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129 Things That Symbolize Colors

John Spacey, May 30, 2022

Colors have strong connotations tied to them due to their association with things such as elements of nature, products, fashion, symbols and cultural items. For example, colors are perceived as hot or cold due to their association with physical manifestations of color such as fire and ice. Cultural items such as holiday decorations also strongly influence how colors are perceived. The following are examples of things that are strongly associated with a color.

Red

Red is a rare color in nature that is associated with heat sources such as fire, magma and the sun. It is often used to attract attention or to act as a warning.

Apples	Autumn Leaves
Blood	Fire
Firetrucks	Hearts
Lava	Lips
Maple Leaves	Red Lights
Roses	Rubies
Sports Cars	Stop Signs
Sunsets / Sunrises	Warning Signs

Blue

Blue is the color of water and sky but is quite rare as a color for small scale things.

Berries	Blue Velvet
Diamonds	Ice
Lakes	Neptune
Oceans	Pools
Sapphires	Sky
Water	Waterfalls

Green

Green is the predominant color in nature that is also associated with poison, toxic things and several mythical creatures.

Aliens (in fiction)	Christmas Trees
Dragons (in fiction)	Emeralds
Forests	Frogs
Grass	Green Tea
Insects	Ivy
Jade	Leprechauns
Money	Nature
Shamrocks	Turtles

Black

Black is the absence of light or the absorption of light. This is extremely prevalent as the color of space and night. Beyond that, black things are somewhat rare except that it is common for people to make things black, particularly fashions and consumer products.

Beetles	Black Chocolate
Black Diamond	Black Soil
Blackberries	Carbon
Coffee	Cola
Crows	Ebony Wood
Formal Wear	Night
Shadow	Space
Tea

White

White is the color that is perceived when the mind encounters unbelievably colorful light from a broad range of wavelengths of light. White is pervasive in nature and is an ideal background color as white materials absorb no light.

Bones	Ceramics
Cotton	Frost
Ghosts (fiction)	Hair
Ice	Milk
Paper	Salt
Sand	Snow
Sugar	Sunlight (in space)
Teeth	White Water

Brown

Brown is an earthly color associated with soil, rocks, wood and vegetation. It is perhaps the most common color for land animals, birds and food.

Bread	Brown Bears
Caramel	Chocolate
Coffee	Cookies
Eggs	Eyes
Hair	Hay
Nuts	Paper
Potatoes	Raw Sugar
Rocks	Seeds
Stones	Tea
Trees	Wood

Orange

Orange is a rare color in nature that is associated with the few things that are orange such as the freshness of orange citrus fruits. It is also perceived as an Autumn color that is associated with fall leaves and Halloween.

Autumn Leaves	Carrots
Goldfish	Koi
Oranges	Pumpkins
Squash	Sunsets

Yellow

Yellow is another rare color with the exception of the sun that is perceived as yellow during the day. Yellow is commonly used by flowers, birds and fruits to attract attention. It is also the color of well known materials including many woods, gold and brass.