Color Theory and Symbolism

For December we will be looking at Literary Symbolism.
Sometimes a tree is just a tree, and sometimes it's an oak tree that represents strength and wisdom, or a sycamore representing vanity, or the evergreen pine whose branches clue us to a theme of immortality. You can give your writing depth by knowing and using symbolism in your novels or poems (it even works in non-fiction).

The easiest way to start is with color symbolism. Here's a simplistic example:
The sea flashes grey under the stormy skies as the fishermen cast their nets upon it.
The color grey represents both life and death -- in this example the sea might bring life in the form of food (fish) but it might also bring death or at least danger to the fishermen. (And storms usually represent violent human emotions by the way.)

So here's the list of Colors and what they usually represent:
1) white = life, good guy, purity
2) black = death, enemies, bad guy
3) grey = life and death (ie grey sea =fish/food+ danger/death)
4) red = pain, violence, blood (scarlet – emotional or physical pain)
5) gold = wealth
6) brown = earth/ farmer brown
7) green = birth or rebirth (in some cultures green = death /mold/decomposition)
8) pink = femininity (note: red and white)
9) purple = royalty
10) yellow = defined in context, often light/revelation/enlightenment , also blindness
11) blue = reflected off water is life symbol, contextual meaning (also calm, or Christianity)
12) orange = lust, fire, consuming

For our Monthly Challenge we will use one of the colors (in its prescribed meaning) along with at least two other aspects of symbolism. Any format as long as it's readable -- no sculptures, okay?

So pick a number between One and Twelve (can be the same number as the color you want to use) and watch this spot.
Tomorrow I'll post some other examples of literary symbolism.
In numbered lists.
Whatever number you picked, that'll be the symbols you'll work with for this exercise.
Oh, I know you'd rather choose for yourself, but remember this will stretch you, and stretching is good for your writing muscles.