Colors and Their Meanings

The color red evokes extreme emotions in everyone. It is a passionate color that can lead to violence and warfare, or the flush of love that transcends time. It is power, the banner that leads the troops to war, and a warning of danger up ahead. Red is the symbol of courage and sacrifice, life and death.

It is Cupid on one end and the Devil on the other.

Red roses are a symbol of one's undying love.

The blood of life is red.

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Green is a symbol of spring and the renewal of life. After a long, cold winter the gardens and the landscape comes to life in every hue of green imaginable. If we recycle and care about the nature around us, we're living green.

It is also a soothing color. Hospital rooms are often painted green for its calming effect on patients and their anxious visitors.

In the Middle Ages, brides often wore green on their wedding day as a symbol of fertility.

Green is a cool, refreshing color.

Emeralds are one of the most prized of the precious gemstones.

But there is another side of green.

There is the green-eyed monster named envy. It can rear its ugly head and wreak havoc in the blink of an eye.

And then there is money, the ever popular greenbacks. Nothing will bring the green-eyed monster to the surface faster than that.

Blue is a cool color. It is peaceful and tranquil, like a quiet lake at dusk. It is stability and harmony. Are you true-blue? I try to be.

Blue is loyalty and trust.

It is the water.

It can represent security or send a shiver down your spine.

Are you depressed or melancholy?

Are you blue?