2007-10-22 11:51:43 · 11 answers · asked by eiere 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
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2007-10-22 11:57:07 · answer #1 · answered by John Silver 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Orange, being the most prevalent autumn tone, is derived from the pumpkin and leaves. Halloween was once (and still may be in some areas) a festival of the dead. Death is usually associated with darkness and absence of light signified by the color black.
2007-10-22 19:03:14 · answer #2 · answered by karamarie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black is pretty obvious (being night) and orange is the color of pumpkins, which usually relate to Halloween.
2007-10-22 18:55:18 · answer #3 · answered by bobthevicious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's developed naturally...black is the colour of the night and all things dark and scary and orange is the colour of pumkins...I would hazard a guess that the colour scheme has only been popular since arounf the 1920s......I guess this because I am a collector of old paper advertisements and greetings cards...Ive never seen anything halloween related that was earlier than 1920....
2007-10-22 18:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by Daisyhill 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
orange and black aren't really officially halloween colors
but black is a dominating color in many halloween decorations because signs that were thought to be "bad omens" are black: black cat, bats, spiders
are all black
and orange is for pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns
so there you go (:
2007-10-22 18:57:13 · answer #5 · answered by sweetie_bo0xx3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween was from Europe. France I think and the local residents were into this thing that every year at night you ask Trick or Treat to see if that person is The Evil Witch or not. If it the witch, she will say trick and treat to give something of valuable( in the US they give candy to lit kids).
2007-10-22 18:55:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess because pumpkins are orange and a black cat usually goes with a witch.
2007-10-22 18:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by Angel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Black signifies death, night, withches, black cats, stuff like that. Orange signifies autumn, turning leaves, and fire. These are pretty much the origins too.
2007-10-22 19:00:43 · answer #8 · answered by jessh147 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
......nobody knows...... lol mayb they liked them or mayb because IM A WILDCAT aT WINTER PARK high and thats r colors so they decided to use the same colors as us 4 halloween... ya that must b it!
2007-10-22 18:56:53 · answer #9 · answered by vocalstar2b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
orange for pumpkins and black for night.
2007-10-22 19:05:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