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In ancient Egypt, from 5000 to 3000 BC, women would dye their nails with henna to indicate social status and seductiveness. Women of the lower class wore pastel and neutral shades, while the upper classes wore deep, bright shades. In Babylonia, 3200 BC, men, not women, painted their nails with black and green kohl, an ancient cosmetic. [1]
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Dragged patterns range from simple circular shapes to complicated drawings. Patterns such as marble, hearts/peacocks, [note 1] animals, flowers, leaves, parallel lines, psychedelics, spiderwebs, and random patterns in the style of designer Emilio Pucci are generally performed with nail lacquers and some kind of tool.
The name "Flower of Life" is given to the overlapping circles pattern in New Age publications. Of special interest is the hexafoil or six-petal rosette derived from the "seven overlapping circles" pattern, also known as " Sun of the Alps " from its frequent use in alpine folk art in the 17th and 18th century.
The five-pointed star, if drawn with points of equal length and angles of 36° at each point, is sometimes termed a golden five pointed star. [7] If the colinear edges are joined, a pentagram is produced, which is the simplest of the unicursal star polygons , and a symbol of mystical and magical significance.
Common design elements of flags include shapes such as stars, stripes, and crosses, layout elements such as including a canton (a rectangle with a distinct design, such as another national flag), and the overall shape of a flag, such as the aspect ratio of a rectangular flag (whether the flag is square or rectangle, and how wide it is) or the ...
The star's horizontal and vertical meridians align with the flag's edges, and a line drawn from any inner corner through the center to the opposite inner corner is 1/3 length of the stars' horizontal or vertical median. The star is colored red, PMS 032 C, with a white border . The total length of the star, including the fringe, is 1/3 of the ...
The other possibility is that artists and religious people from several cultures independently created the hexagram shape, which is a relatively simple geometric design. Within Indic lore, the shape is generally understood to consist of two triangles—one pointed up and the other down—locked in harmonious embrace.