In China<\/a>, writing someone\u2019s name in red is unlucky and it usually means you want to cut them out of your life; just make sure you don\u2019t have red ink on your hands if something bad happens to them!<\/p>\n In English<\/a> it\u2019s fairly common to say you\u2019re \u2018feeling blue\u2019 if you feel sad. But in Germany<\/a>, to be blue (‘blau sein’) is to be drunk.<\/p>\n Weddings in the West are all decked out in white, but the same is not true of China<\/a>, where white is the colour of mourning. Instead, brides wear red, as the colour symbolises good luck.<\/p>\n In many cultures, a black cat is seen as lucky: in Japan<\/a>, it’s believed to attract suitors, and in Scotland<\/a> a cat arriving at your home is a sign of prosperity coming your way. But in America<\/a>, the same animal is considered bad luck, particularly by gamblers on their way to the casino.<\/p>\n Useful information if you find yourself in a fight in Europe… In English<\/a>, the result might be known as a ‘black eye’, whereas in Germany<\/a> it’s blue (‘blaues Auge’), in Spain<\/a> it’s purple (‘ojo morado’) and in France<\/a> it’s known as an ‘oeil au beurre noir’ (literally ‘eye in black butter’)!<\/p>\n If anyone has any other examples of colour-related facts, we’d love to hear them!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here at EuroTalk we love discovering interesting facts about the world around us, so from now on, on the third Wednesday of each month (or thereabouts!) we’ll be sharing some of these with you. The theme for this month is colours… Be a man: be yellow If you call someone \u2018yellow\u2019 in England, you’re calling … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[294,104,295,127,179,157,102,296,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Poison](\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/redquill.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPoisoned Pens<\/h3>\n
Feeling blue? You\u2019ll regret it in the morning…<\/h3>\n
White: it\u2019s the new black<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nPurr-fect Opposites<\/h3>\n
Colourful Confrontations<\/h3>\n