Buddhist colours
Saffron and maroon robes, gold leaf and the five colours of the prayer flag.
#FFFF00
Yellow
A primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigmentsBasic colour · 🇫🇷 France +5
#FFFFFF
White
The lightest colour, seen in snow, milk and chalk, and opposite to blackBasic colour
Yellow
Turmeric
A golden yellow dye and spice from the rhizome of a tropical plantColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +5
#E34234
Vermilion
A brilliant orange-red pigment, once made from toxic mercury orePigment · 🇹🇷 Turkey +5
#800000
Maroon
A deep brownish red named for the French word for chestnutNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia +4
#F4C430
Saffron
A yellow-orange shade named after the colour of saffron crocus threadsNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India +1
Red
Red红 / 紅 (hóng), Красный (Krasny)
A colour linked with luck, love, courage and ceremony in cultures worldwideBasic colour · 🇨🇳 China +5
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- White: Steve Snodgrass, CC BY 2.0, source
- Turmeric: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Maroon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Vermilion: عُثمان, CC0, source
- Saffron: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Yellow: Mark Robinson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Red: Politikaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source