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What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 8:59 pm
by InkL0sed
Apparently, red traditionally represented left wingers internationally, and blue right wingers. But here in the US, it has been the opposite since at least 2000. I thought it was always like that (then again, I'm only 17 -- I was a little kid in 2000) -- but apparently not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:30 pm
by btownmeggy
Left red, right black.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:39 pm
by InkL0sed
Has meggy become a troll? This is new.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:49 pm
by btownmeggy
InkL0sed wrote:Has meggy become a troll? This is new.


Troll for what?

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:13 am
by GabonX
I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:58 am
by muy_thaiguy
GabonX wrote:I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 2:47 am
by Balsiefen
It's still like that in Britain.

Labour-red
Liberal-Yellow
Conservative-Blue

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 2:51 am
by GabonX
muy_thaiguy wrote:
GabonX wrote:I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

White is also all colors put together! It really is a needlessly complicated argument of semantics.

http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:04 am
by muy_thaiguy
GabonX wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
GabonX wrote:I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

White is also all colors put together! It really is a needlessly complicated argument of semantics.

http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html

Aren't most topics needlessly complicated arguments of semantics to begin with?

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:13 am
by MeDeFe
Here it's like what meggy said, social-democrat left is red and the neocommies are sort of dark red, conservative is black and liberal is yellow, and then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:09 am
by suggs
The left is normally associated with red cos of the Red Flag and Communist Russia.
I have no idea whether it was red in the 19th century, r where the Communists got it from.
Black for the blackshirts/fascists makes sense.
Most of these things are quite new, since slogans and badges and such only came in the 20 th. So i guess blue for the right wing is pretty arbitrary.

White for togas and YAY ROMAN IMPERIALISM, BABY!

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:45 am
by btownmeggy
MeDeFe wrote:then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.


:?

What is their platform???

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:49 am
by Snorri1234
btownmeggy wrote:
MeDeFe wrote:then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.


:?

What is their platform???



Plants= Good.

People= Bad.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:09 am
by btownmeggy
Snorri1234 wrote:Plants= Good.

People= Bad.


:lol:

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 2:51 pm
by Neoteny
GabonX wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
GabonX wrote:I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

White is also all colors put together! It really is a needlessly complicated argument of semantics.

http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html


Colors are merely electrical interpretations of electromagnetic wavelengths. In short, it's all in your head, anyhow.

Snorri1234 wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:
MeDeFe wrote:then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.


:?

What is their platform???



Plants= Good.

People= Bad.


I'm going to one-up them and go ahead and say plants are bad too.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 2:57 pm
by gimil
muy_thaiguy wrote:
GabonX wrote:I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.


[off topic]

White is a color, it represents a mixture of all colors in the sectrum, black however repsresents no light, without light you can not have color. Therefor true black is not visable and therefor no a real color.

[/off topic]

Sorry just thought I would make the point. :)

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:12 pm
by muy_thaiguy
White for togas and YAY ROMAN IMPERIALISM, BABY!
Guess what? I'm re-founding the Empire. All those that support me in the beginning will receive great rewards!

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:56 pm
by t-o-m
red begins with 'r' and so does right, thats why i voted right=red or something :D
just thought i shud let yaz no :lol:

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 7:28 pm
by greenoaks
the right wing or conservative parties are for the rich, the blue bloods.

the left wing or labour parties are for the working class, as pointed out earlier they are socialist red.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 8:12 am
by spurgistan
greenoaks wrote:the right wing or conservative parties are for the rich, the blue bloods.

the left wing or labour parties are for the working class, as pointed out earlier they are socialist red.


OK, but given the lack of any socialist tendencies in Democrats (which granted, you don't technically have in Aussie, do yer?) I'd go with something like

Dems: Gold- for the wealth of the lobbyists that control them.
Republicans: Gold - for the wealth of the lobbyists that control them.
Green: Green - for all the dank beaster they smoke.
Constitution/far right wing: White - because they all agree it's the best color.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:04 am
by Napoleon Ier
I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:22 am
by muy_thaiguy
Napoleon Ier wrote:I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.

I think it has been discussed about doing so.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:58 pm
by Neoteny
Napoleon Ier wrote:I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.


With lacy fringes.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:22 pm
by spurgistan
muy_thaiguy wrote:I think it has been discussed about doing so.


I think that may be the most oddly phrased sentence I've heard in quite some time.

Re: What colors do you associate with which political wing?

PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:20 pm
by Napoleon Ier
Neoteny wrote:
Napoleon Ier wrote:I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.


With lacy fringes.


And if it voted Democrat with more than 60% margin, then have it colored like the LGBT logo. Democrat bastards...