HW13 Symbolic colors

(Reesha H. Visit Fort Wayne Indiana, pg 7)

This image represents Mardi Gras. It is filled purple, gold, and green. The colors represent symbols: purple is justice, green is faith, gold is power. Mardi Gras is a holiday where they eat fatter foods than normal because giving things up for lent. Gold is the stronger color because it gives people the power to give up certain things for lent and keep to that and not break it. 

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