12. The Meaning Of Colors Vary By Culture

Colors have a different meanings Colors can also provoke different emotions Ex. Red means danger or stop. Green means money or go...at least where we live. So it is very important that when using colors, you have reason or meaning behind why, rather than picking a color at random. Especially, if you are designing for other parts of the world.

The Meaning Of Colors Vary By Culture

International Colours (Embed)

When Designing for other Parts of the world, consider what their colors mean in their culture.   An example would be that in the U.S., white expresses purity and weddings while in other cultures such as the Chinese culture, it uses white for funerals and death.    If video does not play, here is a link: https://youtu.be/p4jV7ZXxVH4 

Designing for Other Parts of The World

Caption: : A great video reference for colors in other cultures and languages

Colors (binary/octet-stream)

Caption: : Here is a culture color chart to reference what certain colors mean in certain parts of the world. You can also check a cultural color chart from InformationIsBeautiful.net. Use colors carefully and wisely in design.