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  2. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Bishops traditionally wear purple, cardinals red. A group of young Buddhist monks in Cambodia. Orange, symbolizing enlightenment, is an important color in Buddhism. Color symbolism has changed over time. Between the 5th and 17th centuries, the color was largely related to a religious context. Blue was symbolic of heaven and white of purity.

  3. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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    Different coloured haloes have specific meanings: orange for monks, green for the Buddha and other more elevated beings, [12] and commonly figures have both a halo for the head, and another circular one for the body, the two often intersecting somewhere around the head or neck. Thin lines of gold often radiate outwards or inwards from the rim ...

  4. Buddhist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The five colors (Sanskrit pañcavarṇa – white, green, yellow, blue, red) are supplemented by several other colors including black and orange and gold (which is commonly associated with yellow). They are commonly used for prayer flags as well as for visualizing deities and spiritual energy, construction of mandalas and the painting of ...

  5. Ever wondered why Thanksgiving's colors are red, orange, and ...

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    Find out the history and fun facts behind Thanksgiving's most common colors which are orange, red, brown and yellow, along with fascinating Turkey Day trivia.

  6. If You See a Cardinal, Here's the True, Unexpected ... - AOL

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    2 Red Cardinals: Spiritual Meaning. Life gets quite interesting when you are being visited by two red Cardinals. The spiritual meaning behind seeing two of them is that you should take a closer ...

  7. Color psychology - Wikipedia

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    The "rose of temperaments" (Temperamenten-Rose) compiled by Goethe and Schiller in 1798/9.The diagram matches twelve colors to human occupations or their character traits, grouped in the four temperaments: * choleric (red/orange/yellow): tyrants, heroes, adventurers * sanguine (yellow/green/cyan) hedonists, lovers, poets * phlegmatic (cyan/blue/violet): public speakers, historians ...

  8. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    Yellow is sometimes paired with red in place of gold. [citation needed] The Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization. In imperial China, yellow was the color of the emperor, and is held as the symbolic color of the five legendary emperors of ancient China, such as the Yellow Emperor.

  9. Divine Mercy image - Wikipedia

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    The rays that stream out have symbolic meanings: red for the blood of Jesus, and pale for the water (which justifies souls). The whole image is a symbol of charity, forgiveness and love of God, referred to as the "Fountain of Mercy". According to Kowalska's diary, the image is based on her 1931 vision of Jesus. [1]