Re: Color associations

On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> Just wondering tho... does anybody's conlangs carry any such color
> associations with them? Color in my conlang is very heavily loaded with
> con-philosophical connotations. Any other conlangs that do this? Just
> curious :-)
Once I get the colors made up, they *will.*  <wry g>  Black carries
connotations with death, mainly because the death-god is also associated
with the moon, and with night; it's also used to stand for justice, since
magistrates (who are institutionally descended from the death-god's
priests and arbitrators) wear black.

The other four elements have an associated color: white for air, blue for
water, red for fire and yellow (or possibly green; I haven't decided yet,
since I *like* green better) for earth.

That's about as far as it goes, other than colors for cantons' or
provinces' uniform-sashes.  I'm not very good with color symbolism.

YHL