What are the basic colors of each Holiday?

Valentine’s Day Colors

Valentine’s Day colors are generally red, pink and white. But they can consist of many shades of reds and pinks. These colors are often associated with love and romance.

    

St Patrick’s Day Colors

St Patrick’s Day colors are generally green, white and gold. These colors are associated with leprechaun’s, four leaf clovers, and a pot of gold. The colors of the rainbow would also be associated with St Patrick’s Day as the pot of gold is found at the end of the rainbow.

    

The traditional rainbow has 7 colors: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.

            

Easter Colors

Easter is actually a Christian holiday that celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. White represents the purity and glory of Jesus Christ, and the red represents the blood he shed during his death.

  

Easter for most non-Christians is celebrated with the easter bunny and leaving eggs and candy for children. Given it is spring, it is also represented with pastel colors.

        

Memorial Day Colors

Memorial Day is the day we honor those we have lost in the fight for freedom. The wars that founded this country, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. The major world wars, World War I and World War II. As well as more recent conflicts, Vietnam War, Korean War, Desert Storm, and the War on Terror (Iraq and Afghan Wars).

This is also a time we remember our loved ones who have died, bothers, sisters, children, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and great grandparents. We honor their memories together.

    

Fourth of July Colors

The fourth of July or Independence Day, is the day we recognize our founding in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed and ratified on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America. God Bless America.

    

Labor Day Colors

Labor Day is the day we celebrate the working man. Those who build this great nation. It is a US federal holiday, so it shares the same colors as Independence Day.

    

Halloween Colors

Halloween was once called All Hallows Ever. It started as a day to remember the dead. In more recent years it has become a day that mixes the fun with the spooky, people dress up in their favorite costumes representing anything from the witty, to their favorite character. On the other extreme, things that are scary and even evil. The colors that often represent Halloween are those that represent spooky things.

      

Thanksgiving Colors

Thanksgiving colors are often most similar to fall colors, fresh fruit and vegetables, pumpkins, corn, and fall leaves. Fall leaves are often red, orange, yellow and brown.

    

Christmas Colors

Christmas colors are primarily red, white and green. They may be associated with things like Santa (red and white), snow (white), Christmas tree (green), and candy canes (red and white).

    

Basic Season Color Palettes

What are the basic colors of each Season?

Spring Colors

        

Summer Colors

    

Fall Colors

      

Winter Colors