color symbolism?

Question

i need to know what the symbolism of white black and green. i already know black is death, white is purity, and green is money&envy but what eles can they symbolize?

Answer 1

In the Asain green is eternity, family, harmony, health, peace, posterity. white is children, helpful people, marriage,
mourning, peace, purity, travel and black is career, evil influences, knowledge, mourning, penance, self-cultivation.

In some Native American tribes green is living willfully. White is Sharing and black is harmony; listening

of course there are other meanings depending on the culture. The site listed in the sorces area has more about color and symbolism.

Answer 2

depending on culture colors have different meanings here is a good article illustrating this

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/color2.htm

"In the Western Culture: Green has taken on a very strong connotation as the color representing ecology and concern for the environment, however, it also conveys meanings associated with money and the suggestion "to go ahead" which is obviously derived from traffic lights."

Colors have different associations for candle magic, stained glass, cultural bias, flower messages etc... here is some info on the color symbolism for stained glass

http://www3.baylor.edu/abl/adaversion/stglcolor2.htm

for candle magic

http://www.magickalmeltingpot.com/CandleMagick.html

flower meaning

http://marriage.about.com/od/flowers/a/flowermean.htm

Answer 3

Black is also associated with secrecy, the earth.
White is sometimes associated with death, especially in asian cultures.
Green can refer to nature, renewal.

An internet search for Color Symbolism would do you wonders.

Answer 4

interior the matrix each and every thing that occurred interior the actual international became into sort of gray, at the same time as the scenes going on interior the matrix had a greenish forged in hostel the colour is progressively bumped off (in terms of the products interior the scenes, no longer the movie inventory itself as in the different 2 examples)- the bordello is blue and purple, at the same time as the abandoned production facility the place the killings take place is basically approximately without colour, which pertains to the increasing hopelessness of the substantial character's difficulty interior the movie "the line" the flashback scenes are sort of standard, at the same time as the present is, returned, basically approximately without colour suggesting the bleakness of the characters' present day fact. then, in the direction of the tip of the movie we start to work out extremely colour suggesting desire for the destiny im uncertain that any of those are precisely what you're finding for, yet they characterize use of colour (or lack thereof) to tell the story

Answer 5

Red - violence, if a person wears red clothes it is said that is powerful outside - but has a hidden suffering inside.
Scarlet - a person wearing scarlet is considered very rational.
Pink - immaturity, joy of life.
Yellow - wearing and liking yellow means you are trustful.
Green - friendly persons.
Blue - sincere persons.
Black - moral crisis.
etc.

There are a lot of articles related with color symbolism. Don't ask on yahoo if you can search on yahoo, Dewey or google.

Answer 6

In Japan, white = death.

Answer 7

Black can be for protection too / White can be for healing and green can be used for luck.

Answer 8

Black - mysteriousness, evil, the unknown, power.
White - innocence, cleansing.
Green - power, nature, also purity, magic.

Answer 9

in many cultures, black, the color of fertile soil, equals life, while white, the color of bone, equals death.

Answer 10

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