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14 Types of Christmas Colors

John Spacey, May 18, 2020

Christmas colors are colors that traditionally symbolize Christmas. These are primarily a medium red and green that originated with the leaves and berries of holly. Evergreen varieties of holly plants are a traditional symbol of Christianity that have been used since the middle ages to make Christmas wreaths. This was reinforced with 20th century advertising that began to standardize depictions of Santa Claus in red and green. Other colors that symbolize Christmas are gold and silver as these have long been used in Christmas symbols such as the star on top of Christmas trees. The following the common Christmas colors and a few related colors.

Dark Christmas Green
#006400

Ivy
#007958

Holly Green
#0f9d76

Christmas Blue
#2a8fbd

Christmas Green
#3c8d0d

Christmas Purple
#4d084b

Christmas Brown
#5d2b2c

Mistletoe
#8aa282

Christmas Red
#b01b2e

Holly Berry
#b44e5d

Christmas Gold
#caa906

Christmas Silver
#e1dfe0

Christmas Pink
#e34285

Christmas Rose
#ffddbb

Notes

The standardization of Christmas red and green and depictions of Santa Claus are often attributed to the 20th century advertising of Coca-Cola and the artist Haddon Sundblom.

If you compare the Christmas colors above with the colors of traditional symbols of Christmas such as holly, ivy and mistletoe you can see that 20th century advertising made Christmas colors more vivid.