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What colours stand for

The same idea wears different colours in different places. Pick a meaning to see which colours carry it, country by country.

Mourning and deathBlack in one place, white in another, purple, red or blue elsewhere: the colours of grief.10 Weddings and marriageWhat brides, grooms and guests wear, and why.7 Luck and prosperityColours worn, hung and given to bring good fortune and wealth.3 Royalty and powerColours kept for kings, emperors, priests and the state.20 Sacred and holyColours of gods, saints, robes, shrines and rites.33 Purity and peaceCleanliness, innocence, truce and new beginnings.10 Danger and warningStop, poison, fire, debt and taboo.6 Love and desireRomance, passion, beauty and fertility.4 Nature and renewalSpring, harvest, rain, land and life.7 Politics and protestParties, revolutions, movements and causes.7 Festival and celebrationColours thrown, lit, hung and worn on feast days.11 Protection and healingColours against the evil eye, illness and bad spirits.14

The weekly palette

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