Colours and their meaning

The rug weaver has a good selection of dye stuffs a his disposal and in old days he took the advantage of the material for their extraction such as plants,roots and insects which he found at his door steps.
The red colors are taken from the roots of the madder plant a wild perennial growing to more than three feet.
The yellow is obtain from the stalk flowers and leaves of a reseda plant, saffron-yellow from the dried pistils of the saffron crocus and vine leaves and pomegranates skins.
Blue is made from the indigo plant growing in the east Indies also the indigo plant are used for mixing Green,yellow and blue.
Gray and Brown are obtained from the nutshells or oak bark.
Black are obtained from oak apples.
In Persian culture every color has a meaning such as;

White is the color of grief.

Blue is the colour of heaven,authority and power.

Red is the wealth and joy.

Yellow is the emperor's colour.

Orange represents devotion and piety.

Green is regarded as sacred colour.