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  2. Historical colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia

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    New designs for regular infantry units were made, with the state color consisting of white with the state emblem and the assigned colors of the company/battalion/regiment using a different emblem. In 1812 the former tradition, a Russian adaptation of the British practice, was replaced with the use of the regimental colour or standard as the ...

  3. List of historical sources for pink and blue as gender ...

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    The pink is usually considered the color for a boy and the blue for a girl, but mothers use their own taste in such matters.... 1899: USA: Table Talk (Philadelphia), volume 14, number 11, November 1899 All Through the Year by Mrs. M. C. Myer. "Cuddledown Town" A marked color-line now exists in the toilets and appointments of the boy and girl-baby.

  4. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology is the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [ 1 ] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [ 2 ]

  5. Blue in culture - Wikipedia

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    Surveys in the US and Europe show that blue is the color most commonly associated with harmony, faithfulness, confidence, distance, infinity, the imagination, cold, and occasionally with sadness. [5] In US and European public opinion polls it is the most popular color, chosen by almost half of both men and women as their favorite color. [6]

  6. Military colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia

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    The 1948–1961 design colours, since the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the Korean War in 2013, have been brought out only by guards units and KPA battalions sporting historical dress uniforms of the 1940s and early 1950s, the 1948 colours have a gold Guards Badge outline in the reverse to denote Guards status of the ...

  7. Color theory - Wikipedia

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    Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. [1] Modern color theory is generally referred to as color science.

  8. Traditional colors of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The traditional colors of Japan trace their historical origins to the Twelve Level Cap and Rank System which was established in 603 by Prince Shōtoku and based on the five Chinese elements. In this system, rank and social hierarchy were displayed and determined by certain colors.

  9. Primary color - Wikipedia

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    A set of primary colors (see spelling differences) consists of colorants or colored lights that can be mixed in varying amounts to produce a gamut of colors. This is the essential method used to create the perception of a broad range of colors in, e.g., electronic displays, color printing, and paintings.