MOURNING COLOURS
Mauve, the mourning colour for Queen Marie of Rumania, was also used in ancient Rome in republican times. Violet and purple are the usual j royal mourning colours, also dating I from ancient Romer violet is the com* J mon mourning of Turkey. Black, al- . \ most universal in Europe, was worn by ancient Greeks and Romans, too. South Sea Islanders wear black and white striped. Some countries use • ~ brown. Ethiopia wears a greyish- ' brown, suggesting the earth, and Persia a pale' brown, reminiscent of withered leaves. Sky blue, denoting hope, is the mourning colour of Syria and Armenia, while deep blue is used in Bokhara and Central Asia. White it the mourning of China; yellow of Egypt and Burma. White was also the mourning of Spain in 1498, and, curiously enough, Henry VIII wore whit*
for Anne Boleyn.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 10
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140MOURNING COLOURS Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 10
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