Colors Proverbs
Sayings about Colors
Both noble and common blood are the same color. ~ German ProverbsToo many words blacken your ears. ~ Burundi Proverbs
From the black earth there grows the finest grain. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
All poor people ain't black, and all black people ain't poor. ~ African-American Proverbs
The chameleon changes color to match the earth, the earth doesn't change color to match the chameleon. ~ Senegalese Proverbs
Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. ~ Traditional Proverb
There's a black sheep in every flock. ~ Traditional Proverb
White flowers are not to be found in a coal sack. ~ Walloon Proverbs
Better a red face than a black heart. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. ~ Chinese Proverbs
A white dog does not bite another white dog. ~ Kenyan Proverbs
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. ~ Turkish Proverbs
A malicious man is like a coal sack -- black on the outside and even blacker inside. ~ Spanish Proverbs
It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room, especially when it is not there. ~ Chinese Proverb
The air is no less blue because the blind man doesn't see it. ~ Danish Proverbs
Never wear a brown hat in Friesland. ~ Dutch Proverbs
The grass is always greener on the other side. ~ English Proverbs
A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one. ~ Chinese Proverb
The white man lives in the castle; when he dies, he lies in the ground. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
The pine stays green in winter, wisdom in hardship. ~ Chinese Proverb
When a dove begins to fly with crows, its feathers remains white but its heart grows black. ~ German Proverbs
Green wood gives more smoke than heat. ~ German Proverb
Truth has but one color, a lie has many. ~ Sanskrit Proverbs
Even though chickens don’t wash, their eggs are still white. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverbs
Cheese and bread make the cheeks red. ~ German Proverb
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. ~ Chinese Proverb
Frequent washing makes not the crow whiter. ~ Danish Proverb
The good white man dies, the bad one remains. ~ Haitian Proverbs
First God, then the white man. ~ Indian Proverbs
Birds of a color fly to the same place. ~ Welsh Proverbs
Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black. ~ Danish Proverb
It is ill prizing of green barley. ~ English Proverb
The white flower has bloomed -- it is time to sleep outside. ~ Fijian Proverbs
The zebra told the white horse, "I am white," and told the black horse, "I am actually black."~ African Proverb
Soap is grey but it used to be white. ~ Russian Proverb
They asked the female cat why her kittens were of different colors; she said she is embarrassed to say no. ~ Tunisian Proverbs
Be not water, taking the tint of all colors. ~ Syrian Proverbs
Grey hairs are death's blossoms. ~ English Proverb
Every man assumes the colors of his surroundings. ~ Chinese Proverb
A black hen lays a white egg. ~ English Proverb
Grey hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. ~ Greek Proverbs
When the white man wins, it is a battle. ~ Native American Proverbs
A black cow also gives white milk. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverb
Out of a white egg often comes a black chick. ~ Italian Proverbs
If you are hunting for a red deer then ignore the hares. ~ Chinese Proverb
He who runs from the white ant may stumble upon the stinging ant. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
The sky is the same color wherever you go. ~ Iranian Proverb
A monkey makes fun of the red behinds of his fellow monkeys. ~ Japanese Proverb
Times are not always the same; the grass is not always green. ~ Mongolian Proverbs
Men make the earth black from green leaves. ~ Turkish Proverb
Fools never get grey hair. ~ French Proverb
Is the white camel made of fat? ~ Berber Proverbs
Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee. ~ Spanish Proverb
Black souls wear white shirts. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs
Ask me what are my virtues, not about the color of my skin. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Black soil produces white bread. ~ Norwegian Proverb
Today red, tomorrow dead. ~ German Proverb
The black man steals just half of very little, but the white man steals the whole sugar plantation. ~ Jamaican Proverb
In the darkness all cows are black. ~ Slovak Proverbs
It is not for the blind to give an opinion on colors. ~ Italian Proverb
Under white ashes there is glowing coal. ~ Italian Proverb
Black goats must be caught early, before it gets dark. ~ Nigerian Proverb
All cats are grey in the dark. ~ Traditional Proverb
The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head. ~ Bible
The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs. ~ Irish Proverbs
Golden dishes will never turn black. ~ Yiddish Proverb
A young wife, new bread, and green wood devastate a house. ~ Dutch Proverb
A black plum is as sweet as a white. ~ English Proverb
A hedge between keeps a friendship green. ~ German Proverb
The viper assumes the colors of his surroundings. ~ African Proverb
Praise the ripe field, not the green corn. ~ Irish Proverb
Even the white lily casts a shadow. ~ Hungarian Proverbs
Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends. ~ Chinese Proverb
Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel. ~ Arabian Proverb
The devil is not so black as he is painted. ~ Traditional Proverb
Not all that is black is charcoal. ~ Filipino Proverbs
Quotations about Colors
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. ~ Jean Paul RichterGray hairs are signs of wisdom. ~ Philo
Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs. ~ Charles Dickens
Gray hair is God’s graffiti. ~ Bill Cosby
It’s a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn’t consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors. ~ Sam Levenson
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. ~ John Ruskin
Art is the colors and textures of your imagination. ~ Meghan
Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash. ~ Edvard Munch
By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy. ~ George Bancroft
Of all God’s gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. ~ John Ruskin
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ~ Groucho Marx
Colors are the smiles of nature. ~ Leigh Hunt
Beauty without colour seems somehow to belong to another world. ~ Murasaki Shikibu
Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. ~ John Sterling
Things are not quite so simple always as black and white. ~ Doris Lessing
Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions. ~ Pablo Picasso
Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow — red, yellow, brown, black and white — and we’re all precious in God’s sight.~ Jesse Jackson
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. ~ Goethe
Coloring outside the lines is a fine art. ~ Kim Nance
All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul — when you look at it, it’s looking back at you. ~ Uniek Swain
As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life. ~ John Lubbock
I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black. ~ Pierre Auguste Renoir
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together. ~ Richard M. Nixon
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. ~ Kofi Annan
The color of truth is gray. ~ Andre Gide
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. ~ Georgia O’Keeffe
You look rather rash my dear your colors don’t quite match your face. ~ Daisy Ashford
The beggar wears all colors fearing none. ~ Charles Lamb
There is no blue without yellow and without orange. ~ Vincent Van Gogh
Orange is the happiest color. ~ Frank Sinatra
A Picture of many colors proclaims images of many Thoughts. ~ Donna A. Favors
Beauty seen is never lost, God’s colors all are fast. ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. ~ Marc Chagall
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. ~ Edward Thorndike
The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you. ~ Coco Chane
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important. ~ Ruth Ross
It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected. ~ Robert Frank
All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul. ~ Uniek Swain
Color possesses me. I don’t have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter. ~ Paul Klee
It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future. ~ Jean Rostand
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
All colors will agree in the dark. ~ Francis Bacon
Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint. ~ Pablo Picasso
Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches. ~ Federico Garcia Lorca
Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. ~ Robert Delaunay
There are not more than five primary colors (blue, yellow, red, white, and black), yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen ~ Author Unknown
The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas. ~ Edvard Munch
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ~ Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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