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Monday: Color in society serves many roles of portraying emotions and certain aspects of life. For me, when i think of color I think of beauty, diversity, and expression. It amazes me how God created us to be able to see in full color . There are different ways that color affects even how we are feeling. For example red is known to cause more irritation to how someone is feeling, while a color like baby blue calms. This is why that is used for infants. Colors can also be related to countries or nationalities, such as symbols on flags. They can stand for a people, giving a society hope, endurance, and patriotism. Cultures are different with color for several reasons. Many want to be different than everyone else. It also has to do with societal standards and the location of a place. Colors can be more prevalent in certain, and thus affect which ones will be used in a flag or symbol of that place. Tuesday: absent Wednesday: 1. Blue- In some countries, blue symbolizes healing and evil repellence. Blue eye-shaped amulets, believed to protect against the evil eye, are common sights in Turkey, Greece, Iran, Afghanistan, and Albania. Blue is considered the safest color choice around the world, since it has many positive associations. In North America and Europe blue represents trust, security, and authority, and is considered to be soothing and peaceful. But it can also represent depression, loneliness, and sadness (hence having “the blues”). 2. Green- In Western cultures green represents luck, nature, freshness, spring, environmental awareness, wealth, inexperience, and jealousy (the “green-eyed monster”). Of course, green is an emblematic color for Ireland, which earned its nickname “The Emerald Isle” from its lush green landscapes. Green has traditionally been forbidden in Indonesia, whereas in Mexico it’s a national color that stands for independence. In the Middle East green represents fertility, luck, and wealth, and it’s considered the traditional color of Islam. In Eastern cultures green symbolizes youth, fertility, and new life, but it can also mean infidelity. In fact, in China, green hats are taboo for men because it signals that their wives have committed adultery! 3. Red- Red symbolizes excitement, energy, passion, action, love, and danger in Western cultures. It’s also associated with communism and revolution in countries like Russia. In Asian cultures red is a very important color — it symbolizes good luck, joy, prosperity, celebration, happiness, and a long life. Because it’s such an auspicious color, brides often wear red on their wedding day and red envelopes containing money are given out during holidays and special occasions. In India red is associated with purity, sensuality, and spirituality. On the other hand, some countries in Africa associate red with death, and in Nigeria it represents aggression and vitality. It’s considered a lucky charm in Egypt and symbolizes good fortune and courage in Iran. 4. Yellow- In Western cultures, yellow is associated with happiness, cheeriness, optimism, warmth (as the color of sunlight), joy, and hope, as well as caution and cowardice. In Germany, yellow represents envy, but in Egypt, it conveys happiness and good fortune. Thursday: Quiz Friday: God gave us color as an expression of His nature. He is unique and diverse and the range/depth of who He is goes so far beyond simply a black and white world. Just as He created everything else-including man, hHe made color to bring diversity and uniqueness and depth
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