The colors of Halloween and a new Zazzle store
Photo by marykbaird Halloween: it's a h oliday observed on October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day. Its pagan origins can be traced to the Celtic festival of Samhain. This festival was celebrated in ancient England and Ireland to mark the beginning of the Celtic new year. The colors of Halloween are warm, bright, fun, and spooky! The color symbolism makes us associate black with death, night, witches, black cats, bats, vampires. The color orange makes us think about pumpkins, jack o' lanterns, and Autumn. In the Autumn the leaves on trees change to warm colors like red, orange, brown, and yellow. The color purple is about the supernatural and mysticism. Green and red are also prominent in modern Halloween images and products. Green is about monsters and goblins and red is about blood and evil. The credit for beginning the holiday as a festival of the harvest was given to the Celtics. Golden and orange are colors that can easily be associated with harvest ...