A detailed study of the various sources and biological and emotional uses of colour in all phases of human existence by a leading researcher in the field. Includes information on colour symbolism of American Indians, the Egyptians, the Iliad, the Odyssey. Also includes symbolism of and healing power of the colours blue, green, red and yellow.
Colour in the Caste system
Lighter skin is considered superior, whereas dark-skinned is rendered as disability, ugly, and inferior. Skin colour in thus many ways is a marker of social status, inferiority intrinsic to dark skin colour, and superiority associated with whiteness/lighter skin shades.
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