Colour in Yoruba Dress Culture

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People all over the world have cultures; and these cultures determine how they perceive world; think about themselves their relationship with others; set achieve goals. Culture defines sets before a people what is real not real; true untrue; right right; beautiful, good. The Yoruba in South-Western Nigeria, worldview concerning various aspects of life. It well meant that this study investigates perception on colour; which may seem otherwise to others though, but binds them one another; giving sense commonality. employed historical document observation research methods; semiotics as theoretical framework. Findings revealed keynote life traditional religions; it religion influences art, crafts colour preference. Traditionally, names for three main or principal colours - funfun (for white silver), dudu black other cool colours) pupa red warm colours); significance are mainly associated Deities Keywords: Yoruba, Culture, Traditional, Colour, . DOI: 10.7176/ADS/100-01 Publication date: April 30 th 2022

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Arts and Design Studies

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2224-6061']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7176/ads/100-01