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GREEN
-Only one national flag is a solid color: the green flag of Libya.
-Ancient Egyptians colored the floors of their temples green.
-In ancient Greece, green symbolized victory.
-In the highlands of Scotland, people wore green as a mark of honor.
-Green is the national color of Ireland.
-A “greenback” is slang for a U.S. dollar bill.
-Green means “go.” When “all systems are green,” it means everything is in order.
-The green room of a concert hall or theater is where performers relax before going onstage.
-The “green-eyed monster” is jealousy.
-A greenhorn is a newcomer or unsophisticated person.
-Green is youthful.
-Being “green around the gills” is looking pale and sickly.
-“Green with envy” means full of envy or jealousy.
-A person with a “green thumb” is good at making plants grow.
-A green, or common, is a town park.
-Green is a healing color, the color of nature.
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See also my Green Collection
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BLUE
-In ancient Rome, public servants wore blue. Today, police and other public servants wear blue.
-In Iran, blue is the color of mourning.
-Blue was used as protection against witches, who supposedly dislike the color.
-If you are “true blue,” you are loyal and faithful.
-Blue stands for love, which is why a bride carries or wears something blue on her wedding day.
-A room painted blue is said to be relaxing.
-“Feeling blue” is feeling sad. “Blue devils” are feelings of depression.
-Something “out of the blue” is from an unknown source at an unexpected time.
-A bluebook is a list of socially prominent people.
-The first prize gets a blue ribbon.
-A blue blood is a person of noble descent. This is probably from the blue veins of the fair-complexioned aristocrats who first used this term.
-“Into the blue” means into the unknown.
-A “bluenose” is a strict, puritanical person.
-A “bluestocking” used to be a scholarly or highly knowledgeable woman.
-The pharaohs of ancient Egypt wore blue for protection against evil.
-The “blues” is a style of music derived from southern African-American secular songs. It influenced the development of rock, R&B, and country music.
-“Blue laws” are used to enforce moral standards.
-A blue ribbon panel is a group of especially qualified people.
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See also my Blue Collection
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PURPLE
-The Egyptian queen Cleopatra loved purple. To obtain one ounce of Tyrian purple dye, she had her servants soak 20,000 Purpura snails for 10 days.
-In Thailand, purple is worn by a widow mourning her husband's death.
-A “ purple heart” is a U.S. military decoration for soldiers wounded or killed in battle.
-Purple is a royal color.
-Purple robes are an emblem of authority and rank.
-“ Purple speech” is profane talk.
-“ Purple prose” is writing that is full of exaggerated literary effects and ornamentation.
-Leonardo da Vinci believed that the power of meditation increases 10 times when done in a purple light, as in the purple light of stained glass.
-Purple in a child's room is said to help develop the imagination according to color theory.
-Richard Wagner composed his operas in a room with shades of violet, his color of inspiration.
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See also my Purple Collection
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RED
-For the ancient Romans, a red flag was a signal for battle.
-Because of its visibility, stop signs, stoplights, brake lights, and fire equipment are all painted red.
-The ancient Egyptians considered themselves a red race and painted their bodies with red dye for emphasis.
-In Russia, red means beautiful. The Bolsheviks used a red flag as their symbol when they overthrew the tsar in 1917. That is how red became the color of communism.
-In India, red is the symbol for a soldier.
-In South Africa, red is the color of mourning.
-It's considered good luck to tie a red bow on a new car.
-In China, red is the color of good luck and is used as a holiday and wedding color. Chinese babies are given their names at a red-egg ceremony.
-Superstitious people think red frightens the devil.
-A “red-letter day” is one of special importance and good fortune.
-In Greece, eggs are dyed red for good luck at Easter time.
-To “ paint the town red” is to celebrate.
-Red is the color most commonly found in national flags.
-In the English War of the Roses, red was the color of the House of Lancaster, which defeated the House of York, symbolized by the color white.
-The “Redshirts” were the soldiers of the Italian leader Garibaldi, who unified modern Italy in the nineteenth century.
-To “see red” is to be angry.
-A “red herring” is a distraction, something that takes attention away from the real issue.
-A “red eye” is an overnight airplane flight.
-If a business is “in the red,” it is losing money.
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See also my Red Collection
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YELLOW
-In Egypt and Burma, yellow signifies mourning.
-In Spain, executioners once wore yellow.
-In India, yellow is the symbol for a merchant or farmer.
-In tenth-century France, the doors of traitors and criminals were painted yellow.
