Colour news
FestivalsPhotos of the weekColour of the yearEvery 2027 Color of the Year We Know So FarFashion and designThe 8 Colors Fashion Girls are Building Their Fall Wardrobes AroundFestivalsIn India, Holi welcomes spring with a Festival of ColorsColour of the yearTom’s Watch Bar Partners With Dodgers Fan Club Pantone 294Craft and textilesMore clues to Maya blueCraft and textilesDesigners Say These 6 Unexpected Paint Colors Can Make Any Room Feel Instantly Warmer and More InvitingCraft and textilesMacron and UYBA Volley present the new 2026/27 Game SetCraft and textilesThe Souls I (Grafix Gold, Topaz, Chilli Red) (2010) by Damien Hirst - For SaleCraft and textilesBalenciaga Spring/Summer2027 Runway Dips Into ColourFestivalsPhotos of the weekColour of the yearEvery 2027 Color of the Year We Know So FarFashion and designThe 8 Colors Fashion Girls are Building Their Fall Wardrobes AroundFestivalsIn India, Holi welcomes spring with a Festival of ColorsColour of the yearTom’s Watch Bar Partners With Dodgers Fan Club Pantone 294Craft and textilesMore clues to Maya blueCraft and textilesDesigners Say These 6 Unexpected Paint Colors Can Make Any Room Feel Instantly Warmer and More InvitingCraft and textilesMacron and UYBA Volley present the new 2026/27 Game SetCraft and textilesThe Souls I (Grafix Gold, Topaz, Chilli Red) (2010) by Damien Hirst - For SaleCraft and textilesBalenciaga Spring/Summer2027 Runway Dips Into Colour
Rang

Next: 1 Oct 2027

National Day of China

Red flags with five yellow stars on every street, and a huge basket of flowers in Tiananmen Square.

Flower decorations to celebrate National Day of the People's Republic of China at Beijing's Beihai Park in 2004. The signboards read "国庆" (guóqìng; literally "country celebrate") meaning "National Day".
Photo: me ( w:User:pfctdayelise ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of National Day of China

The People's Republic of China was proclaimed on 1 October 1949, and the date opens a week-long holiday. Streets, shops and housing blocks are hung with the national flag: red with one large yellow star and four small ones. The red is the colour of the revolution, and it is also the old Chinese colour of joy and good fortune. The official reading of the stars is the unity of the people under the leadership of the Communist Party, and yellow is said to stand for light on the red land. At dawn crowds watch the flag raised in Tiananmen Square, where a giant basket of artificial flowers is built each year. Red lanterns hang from the gate.

#EE1C25Flag redThe revolution; also joy and fortune.
#FFFF00Star yellowThe five stars.
#E6B422Lantern goldTassels and characters on the red lanterns.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

RedThe national colour.YellowThe stars.

Also part of it, and being written: Imperial yellow (The yellow once reserved for emperors.).

About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "National Day of the People's Republic of China" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.