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Color Power For The Win (Color Meanings (Green (While Western cultures…
Color Power For The Win
Why it's Important
it is important because each color has different meaning and the right ones make a good website and the more colors you use the more spaced or to colorfull it makes or breaks a website
Color Theory
I think They Resemble for what kid of brain is yours like a kid or grandparent and the right audince is key without it would fail like if you use a ton of red in a kids book it will come as important each one makes a different meaning
Color Meanings
Green
While Western cultures associate green predominantly as the color of the Irish and luck, green also refers to nature, the environment, the protection of environmental causes, and progress. In a negative context green symbolizes envy or jealousy.
In Eastern and Asian cultures, green is the color of nature, fertility, and youth. However, it’s also associated with infidelity and exorcism.
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Purple
In Western cultures, as well as most Eastern and Asian cultures, purple is the color of royalty and is associated with wealth and fame.
On the other hand, Latin America and Thailand see purple as the color of mourning and death.
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Blue
Many Western cultures use blue for bank logos because it represents trust and authority. It’s also associated with the birth of baby boys and considered to be calming, soothing, and peaceful. In a negative context, it represents sadness and depression.
In Eastern and Asian cultures, blue is associated with immortality and strength. Contrary to the western world, blue is a feminine color in China.
In Latin America, blue is often associated with religion due to the high presence of the Catholic church.
The Middle East sees blue as safe and protecting as it is the color associated with Heaven, spirituality, and immortality.
Pink
In Western cultures, pink is the color of femininity and signifies the birth of a daughter. It also represents sweetness, childhood, or fun.
In Eastern and Asian cultures, pink is also considered feminine where it also signifies marriage. The exception is China which, as stated above, sees blue as the feminine color.
In Latin America, pink is often used as a color for buildings, while the Middle East doesn’t tie pink with anything in particular.
Yellow
In Western cultures, yellow is associated with warmth, summer, and hospitality. Oddly enough, in Germany, yellow is associated with envy whereas most of the rest of the world associates this feeling with the color green.
In Eastern and Asian cultures, yellow is not only considered sacred but imperial as well. In India, it symbolizes commerce.
Contrary to that, in Latin America and Egypt, yellow is associated with death and mourning. The rest of the Middle Eastern cultures view yellow as the color of happiness and prosperity.
Brown
Western cultures associate brown with the earth but also health or even barrenness. Brown is stable, dependable, and wholesome.
In Eastern and Asian cultures brown is the color of mourning while in Latin America brown discourages sales and is generally considered disapproving.
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Orange
The West sees orange as the color of harvest and autumn. Traditionally, in the United States orange signifies the fall season beginning in September through to Halloween and then Thanksgiving in late November.
Indian cultures consider orange a sacred color while in Japan, orange symbolizes courage and love.
Finally, the Middle East associates orange with mourning and loss.
Black
The Western world sees black as the color of finality, death, formality, and mourning, as well as the color of control and force.
In eastern and Asian cultures, black represents masculinity and is the color for boys in China. It also symbolizes wealth, health, and prosperity, while in Thailand and Tibet, black is most closely associated with evil.
Like in the East, Latin America associates this color with masculinity and mourning.
Interestingly enough, Middle East uses black to symbolize both rebirth and mourning.
Red
In western cultures, such as North America and Europe, red is the color of passion and excitement. It symbolizes danger, love, excitement, and power but it can also carry a negative connotation when connected to the countries that used to belong to the Eastern communist block.
In Eastern and Asian cultures, red represents happiness, joy, and celebration; and as such it is often worn by brides on their wedding day because it is thought to bring good luck and happiness.
In the Middle East, red represents danger and caution. Some also consider it the color of evil.
White
However, in Italy and Eastern and Asian cultures, white is used for funerals and represents sterility, mourning, unhappiness, and misfortune.
In Latin America, white has many of the same associations as in North America and is connected to purity and peace
Similarly to black, the Middle East associates both purity and mourning with white.
In Western cultures, white is the color of purity and peace. It is the color associated with weddings, hospitals, and holiness.