1. Positive Black Rich, Healing, Peaceful, Quiet, Birth, Sophistication (Ancient humans saw life come from earth/womb…they lived early lives in caves) Examples: good earth/rich soil midnight sky: eternal, peaceful night: cooling in hot climates Rest In Peace: death

2. Negative Black Ignorance, Evil, Death, Bondage (The ancient humans were afraid of the darkness, night represented the unknown) Examples: color of mourning grim reaper’s robe chaos/creation (Greek/Hebrew) demons in dark places

3. Positive White Knowledge, Goodness, Freedom, Purity, Innocence (The ancient humans received comfort from daylight.) Examples: white beard/wise man: Gandolf in LOTR clean, unstained: white dove white flag: surrender/peace wedding dress, chuppa, baptismal gown angels

5. Negative White Sterile, Cold, Naïve, Sickly (The ancient humans saw whiteness of body at death and during illness) Examples: Dr. office/psychology ward ghosts: absent of soul/humanity white face of death KKK robes & storm troopers: no identity/humanity, anonymous killers White witch: Narnia books Widows in North India wear all white to mourn

6. Positive Red Rich, Wealth, Love (The ancient humans saw the physical heart was red; red dye was very expensive for clothing in the past) Examples: roses/ hearts lips/ fruit—prime of life and youth red blood: energy, surge of life

7. Negative Red Blood, War, Evil, Danger (The ancient humans were afraid of injury/bleeding, which would lead to death) Examples: fires of hell Mars: red planet, god of war anger/lust/flush of temptation (neg. passions) “Satan” red demons

8. Positive Green Fertility, Youth, New Life, Growth (The ancient humans observed nature, spring, etc. as the time of birth) Examples: new trees, plants in spring to be “green” is to be new, fresh

9. Negative Green Naïve, Envious, Decay (The ancient humans saw spring as birth, hence the definition of naïve) Examples: mold, mildew envy= nausea/sickness Rookie is “green”: Too inexperienced jealousy is the “green-eyed” monster

11. Positive Gold Fulfillment, Peak Time (The ancient humans observed the rewards of harvest and precious metals as well as the color of the sun) Examples: Wheat at harvest Gold metal: Olympics, Crowns: royalty “Golden Years” of either youth or old age

12. Negative Gold Greed (The ancient humans made war for gold, land, wealth) Examples: King Midas Ring in Lord of the Rings Pirate booty: treasure to die for

13. Positive Blue Peace/Calm, Contemplation, Loyalty/Faith, Purification, Redemption (The ancient humans observed the blue sky, cool, calm waters) Examples: -Baptism with water: cleans, redeems idea of “heaven” midnight blue, sky: infinity

14. Negative Blue Sorrow, Grief, Depression (The ancient humans associated this with tears) Examples: tears, rain stormy, cloudy water