The Colorverse Blog
Month by month, a look into the meaning of each of the 12 colors we celebrate on this site. How did they come to exist? What do they symbolize? What does your favorite color say about you?
BROWN
Gold…The color of wealth, extravagance, and flashiness was first used as a color in 1300 BC by mixing yellow, brown and orange pigments together and was popular in ancient Egyptian and Roman art.
BLACK
Gold…The color of wealth, extravagance, and flashiness was first used as a color in 1300 BC by mixing yellow, brown and orange pigments together and was popular in ancient Egyptian and Roman art.
PURPLE
Purple… The color of the imagination and spirituality. Purple is a regal color that symbolizes extravagance and wealth. It also has a mysterious side that provokes curiosity.
ORANGE
Orange…The color of adventure and social communication. As the balance between red and yellow, orange elicits strong, positive feelings of excitement while also signaling against danger.
BLUE
Blue…The color of trust, responsibility, honesty and loyalty. It is sincere, reserved and quiet, and doesn't like to make a fuss or draw attention. It hates confrontation, and likes to do things in its own way.
GRAY
Gray…The color of detachment, indecision and compromise. The color gray is an unemotional color. It is detached, neutral, impartial and indecisive.
YELLOW
Yellow… The color of the mind and the intellect, yellow is a bright, cheerful color that elicits feelings of happiness and positivity. Often linked to the sun, it has come to symbolize a multitude of things from power and divinity to peasantry and isolation.
WHITE
White… The color of purity, innocence, wholeness and competition. The color white is color at its most complete and pure, the color of perfection.
GREEN
Green… The color of balance, harmony and growth. It’s the color of life, reflected in nature as a sign of renewal.
PINK
Pink…The color of compassion, nurturing and love. Pink is intuitive and insightful, showing tenderness and kindness with its empathy and sensitivity.
Gold
Gold…The color of wealth, extravagance, and flashiness was first used as a color in 1300 BC by mixing yellow, brown and orange pigments together and was popular in ancient Egyptian and Roman art.