-Hindus in India wear yellow to celebrate the festival of spring.
-If someone is said to have a “yellow streak,” that person is considered a coward.
-In Japan during the War of Dynasty in 1357, each warrior wore a yellow chrysanthemum as a pledge of courage.
-A yellow ribbon is a sign of support for soldiers at the front.
-Yellow is a symbol of jealousy and deceit.
-In the Middle Ages, actors portraying the dead in a play wore yellow.
-To holistic healers, yellow is the color of peace.
-Yellow has good visibility and is often used as a color of warning. It is also a symbol for quarantine, an area marked off because of danger.
-“Yellow journalism” refers to irresponsible and alarmist reporting
See also my Yellow Collection
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WHITE
-A white flag is the universal symbol for truce.
-White means mourning in China and Japan.
-Angels are usually depicted wearing white robes.
-The ancient Greeks wore white to bed to ensure pleasant dreams.
-The Egyptian pharaohs wore white crowns.
-The ancient Persians believed all gods wore white.
-A “white elephant” is a rare, pale elephant considered sacred to the people of India, Thailand, Burma, and Sri Lanka; in this country, it is either a possession that costs more than it is worth to keep or an item that the owner doesn't want but can't get rid of.
-It's considered good luck to be married in a white garment.
-White heat is a state of intense enthusiasm, anger, devotion, or passion.
-To whitewash is to gloss over defects or make something seem presentable that isn't.
-A “white knight” is a rescuer.
-A white list contains favored items (as opposed to a blacklist).
-A “whiteout” occurs when there is zero visibility during a blizzard.
-A “white sale” is a sale of sheets, towels, and other bed and bath items.
-A “whited sepulcher” is a person who is evil inside but appears good on the outside, a hypocrite.
-“White lightning” is slang for moonshine, a homebrewed alcohol.
-A white room is a clean room as well as a temperature-controlled, dust-free room for precision instruments.
-White water is the foamy, frothy water in rapids and waterfalls.
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See also my White Collection
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PINK
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:thumb51499878:
See also my Pink Collection
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ORANGE
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See also my Orange Collection
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-Only one national flag is a solid color: the green flag of Libya.
-Ancient Egyptians colored the floors of their temples green.
-In ancient Greece, green symbolized victory.
-In the highlands of Scotland, people wore green as a mark of honor.
-Green is the national color of Ireland.
-A “greenback” is slang for a U.S. dollar bill.
-Green means “go.” When “all systems are green,” it means everything is in order.
-The green room of a concert hall or theater is where performers relax before going onstage.
-The “green-eyed monster” is jealousy.
-A greenhorn is a newcomer or unsophisticated person.
-Green is youthful.
-Being “green around the gills” is looking pale and sickly.
-“Green with envy” means full of envy or jealousy.
-A person with a “green thumb” is good at making plants grow.
-A green, or common, is a town park.
-Green is a healing color, the color of nature.
:thumb84846253:
See also my Green Collection
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BLUE
-In ancient Rome, public servants wore blue. Today, police and other public servants wear blue.
-In Iran, blue is the color of mourning.
-Blue was used as protection against witches, who supposedly dislike the color.
-If you are “true blue,” you are loyal and faithful.
-Blue stands for love, which is why a bride carries or wears something blue on her wedding day.
-A room painted blue is said to be relaxing.
-“Feeling blue” is feeling sad. “Blue devils” are feelings of depression.
-Something “out of the blue” is from an unknown source at an unexpected time.
-A bluebook is a list of socially prominent people.
-The first prize gets a blue ribbon.
-A blue blood is a person of noble descent. This is probably from the blue veins of the fair-complexioned aristocrats who first used this term.
-“Into the blue” means into the unknown.
-A “bluenose” is a strict, puritanical person.
-A “bluestocking” used to be a scholarly or highly knowledgeable woman.
-The pharaohs of ancient Egypt wore blue for protection against evil.
-The “blues” is a style of music derived from southern African-American secular songs. It influenced the development of rock, R&B, and country music.
-“Blue laws” are used to enforce moral standards.
-A blue ribbon panel is a group of especially qualified people.
:thumb60664351:See also my Blue Collection
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PURPLE
-The Egyptian queen Cleopatra loved purple. To obtain one ounce of Tyrian purple dye, she had her servants soak 20,000 Purpura snails for 10 days.
-In Thailand, purple is worn by a widow mourning her husband's death.
-A “ purple heart” is a U.S. military decoration for soldiers wounded or killed in battle.
-Purple is a royal color.
