1. Basic Color Theory of different cultures
Color Meaning
Basic Color Theory of different cultures

2. COLOR MEANING
Do different colors affect your mood?

3. Black China: Color for young boys
Western: Funerals, death, Halloween (with orange), bad guys, rebellion

4. White Japan: White carnation symbolizes death Eastern: Funerals
Western: Brides, angels, good guys, hospitals, doctors, peace (white dove)

5. Red China: Good luck, celebration, summoning
Cherokees: Success, triumph
India: Purity
South Africa: Color of mourning
Russia: Bolsheviks and Communism
Eastern: Worn by brides
Western: Excitement, danger, love, passion, stop, Christmas (with green)

6. Blue Cherokees: Defeat, trouble Iran: Color of heaven and spirituality
Western: Depression, sadness, conservative, corporate, "something blue" bridal tradition

7. Green
China: Green hats indicate a man's wife is cheating on him, exorcism
India: Islam
Ireland: Symbol of the entire country
Western: Spring, new birth, go, Saint Patrick's Day, Christmas (with red)

8. Yellow China: Nourishing Egypt: Color of mourning Japan: Courage
India: Merchants
Western: Hope, hazards, coward

9. Purple
Thailand: Color of mourning (widows)
Western: Royalty

10. Food for thought
While blue is one of the most popular colors it is one of the least appetizing. Blue food is rare in nature. Food researchers say that when humans search for food, they learned to avoid toxic or spoiled objects, which were often blue, black, or purple. When food dyed blue is served to study subjects, they lose appetite.
Green, brown, and red are the most popular food colors. Red is often used in restaurant decorating schemes because it is an appetite stimulant.

11. Colors & Cultures