WHAT COLOURS SIGNIFY.
$FMte is the emblem of truth, faith, joy, reliand life. In'tKe Judge it indicates integrity ; iiv-the woian chastity. -. • Blue, or the sapphire, expresses heaven, truth om a celestial'origin, fidelity, loyalty and con»ncy. | Bed, the ruby, symbolises passion, firfe and .vine love. , Green, the emerald, is the colour of spring, and Ope—particularly of the hope of victory, fame, ad ofi immortality, as the colour of the laurel id palm. i Violet, the amethyst, emblematises love and uth, passion ahd.. suffering. Purple is the poidSFefßoy al ty. Black symboiisefffi-’grief,'; mourning, despair, irkness, earthljne^'megation, sin and death.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1665, 27 January 1904, Page 41 (Supplement)
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97WHAT COLOURS SIGNIFY. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1665, 27 January 1904, Page 41 (Supplement)
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