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Colour around the world:
Cultures, flags, industry

            
Blue

The colour of mourning in Mexico.

    
image: Monk
Black

In Europe, black is considered the traditional colour of mourning, but did not acquire this meaning until the eleventh century.
image: Tuxedo
  
image: Blue reef
            
   

Also See:

Egyptians and colour
Aztecs and colour
Vikings and colour
Romans and colour

    
Orange

In China and Japan, orange is used to symbolise happiness and love.

  

"Before, when I didn't know what colour to put down, I put down black. Black is a force: I depend on black to simplify the construction. Now I've given up blacks."

Henri Matisse, 1946.