CoLOr SyMboLiSm By CuLtURe

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• 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)
• Orange
  Ireland: Religious (Protestants)
  Western: Halloween (with black), creativity, autumn
• Yellow
  China: Nourishing
  Egypt: Color of mourning
  Japan: Courage
  India: Merchants
  Western: Hope, hazards, coward
• 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)
• Blue
  Cherokees: Defeat, trouble
  Iran: Color of heaven and spirituality
  Western: Depression, sadness, conservative, corporate, "something blue" bridal tradition
• Purple
  Thailand: Color of mourning (widows)
  Western: Royalty
• White
  Japan: White carnation symbolizes death
  Eastern: Funerals
  Western: Brides, angels, good guys, hospitals, doctors, peace (white dove)
• Black
  Western: Funerals, death, Halloween (with orange), bad guys, rebellion