, death, Halloween (with
orange), bad guys, rebellion
White
• Japan: White carnation symbolizes death• Eastern: Funerals• Western: Brides, angels, good guys, hospitals,
doctors, peace (white dove)
Red• China: Good luck, celebration, summoning• Cherokees: Success, triumph• India: Purity• South Africa: Color of mourning• Russia: Bolsheviks and Communism• Eastern: Worn by brides• Western: Excitement, danger, love,
passion, stop, Christmas (with green)
Blue
• Cherokees: Defeat, trouble• Iran: Color of heaven and spirituality• Western: Depression, sadness, conservative,
corporate, "something blue" bridal tradition
Green• China: Green hats indicate a man's wife is
cheating on him, exorcism• India: Islam• Ireland: Symbol of the entire country• Western: Spring, new birth, go, Saint
Patrick's Day, Christmas (with red)
Yellow
• China: Nourishing• Egypt: Color of mourning• Japan: Courage• India: Merchants• Western: Hope, hazards, coward
Purple
• Thailand: Color of mourning (widows)• Western: Royalty
Food for thought
• While blue is one of the most popular colors it is one of the least appetizing. Blue food is rare in nature. Food researchers say that when humans search for food, they learned to avoid toxic or spoiled objects, which were often blue, black, or purple. When food dyed blue is served to study subjects, they lose appetite.
• Green, brown, and red are the most popular food colors. Red is often used in restaurant decorating schemes because it is an appetite stimulant.
Colors & Cultures