What do the Olympic rings colour represent?
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The five colors on the Olympic rings were chosen because the flags of every nation in the world have at least one of those colors incorporated
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The red one as black is associated with sadness/doom & gloom. Someone wore all black to my best friend's wedding last year and she was quite offended by it!
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Red because it can represent so many things. Love, passion, anger, chaos etc.
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WHITE:\n Incorporates qualities of all other colors, represents transcendence, wholeness, chastity , innocence, reverence, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, precision, innocence, youth, birth, perfection, winter, snow, good, sterility, marriage. A symbol  of purity, brings peace and comfort at a high  level, , virginity ( Western  culture ), death (Eastern culture ), cold, clinical, sterile, God ,oneness, Spirituality, associated with rarity,  uniqueness and spiritual authority.\n\n  7th (crown) chakra. Yang, male, God, Goddess in the Maiden aspect (in some traditions only). For the Chinese, white was the color of death and mourning. It's also yang chi, and energy on the decline, west, white, children, everyone knows a white flag means surrender. White has significant meanings in many cultures throughout the world. \nfrom my article on color healing
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The ring symbolizes the concept of the groom encompassing, protecting and providing for his wife.\nThe groom does not get a wedding ring in Jewish tradition.
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Emerald's have been around for much longer than any humans or families for that matter.  Some families may have adopted the emerald in their heraldry or as a symbol, but families are not behind gemstones in any sense of the term.\n\n"According to Rebbenu Bachya, the word "Nofech" in the verse Exodus 28:18 means "Emerald" and was the stone on the Ephod representing the tribe of Judah."\n\n"The ephod was one of eight ritual garments worn by the Israelite and later the Jewish High Priest while serving in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem."
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Flag\n\nhttp://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGGL%2CGGGL%3A2006-37%2CGGGL%3Aen&q=olympic+flag&btnG=Search\n\nCreed (copied & pasted)\n\nI am a champion.\nI believe in myself.\nI have the will to win.\nI set high goals for myself.\nI surround myself with winners.\nI’m cool, positive, and confident.\nI have courage. I never give up.\nI’m willing to pay the price of success.\nI love the struggle and the competition.\nI stay relaxed and in control at all times.\nI focus all my energy on the job at hand.\nI vividly imagine what victory will feel like.\nI am a champion and I WILL WIN!
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You could ask the same of Italy.\n\nIt's because it looks better than a big red dot.\n\nps. Australia's colours are green and gold and that's what we wear in sports.  But our flag is red, white and blue.
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The colour makeup of the stars (which represent the points of the southern cross) reflects that of the Union Jack. Red interior with white borders on a blue background.\n\nIf you refer back to the maritime origins of the NZ flag you will see that this has invariably been the case. Prior to the current flag, there was a flag that included the letters NZ in the bottom right hand corner (no stars); these letters were also in red with a white border. Additionally, a prior 'signalling' flag consisted of four red stars on a white disc.
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
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You're going to be wearing this ring for a long, long time, hopefully for the rest of your life, so for heaven's sake, get what you like! A good bet is to think about the jewelry you wear now, the stuff you find yourself grabbing again and again because you prefer it and it flatters you (watch, earrings, necklaces, etc.) If it's mostly yellow gold, then that's probably what you should choose in a wedding ring.\n\nAnd, no, there's no reason in the world that your two rings need to match. You are two different people, with two different styles, which is a great thing, and should be celebrated. (by the way, my fiancee chose an antique styled yellow gold band, and I chose a more modern styled white gold one. we have the same psalm inscribed in our rings, which unites our two very different styled rings.)\n\nGood luck, and congrats!
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Well, I can't draw it online, but it would have a color from every counrty [sort of like the Olympic Rings symbol has] because America is a melting pot of nationalities. I would try to make the stars do an outline of the US on the field [the blue part] with the red stripes remaining as is. The stars would be different colors.
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I do not know that the colors stand for anything specifically...the flag is a combination of the flags of Scotland, England and Ireland (well, the northern part at least)\n\nThe blue is the field of the Scottish flag, with the white saltire (X) being the cross on Scotland's flag.  The white cross with a red cross imposed upon it is England's flag, and then the red saltire is the red cross of St. Patrick.
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The symbol of five intertwined rings was originally designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, but gained widespread popularity due to its promotion by Nazi Germany. Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1913 edition of Revue Olympique:\n\nThe emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914 ...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition. \n\nMoreover, the six colours thus combined reproduce those of all the nations without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Argentina, the French, British, American, German, Belgian, Italian, and Hungarian tricolours, the yellow and red of Spain lie next to the new Brazilian and Australian flags, and the old Japan and the young China. This is really an international emblem. \n\n\n\nSome commonly say that the five rings stand for the five continents but what the man who designed it says would be more apt.
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The white background symbolizes peace and truth. The five rings represent the five continents of the world, but a prevalent post-facto interpretation has tied specific colors to specific continents:\n• Blue representing Europe \n• Black representing Africa \n• Red representing America \n• Yellow representing Asia \n• Green representing Australia (Oceania)\n\nThe Olympic flag is a symbol of peace, goodwill, and global solidarity and tolerance. True to this meaning, she has lent her colors to many athletes who were unable to compete under their own flag.\n\nAt Barcelona in 1992, athletes from a part of Yugoslavia not represented at the Games participated as independent athletes under the Olympic flag. They did not march in the parade of flags, but the Olympic flag was raised on their behalf during award ceremonies for them. In the 2000 Games at Sydney, four athletes from East Timor were allowed to compete under the Olympic flag because East Timor did not have international status as an independent country.
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see  \nhttp://www.olympic-usa.org/12181_19096.htm
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it's an icon of greatness.....it shows that you're at the pinnacle of your sport, only the best of the best are able to even try out to qualify for the olympics much less make it to the podium stand. On top of that, you're doing it for your country, so it stands for a lot of pride as well.