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Thread #147649   Message #3423816
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
21-Oct-12 - 06:00 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: All Dressed In Yellow?
Subject: RE: a question for folklorists
Green does seem to have some witchy suggestion in some ballads. And the term "scarlet women" is still a loaded term. But generally I think colours are just colours.

Though "Beige" these days does tend to be used as a put down. If a song described someone as being dressed in beige there'd be a plain (and most unfair) implication that they were a bit boring.