significance of cultural

The Significance of colour in culture

Colors evoke strong physiological and emotional responses both positive and negative.Different colour have different meaning to different people according to their own culture.
Chinese culture.
Red colour means good fortune and joy.That is why chinese gives red
packet to their family ,relatives and also friends during chinese new
year.It is to wish people good luck in coming years.Red also represent
fire in chinese culture.It is one of the five elements( fire, wood ,water
, metal, earth) that connected to chinese
beliefs named 'feng-shui'.they believe that


these five elements create everything that
exist in nature and red elements which named as fire is an elements that can chase out all evil.
Besides, golden and yellow are also significance colour of chinese.These two colours are the traditional colour that used in imperial services and it shows royalty, wealth and also hapiness.chinese also associate these two colour with the five elements. (golden-metal,yellow-earth).

Indian cultures

In India, brides traditionally wear red gowns and once married

their foreheads are adorned with a red dot or tikka.It means

commitment. And i think that the significant cultures of
indian cultures is red. But in india, red colour represents
something quite different with chinese cultural. For them,
red means purity. Soldiers wore red turbans in battle,
women wore red clothes and reddened their hands and
hair during marriage or fertility festivals.And Because of the

wedding represents the
beginning of a union of
two individuals and their family , the color red also symbolizes fertility and prosperity.
Besides red, there is

another colour that
represents their cultures. It is green. The color

green represents a new beginning. This is also the colour that they used to honour islam.

Other cultures

Besides these 2 cultures,there are also many significance of colour in others cultures . And i hav list a few of that..hope you all enjoy reading this..^^

RED
western culture : passion, romance, fire, violence, aggression.
stop or signals warning or forbidden actions in many cultures.

BROWN
north-america: conveying strength(they use this colour in coffee packaging n also logos of coffee chain >starbucks)

PURPLE

western culture : creativity, mystery, royalty, mysticism, rarity.

associated with death in some cultures.

GREEN

western culture : nature, healing , fertility, growth, envy. In North American cultures, green means go, is associated with environmental awareness, and is often linked to fiscal matters.

indonesia : forbidden(don't use green if u r planning business with indonesian)

South america: death

middle east: luck

WHITE

chinese: mourning,death

western culture : purity, innocence, cleanliness, truth, peace, coldness, sterility

BLACK

western culture ：power, sophistication, contemporary style, death, morbidity, evil.

BLUE

western culture : loyalty, security, conservatism, tranquility, coldness, sadness.

Iran : immortality

YELLOW

western culture : brightness, illumination, illness, cowardice.

saudi arabian : reliability,strength