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Pop Culture covers the use of colour we see all around us, in the streets, buildings, shops, offices and in our own homes, on TV, the cinema and in our celebrations. There used to be a colour symbol that stood for Pop Culture generally in the 1970s, and that was a tiny rainbow embroidered in silk badges. Otherwise there is no one set of colours to cover all popular activites. However, there is a long tradition in popular newspapers and fairgrounds that make wild statements as to the psychological meaning of the colours: a character-reading machine on Southend Pier in the 1950s for example, had a revolving love wheel which made the following romantic statements about the colours you prefer. See amusements.

This was clearly a game of chance without any reliablity. Then, in the 1960's, there was a printed Valentine that had the following verse:

If of me you ever THINK
Please return the piece of PINK
If of me you ever DREAM
Please return the piece of GREEN
If to me you will UNITE
Please return the piece of WHITE
If to me you will be TRUE
Please return the piece of BLUE
If to me you will be WED
Please return the piece of RED
Your loving friend, E. VOLNI

References
DORFLES, G. et al (1970) Kitsch: an anthology of bad taste. London: Studio Vista.
GRANDVAL, G. (1972) 'Arc en Ciel' L'Oeil No 208 April 1972 pp.31-35.

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