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  2. Liturgical colours - Wikipedia

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    Vestments in different liturgical colours. Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy.The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose, and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.

  3. On Colors - Wikipedia

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    On Colors (Greek Περὶ χρωμάτων; Latin De Coloribus) is a treatise attributed to Aristotle [1] but sometimes ascribed to Theophrastus or Strato.The work outlines the theory that all colors (yellow, red, purple, blue, and green) are derived from mixtures of black and white.

  4. Red - Wikipedia

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    In Latin America, the Aztec people ... or popes, red is used instead of the white that would ordinarily be used). ... It is the red color (along with that of the ...

  5. Color term - Wikipedia

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    A color term (or color name) is a word or phrase that refers to a specific color. The color term may refer to human perception of that color (which is affected by visual context) which is usually defined according to the Munsell color system, or to an underlying physical property (such as a specific wavelength of visible light).

  6. Color terminology for race - Wikipedia

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    Categorization of racial groups by reference to skin color is common in classical antiquity. [7] For example, it is found in e.g. Physiognomica, a Greek treatise dated to c. 300 BC. The transmission of the "color terminology" for race from antiquity to early anthropology in 17th century Europe took place via rabbinical literature.

  7. Qualia - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, desaturated bluish-red is pink (qualitatively different from saturated bluish-red), whereas desaturated greenish-yellow is similar to saturated greenish-yellow. Again, red is a "warm" color, whereas blue is "cool"—and perhaps this is not a matter of learned associations with temperature. [16]

  8. Rufous - Wikipedia

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    Rufous (/ ˈ r uː f ə s /) is a color that may be described as reddish-brown or brownish-red, as of rust or oxidised iron. [1] The first recorded use of rufous as a color name in English was in 1782. [2] However, the color is also recorded earlier in 1527 as a diagnostic urine color. [3]

  9. Vermilion - Wikipedia

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    Chinese red was originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, but beginning in about the 8th century it was made more commonly by a chemical process combining mercury and sulfur. Vermilion has significance in Taoist culture, and is regarded as the color of life and eternity. "Chinese red" appears in English in 1924. [33]