colors and meanings culture
Color is an important aspect of every culture. Colors can represent love, anger, sadness, infidelity, and religious affiliations, depending on the culture. In this lesson, we will look at the different meanings of colors in cultures around the world. Colors carry deep meanings with them in every culture. Western, Far Eastern, Middle Eastern, Indian, and African cultures have stark differences in the symbolism of colors within their cultures. For instance, in some cultures, white represents innocence, but in others, it can represent death.
Black symbolizes evil, emptiness, death, and dirtiness, but also power, dignity and strength. Since black symbolizes death, it is the color worn by many cultures in times of mourning. At the extreme opposite is white. This color symbolizes purity, sterility, innocence, and goodness, but also sterility in most cultures.