Symbolically associating a colour with a direction may be one of the oldest ideas in the world. Ten thousand years old. That makes the symbolism of direction one of the most deeply embedded ideas across all of human civilization and culture. For the Mayans, and other Native Americans the colour white was associated with north, red was associated with east, black with west, and yellow with south. For the Hopi, north west was yellow, south west was associated with blue/green, red for south east and white for north east. In ancient China, north was associated with the colour black, east with green, south red, and east with white. Similar colours, similar directions, sometimes with different associations, but always an association between a direction and a colour.
Virtual worlds need real directions
Virtual worlds need real directions
Virtual worlds need real directions
Symbolically associating a colour with a direction may be one of the oldest ideas in the world. Ten thousand years old. That makes the symbolism of direction one of the most deeply embedded ideas across all of human civilization and culture. For the Mayans, and other Native Americans the colour white was associated with north, red was associated with east, black with west, and yellow with south. For the Hopi, north west was yellow, south west was associated with blue/green, red for south east and white for north east. In ancient China, north was associated with the colour black, east with green, south red, and east with white. Similar colours, similar directions, sometimes with different associations, but always an association between a direction and a colour.