CoLOr SyMboLiSm By CuLtURe

ThE cUltURal bASiS fOr coLOr sYMbOLism cAn bE VeRy pOWerfUl, aNd IF yOu Don'T unDeRStAnd wHat yOu'Re saYiNg wiTh yOUr cOlORs, yOU cAn mAKe biG MisTaKeS.

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)

Orange
Ireland: Religious (Protestants)
Western: Halloween (with black), creativity, autumn

Yellow
China: Nourishing
Egypt: Color of mourning
Japan: Courage
India: Merchants
Western: Hope, hazards, coward

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)

Blue
Cherokees: Defeat, trouble
Iran: Color of heaven and spirituality
Western: Depression, sadness, conservative, corporate, "something blue" bridal tradition

Purple
Thailand: Color of mourning (widows)
Western: Royalty

White
Japan: White carnation symbolizes death
Eastern: Funerals
Western: Brides, angels, good guys, hospitals, doctors, peace (white dove)

Black
Western: Funerals, death, Halloween (with orange), bad guys, rebellion