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Color in culture

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Pan-Slavic colors
red, blue and white
tincture
colour used to emblazon a coat of arms in heraldy
Pan-Arab colors
black, white, green, and red, used in the flag of the Arab Revolt
awareness ribbon
symbols meant to show support or raise consciousness for a cause
national colour
color that represents a nation
political colour
colours used to represent a political ideology, movement or party
color psychology
study of influence of color on human behaviour
color symbolism
the use of color for symbolic purposes
distinguishing blue from green in language
linguistic concept
Dancheong
Dancheong () refers to Korean decorative colouring on wooden buildings and artifacts for the purpose of style. It is an adaptation of the Chinese practice danqing, danqing refers to Chinese painting on silk and paper, and also decoration on wood. It literally means "cinnabar and blue-green", and is sometimes translated as "red and blue" in English. Along with its decorations and the choice of paint colours, Dancheong carries various symbolic meanings. It is based on five basic colours; blue (east), white (west), red (south), black (north), and yellow (center). Together, these colours symbolize
color in Chinese culture
values ascribed to colors in Chinese cultural tradition
Oranjegekte
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Waffenfarbe
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color analysis
process of determining the colors that best suit an individual's natural coloring
Obangsaek
The traditional Korean color spectrum, also known as obangsaek (), is the color scheme of the five Korean traditional colors of white, black, blue, red and yellow. In Korean traditional arts and traditional textile patterns, the colors of obangsaek represent five cardinal directions: obangsaek theory is a combination of Five Elements and Five Colours theory and originated in China.
Pastel QAnon
sub-community of QAnon adherents
color terminology for race
describing people as black, white, etc.
Red letter day
any day of special significance or opportunity
light and darkness
metaphorical contrast of white and black
wine color
wine characteristic