-Purple robes are an emblem of authority and rank.
-“ Purple speech” is profane talk.
-“ Purple prose” is writing that is full of exaggerated literary effects and ornamentation.
-Leonardo da Vinci believed that the power of meditation increases 10 times when done in a purple light, as in the purple light of stained glass.
-Purple in a child's room is said to help develop the imagination according to color theory.
-Richard Wagner composed his operas in a room with shades of violet, his color of inspiration.
:thumb81963021:
See also my Purple Collection
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RED
-For the ancient Romans, a red flag was a signal for battle.
-Because of its visibility, stop signs, stoplights, brake lights, and fire equipment are all painted red.
-The ancient Egyptians considered themselves a red race and painted their bodies with red dye for emphasis.
-In Russia, red means beautiful. The Bolsheviks used a red flag as their symbol when they overthrew the tsar in 1917. That is how red became the color of communism.
-In India, red is the symbol for a soldier.
-In South Africa, red is the color of mourning.
-It's considered good luck to tie a red bow on a new car.
-In China, red is the color of good luck and is used as a holiday and wedding color. Chinese babies are given their names at a red-egg ceremony.
-Superstitious people think red frightens the devil.
-A “red-letter day” is one of special importance and good fortune.
-In Greece, eggs are dyed red for good luck at Easter time.
-To “ paint the town red” is to celebrate.
-Red is the color most commonly found in national flags.
-In the English War of the Roses, red was the color of the House of Lancaster, which defeated the House of York, symbolized by the color white.
-The “Redshirts” were the soldiers of the Italian leader Garibaldi, who unified modern Italy in the nineteenth century.
-To “see red” is to be angry.
-A “red herring” is a distraction, something that takes attention away from the real issue.
-A “red eye” is an overnight airplane flight.
-If a business is “in the red,” it is losing money.
:thumb78888242: :thumb60723794:
See also my Red Collection
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YELLOW
-In Egypt and Burma, yellow signifies mourning.
-In Spain, executioners once wore yellow.
-In India, yellow is the symbol for a merchant or farmer.
-In tenth-century France, the doors of traitors and criminals were painted yellow.
-Hindus in India wear yellow to celebrate the festival of spring.
-If someone is said to have a “yellow streak,” that person is considered a coward.
-In Japan during the War of Dynasty in 1357, each warrior wore a yellow chrysanthemum as a pledge of courage.
-A yellow ribbon is a sign of support for soldiers at the front.
-Yellow is a symbol of jealousy and deceit.
-In the Middle Ages, actors portraying the dead in a play wore yellow.
-To holistic healers, yellow is the color of peace.
-Yellow has good visibility and is often used as a color of warning. It is also a symbol for quarantine, an area marked off because of danger.
-“Yellow journalism” refers to irresponsible and alarmist reporting
See also my Yellow Collection
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WHITE
-A white flag is the universal symbol for truce.
-White means mourning in China and Japan.
-Angels are usually depicted wearing white robes.
-The ancient Greeks wore white to bed to ensure pleasant dreams.
-The Egyptian pharaohs wore white crowns.
-The ancient Persians believed all gods wore white.
-A “white elephant” is a rare, pale elephant considered sacred to the people of India, Thailand, Burma, and Sri Lanka; in this country, it is either a possession that costs more than it is worth to keep or an item that the owner doesn't want but can't get rid of.
-It's considered good luck to be married in a white garment.
-White heat is a state of intense enthusiasm, anger, devotion, or passion.
-To whitewash is to gloss over defects or make something seem presentable that isn't.
-A “white knight” is a rescuer.
-A white list contains favored items (as opposed to a blacklist).
-A “whiteout” occurs when there is zero visibility during a blizzard.
-A “white sale” is a sale of sheets, towels, and other bed and bath items.
-A “whited sepulcher” is a person who is evil inside but appears good on the outside, a hypocrite.
-“White lightning” is slang for moonshine, a homebrewed alcohol.
-A white room is a clean room as well as a temperature-controlled, dust-free room for precision instruments.
-White water is the foamy, frothy water in rapids and waterfalls.
:thumb66178958: :thumb84162494:See also my White Collection
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PINK
:thumb44092286:
:thumb51499878:
See also my Pink Collection
-----
ORANGE
:thumb85914576:
See also my Orange Collection
-----
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Let me smell your flesh
Let me taste your skin.
Let me suffer your bite.
Let me close your eyes.
I want to feel your lips and our tongues, searching for the warmth of each other. ♥