Meaning of the Various Colors
White is the emblem of light, religious purity, innocence, faith, joy, aud life. In the judge it indicates integrity ; in the rich, humility ; in woman, chastity. Red, the ruby, signifies fire, divine love, and wisdom. The red of the blood has its origin in tbe action of the heart, which corresponds to or symbolises love. In a had sense it corresponds to the infernal love of evil, hatred, etc. Blue, or the sapphire, expresses heaven, the firmament, truth from a celestial origin, constancy and fidelity. Yellow or gold is the symbol of the sun, of marriage aud faithfulness. In a bad sense yellow signifies inconstancy, jealousy, and deceit. Green, the emerald, is the colour of spring, hopo, particularly of the hope of immortality and of victory, as the color of the laurel and the palm. Violet, the amethyst, signifies love and truth, or passion and suffering. Purple and scarlet signifies things good and true from a celestial origin. Black corresponds to despair, darkness, morning, negation, wickedness and death.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 133, 29 April 1893, Page 4
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173Meaning of the Various Colors Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 133, 29 April 1893, Page 4
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