One might think of black cats and pumpkins, but Halloween colors are a little more complex than that.
There are two schools of thought about the significance of Halloween orange and black. One goes back to the ancient Celtic roots of the holidays, when orange unbleached beeswax candles were lit during the night, and black shrouds were used to wreath the caskets of the dead.
Another opinion holds that orange is the color of autumn: pumpkins, butternut squash, fall leaves, the harvest moon. Black is the color of approaching darkness, as nights lengthen when winter approaches. Black is also associated with death, mystery, the supernatural and the occult, all of which play a role in Halloween customs.
• he reason why Halloween is associated with the colors orange and black is that orange represents the color of pumpkins, which of course are a traditional Halloween decoration (especially if carved), and black represents the dark spirits which supposedly come forth on All Hallow's Eve (the name of which Halloween is an abbreviation).
Orange and black are the main Halloween colors.
The usual Halloween colors are orange and black.
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About any color can be used for Halloween, but the traditional colors that are associated with the holiday are orange and black.
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There are many theories as to why the colors black and orange were chosen for Halloween. Then most common is that orange was chosen because of the autumn harvest and pumpkins; black was chosen because of darkness/night and because of Halloween's association with the festival, or day, of the dead.
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Traditional Halloween colors are black and orange. In recent years, dark purple has also been gaining popularity as a Halloween color.
The Celtics were given credit for beginning the holiday as a festival of harvest. Harvest time is when things look orange in autumn, so that's why the orange. Black refers to the side of Halloween that deals with the festival of the dead, which it was once believed to be. Black also represents darkness.Pumpkins are orange and some believe this is where orange became a color to represent Halloween.
Asides from black and orange, pretty much the only other Halloween-related color would be purple.
Orange and black are considered to be basic and the main Halloween colors. Yellow paper is not ideal. However, if it is not possible to get those colors then yellow will do.