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__3) [|Blue Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Green Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Turquoise Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Silver Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Red Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Pink Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Yellow Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Gold Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Orange Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Purple Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Lavender Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Black Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Gray Color Meanings]__
 * __[|White Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Ivory Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Brown Color Meanings]__
 * __[|Beige Color Meanings]__





**How the color green affects us physically**

 * ==== **Soothes** ====


 * ====**Relaxes mentally, as well as physically**====


 * ====**Helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety**====


 * ====**Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony**====

**__Green around the globe __**

 * ====**Green is used worldwide to represent safety. **====


 * ====**In Ghardaia and other parts of M'zab, houses painted in green indicate that the inhabitants have made a pilgrimage to Mecca.**====


 * ====**Green, blue-green, and blue are sacred colors in Iran, where they symbolize paradise.**====


 * ====**In Japan, green is regarded as the color of eternal life.**====


 * ====**In Aztec culture, green was considered to be royal because it was the colour of the quetzal plume s used by the Aztec chieftains. **====
 * ====**The solid green flag of Libya is currently the only national flag of a single color.**====


 * ====**In Portugal, green is the color of hope because of its associations with spring..**====


 * ====**There is a superstition that sewing with green thread on the eve of a fashion show brings bad luck to the design house.**====

**Purple around the globe**

 * **In Thailand, purple is worn by a widow mourning her husband's death.**
 * **The purple in the U.S. military Purple Heart award represents courage. The Purple**
 * **Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who have been wounded in action. .**
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 * **In Japan, the color purple signifies wealth and position.**
 * **Purple was the royal color of the Caesars.**
 * **Purple denotes virtue and faith i n Egypt.**
 * 3) Yellow**
 * **Purple was the royal color of the Caesars.**
 * **Purple denotes virtue and faith i n Egypt.**
 * 3) Yellow**



**How the color yellow affects us physically**

 * **Stimulates mental processes**
 * **Stimulates the nervous system**
 * **Activates memory**
 * **Encourages communication**


 * **During the tenth century in France, the doors of traitors and criminals were painted yellow.**
 * **In the United States, taxi cabs and school buses are associated with the color yellow.**
 * **Jews wore yellow armbands in Nazi concentration camps.**
 * **Jews wore yellow armbands in Nazi concentration camps.**
 * **In Aztec culture, yellow symbolized food because it was the colour of corn, the primary food of the Aztec people.**

**How the color orange affects us physically**
__**RED**__
 * **Stimulates activity**
 * **Stimulates appetite**
 * **Encourages socialization**

**How the color red affects us physically**

 * ===I**ncreases enthusiasm **===
 * ===**Stimulates energy and can increase the blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate**===
 * ===** Encourages action and confidence**===
 * ===**Provides a sense of protection from fears and anxiety**===

__**Red around the globe**__

 * ===**Red represents beauty in many languages and cultures, including Russia.**===
 * **In China, red is associated with good luck and fortune.**
 * ===**To the Hindu, red symbolizes joy, life, energy, and creativity.**===
 * ===**Islamic, Hindu, and Chinese brides traditionally wear red.**===

>> > **Chinese New Year is celebrated by wearing red clothing and decorating the house with red. Red envelopes with "luck money" are given to unmarried children to bring good fortune to them for the rest of the year.** >> === === >> >> >> >> >> >> === === >> ====== >> === === > **Feng shui recommends painting the front door of a home red to invite prosperity to the reresidents.**

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