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  2. Keffiyeh - Wikipedia

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    The keffiyeh or kufiyyeh or cheffiyeh ( Arabic: كُوفِيَّة, romanized : kūfiyya, lit. ' coif '), [1] also known in Arabic as a ghutrah ( غُترَة ), shemagh ( شُمَاغ, šumāḡ ), or ḥaṭṭah ( حَطَّة ), is a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East. It is fashioned from a square scarf, and is ...

  3. LGBT symbols - Wikipedia

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    The downward-pointing black triangle used to mark individuals considered "asocial". The category included homosexual women, nonconformists, sex workers, nomads, Romani, and others. The downward-pointing pink triangle overlapping a yellow triangle was used to single out male homosexual prisoners who were Jewish.

  4. Turban - Wikipedia

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    Turban. Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan wearing a turban in 1911. A turban (from Persian دوربند‌, durband; via Middle French turbant) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn as customary headwear by people of various cultures. [1] Communities with prominent turban-wearing traditions can be found ...

  5. Handkerchief code - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The handkerchief code (also known as the hanky code, the bandana code, and flagging) [1] is a system of color-coded cloth handkerchief or bandanas for non-verbally communicating one's interests in sexual activities and fetishes. The color of the handkerchief identifies a particular activity, and the pocket it is worn in (left or right ...

  6. List of colors by shade - Wikipedia

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    Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.

  7. Shades of green - Wikipedia

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    The color pine green is a representation of the average color of the leaves of the trees of a coniferous forest. The color pine green was originally known as pine tree. The first recorded use of pine tree as a color name in English was in 1923. The first recorded use of pine tree as a color name in English was in 1923.

  8. Gendered associations of pink and blue - Wikipedia

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    The colors pink and blue are associated with girls and boys respectively, in the United States, the United Kingdom and some other European countries. Originating as a trend in the mid-19th century and applying primarily to clothing, gendered associations with pink and blue became more widespread from the 1950s onward.

  9. Color blindness - Wikipedia

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    Red–green: 8% males, 0.5% females (Northern European descent) [2] Color blindness or color vision deficiency ( CVD) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. [2] The severity of color blindness ranges from mostly unnoticeable to full absence of color perception. Color blindness is usually an inherited problem or variation ...