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The Chinese saying "Yellow generates yin and yang" implies that yellow is the center of everything. Associated with but ranked above brown, yellow signifies neutrality and good luck. Yellow is sometimes paired with red in place of gold. [citation needed] The Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization.
A Qing-era painting depicting the victory of the Banners over the Muslim Du Wenxiu rebellion in Yunnan, includes a Qing military flag with the five elements arranged in the order of yellow, white, black, green and red. Painting of the Qing army facing the Panthay Rebellion in Yunnan. The Qing military used a five-color flag.
Identifying human races in terms of skin colour, at least as one among several physiological characteristics, has been common since antiquity.Such divisions appeared in early modern scholarship, usually dividing humankind into four or five categories, with colour-based labels: red, yellow, black, white, and sometimes brown.
The same color of green symbolizes envy in Belgium and the US, but envy is symbolized by yellow in Germany and Russia, and purple in Mexico. Even the colors that denote powerful emotions vary. Love is symbolized by green in Japan, red and purple in China, Korea, Japan, and the US. Unluckiness is symbolized by red in Chad, Nigeria, and Germany ...
Favoritism of colors varies widely. Often societal influences will have a direct impact on what colors are favored and disdained. In the West, the color black symbolizes mourning and sadness, red symbolizes anger and violence, white symbolizes purity and peace, and yellow symbolizes joy and luck (other colors lack a consistent meaning).
The color yellow implies that China belongs to the Chinese people, a "yellow race". [12] After working out the details of the placement of the stars and their sizes (he had tried to put all of the stars in the center, but thought this too dull), he sent his "Five Stars on a Field of Red" ( 紅地五星旗 , hóng dì wǔxīng qí ) design to ...
This article says yellow in Chinese culture "is considered the most beautiful and prestigious color", but yellow also sometimes refers to Chinese people (or Asians in general), although the usage may be outdated and may not be politically correct. Examples: Wiktionary:yellow; Banana, coconut, and Twinkie; Yellow Peril; color terminology for race
Blue, yellow, red, black and white National colours of Eswatini Ethiopia: Green, yellow, red and blue National colours of Ethiopia Gabon: Green, yellow and blue Gambia: Red, blue, green and white Ghana: Red, yellow, green and black Black and white (used in sports) Guinea: Red, yellow and green Guinea-Bissau: Red, yellow, green and black Ivory Coast