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    The document discusses the cultural meanings associated with different colors around the world. It notes that the color red commonly represents love, fertility, and celebration in places like India, Thailand, and China, but can also signify mourning, violence, and independence in other cultures. Yellow frequently symbolizes royalty, wealth, and prosperity in Africa and Asia. Blue is usually connected to trust, security, and spirituality in Western cultures and Latin America. Green typically relates to nature, new beginnings, and prosperity in Western, Mexican, and South American cultures. Purple is regularly seen as a royal color representing wealth and power in Eastern and Western traditions. Orange commonly signifies creativity, wealth, and courage in places like Egypt, Japan, and the Netherlands

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    The document discusses the cultural meanings associated with different colors around the world. It notes that the color red commonly represents love, fertility, and celebration in places like India, Thailand, and China, but can also signify mourning, violence, and independence in other cultures. Yellow frequently symbolizes royalty, wealth, and prosperity in Africa and Asia. Blue is usually connected to trust, security, and spirituality in Western cultures and Latin America. Green typically relates to nature, new beginnings, and prosperity in Western, Mexican, and South American cultures. Purple is regularly seen as a royal color representing wealth and power in Eastern and Western traditions. Orange commonly signifies creativity, wealth, and courage in places like Egypt, Japan, and the Netherlands

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    The document discusses the cultural meanings associated with different colors around the world. It notes that the color red commonly represents love, fertility, and celebration in places like India, Thailand, and China, but can also signify mourning, violence, and independence in other cultures. Yellow frequently symbolizes royalty, wealth, and prosperity in Africa and Asia. Blue is usually connected to trust, security, and spirituality in Western cultures and Latin America. Green typically relates to nature, new beginnings, and prosperity in Western, Mexican, and South American cultures. Purple is regularly seen as a royal color representing wealth and power in Eastern and Western traditions. Orange commonly signifies creativity, wealth, and courage in places like Egypt, Japan, and the Netherlands

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    Colours Mean in Other Cultures


    03.10.2021 22:47

    What Colors
    Mean in…

    red Fear, fire, wealth, power, purity, fertility, seduction, love, beauty, when woman gets India
    married, henna South Africa
    Mourning, violence and independence Thailand
    Sundays, Surya China
    New Year, funerals, and weddings, luck, prosperity, happiness, long life for people

    yellow Jealousy, betrayal, weakness, contradiction France


    Jealousy German
    High rank, money, quality, success, gold Africa
    Gold, painting mummies and tombs, mourning Egypt
    Bravery, wealth, refinement, emperor, royal family, pledge of courage Japan
    Lucky colour for Monday, king of Thailand, king Bhumibol, Thailand
    blue Hence, having "the blues", calming and soothing colour, trust, security, authority Western cultures
    Masculinity, birth of a boy, feminine colour Middle Eastern cultures
    Safety, protection, heaven, spirituality, immorality Latin American countries
    Hope, good health, Virgin Mary Judaism
    Holliness, divinity Hinduism
    Krishna (god)
    green Nature, ecology, environmental awareness, the military, traffic lights Western cultures
    Spring, money, freshness, inexperience, jealously Eastern and Asian cultures
    New beginnings, fertility, youth, health, prosperity Mexico
    In Mexico flag represent independence South America
    Death

    purple Royalty, wealth, power, exclusivity, fame Eastern and Western


    Purple clothing was expensive cultures
    Death and grieving UK, Italy, Brazil, Thailand,
    Honor and courage India
    Purple dye was rare and difficult to produce United States
    orange Fun and edgy Western cultures
    Curiosity, trying new things, creativity Netherlands
    Wealth, Dutch Royal family, mourning Egypt
    Courage, happiness, love, good health, fire, lucky, sacred Japanese and Chinese
    Strength, bravery, cultures
    Ukraine
    pink Femininity, love, romance, caring, tenderness Western cultures
    It's worn by both genders, trust, architecture Eastern countries
    Mentally stimulating, reduce violent behaviour, make people feel calmer and more Japan
    controlled Korea
    Latin America
    China

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