![]() ![]() YellowĪstronauts in their orange spacesuits prior to launch of the Space Shuttle Atlanis on mission STS-125, in front of a mockup of the shuttle. The majority of plant’s naturally produce green-colored pigments called chlorophyll which are the sites for the conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide into breathable oxygen, known as photosynthesis. It is fair to assume that green’s connection to nature lies in its abundance amongst it. According to the BBC the word “green” comes from the Proto-Indo-European (ancient people that lived around the 4th millenium BC) word “ghre”, which means “grow”. The color green has also been firmly attributed to the environment – in particular when used to illustrate products or campaigns which support the health of the planet. "Green in its degraded sense gives us 'the green-eyed monster jealousy,' which is the direct opposite of celestial wisdom, for jealousy is always due to the intrusion of the desires of the self, while celestial wisdom wishes to give rather than to receive," Conroy wrote. Blue: Why Necktie Colors MatterĪside from its association with wisdom, there's a flipside to green. – Why is the color blue so rare in nature? More than 9,000 mollusks were needed to create just one gram of Tyrian purple, and because only wealthy rulers could afford to buy and wear fabrics dyed with the color, it became associated with the imperial classes of Rome, Egypt and Persia.Īnother consequence of this is that purple also came to represent spirituality and holiness, because the ancient emperors, kings and queens that wore the color were often considered to be gods or descendants of the gods. Fabric traders obtained "Tyrian purple," as the dye was called, from a small mollusk that was found only in a region of the Mediterranean Sea near Tyre, a Phoenician trading city located in modern-day Lebanon, according to the journal Molecules. Purple's elite status stems from the rarity and cost of the dye originally used to produce it. In many European societies, the symbolism was even established by law: From ancient Rome to Elizabethan England, "sumptuary laws" forbade anyone except close members of the royal family to wear the color, according to Harvard Law School. Purple symbolizes royalty, nobility and imperialism. A study published in the journal Color Research and Application found that black was the overall favourite color to wear amongst female study participants. Of course the black isn’t always synonymous with death and despair, especially in the world of fashion. Throughout history the color black has also been attached to fearful and mysterious things, such as black magic, black holes, the black plague and so on. There was the added coincidence of death sharing similarities with sleep, which happens in the darkness of night and when closed eyelids block out all light. ![]() Ancient people were completely "in the dark" about what would happen to them after death, and so it was (and is) represented by the color black in many cultures. Of all mysteries, death may have been the biggest. ![]() This was because night, the absence of light, transcended human perception in the same way that the wisdom of God was thought to be beyond comprehension. ![]() Many ancient cultures believed that black was "the color of mystery and of the mysterious ways and wisdom of God," historian Ellen Conroy wrote in her book " The Symbolism of Colors" (1921). The colour – or rather adsense of colour– black is often linked with negative associations, such as death, fear or sadness, according to the Journal of international Colour Association. ![]()
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