What Colors Mean !
We live in a colorful world. In many countries, colors represent various holidays; they are also used to express feelings and enliven language. Find your favorite color and see what it means around the world.
Red
For the ancient Romans, a red flag was a signal for battle. Because of its visibility, stop signs, stoplights, brake lights, and fire equipment are all painted red. In India, red is the symbol for a soldier. In South Africa, red is the color of mourning. It's considered good luck to tie a red bow on a new car. In China, red is the color of good luck and is used as a holiday and wedding color. Chinese babies are given their names at a red-egg ceremony. In Greece, eggs are dyed red for good luck at Easter time. Superstitious people think red frightens the devil. To “see red” is to be angry. A “red-letter day” is one of special importance and good fortune. To “paint the town red” is to celebrate. If a business is “in the red,” it is losing money. Red is the color most commonly found in national flags.
Green
Ancient Egyptians colored the floors of their temples green. In ancient Greece, green
symbolized victory. In the highlands of Scotland, people wore green as a mark of honor. Green is the national color of Ireland. A “greenback” is slang for a U.S. dollar bill. The “green-eyed monster” is jealousy. A greenhorn is a newcomer or unsophisticated person. Green means “go.” When “all systems are green,” it means everything is in order. Green is youthful. Being “green around the gills” is looking
pale and sickly. A person with a “green thumb” is good at making plants grow.
Green is a healing color, the color of nature.
Blue
Blue In Iran, blue is the color of mourning. Blue was used as protection against witches, who supposedly dislike the color. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt wore blue for protection against evil. If you are “true blue,” you are loyal and faithful. Blue stands for love, which is why a bride carries or wears something blue on her wedding day. A room painted blue is said to be relaxing. “Feeling blue” is feeling sad. “Blue devils” are feelings of depression. Something “out of the blue” is from an unknown
source at an unexpected time. A blue blood is a person of noble descent. This is
probably from the blue veins of the faircomplexioned aristocrats who first used this term. A “bluenose” is a strict, puritanical person. A “bluestocking” used to be a scholarly or highly knowledgeable woman.
These
colors
drive me
CRAZY
….man!
