In the modern, globalised world, traditional colours associated with clothing, festivals and cultural symbols have lost their meaning. It is no longer necessary to pay any attention to colour in these areas

In the modern globalized world, it is obvious that the impact of traditional colours

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people’s lives has declined. But it all depends on what sphere of life to be

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on. While in some areas traditional colours have truly lost their special meaning, there are national holidays and cultural symbols that directly linked to traditional colours.

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, if it comes to clothes, the main colours in Russian traditional clothing were white and red. The bottom of the clothes (trousers, skirts)

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always dark, because it symbolically associated with the earth. And the top of the clothes (shirts, blouses) was bright, because the upper part symbolized the sky. Even so Russians still have an official dress code called the “white top and black bottom,” in

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they choose clothes of different colours. Having said that, some traditional holidays or events are the opposite.

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, Victory Day is associated with red, black and yellow colours. On

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day, people give flowers, usually red carnations, to the veterans

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the street and lay wreaths at the east memorial sites. They

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wear St. George ribbons, the black-and-yellow ribbons, on their clothes or tie it to car antennas as a sign of respect and remembrance. It’s hard to imagine that these colours will ever be changed since

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event has a great sentimental value to all the nation.

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, it’s impossible to imagine Russian cultural symbols without

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traditional colours as white, red and blue. You can find these colours on many Russian traditional handmade goods,

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as Matryoshka doll, Sarafan, Khokhloma, Gzhel, just to name a few. We know some facts in Russian history when national symbols (flag) were changed, but cultural symbols and its colours remained. It means that new states can be formed, but it takes many years for cultural symbols to be replaced. As far as I concerned, colours have a special meaning, when it comes to cultures, nations, states. The more people involved in an issue, the more attention is given to its symbolism and,

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, colours. Same goes for long-time formed cultural symbols and

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colours, which are of a particular importance. At the level of a person’s private life, it turned out that traditional colours became less meaningful, as we can see from the clothing example.