Council of Europe
There are few prejudices WHITE is worn traditionally by brides at Weddings. BLACK is traditional at funerals. RED is used by the Red Cross. is also a Fire symbol. is also a Communist colour.
European Traffic colours RED for Warnings and Prohibitions. GREEN for Go signals, Directional instructions and Servicing. YELLOW or AMBER is for Caution and Alertness. BLUE is for the backgrounds to Information with lettering in WHITE. BLACK is used for detailed text on WHITE or YELLOW.

Austria
GREEN is the most popular and predominant colour. It is still seen notably in clothing, mainly as green facings on grey flannel suits and costumes.

Belgium
BLUE is for a baby girl and PINK for a baby boy (a reversal of UK practice).

Britain
No strong prejudices. RED, WHITE and BLUE : The colours of the Union flag are acceptable in advertising and packaging. RED is traditionally for Postboxes, the Royal Mail and London Transport buses. PURPLE is a prestigious colour.
Political Colours
BLUE is for the Conservatives. MARIGOLD YELLOW is for the Liberals. RED is for Labour. GREEN is for the Green environmental party. PURPLE is for the UK Independence Party.

Finland
Finnish colour-aesthetics and colour-appreciation is perhaps the most highly developed in the world, as in the Rya rug art-form and the glass from the Tapio Wirkkala workshop. Political colours have little commercial significance.

France
GREY-GREEN used to be unfavorable because of its association with the colour of the former German army uniform. BLUE for a baby girl in parts of Eastern France (a reversal of UK practice) PINK for a baby boy in parts of Eastern France (a reversal of UK practice).

Germany
POLITICAL COLOURS that might still be unfavorable e.g. BROWN Shirts, BLACK shirts, DEEP BLUE shirts, RED ties. BRIGHT COLOURS are more acceptable in the south than north.

Holland
ORANGE & BLUE national colours, are much in evidence. ORANGE is especially widely used on national festive days.

Italy
The original Report said nothing of Italy, but it may well be that the CATHOLIC COLOURS have a deeper meaning for the Italians than the political colours.

The CATHOLIC COLOURS are:

WHITE The angelic colour of the sacraments & purity. Worn at the funerals of children. RED In Festivals of the Passion RED symbolises the "Precious Blood of Christ" or "Great Love" according to Innocent III. GREEN Faith (Innocent III) Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (paintings) Fertility, Youthfulness, and Spring. VIOLET Intercession, penitence, absolution, and extreme unction.

BLACK Funerary

BLUE Is not liturgical, but is a symbol of Heaven and of the Madonna as Queen of Heaven in Renaissance painting. Sapphire is the symbol of calmness and hope according to Innocent III

One ought to mention the great aversion some Italian poets have had for YELLOW-GREEN (Morato, Rinaldi, Occolti &c) which may be related to Galen's attribution of BILE YELLOW to the choleric humor. The extent to which any of these symbolism's may influence trade and advertising is unknown.

Ireland
SHAMROCK GREEN is the most popular colour.
VIVID COLOURS are generally preferred to pastel colours.
RED, WHITE & BLUE are unfavorable in the south as British colours.
ORANGE denotes Ulster and the Protestant Church, and therefore is subject to prejudice in the South.

Norway
RED, BLUE and GREEN, and BRIGHT COLOURS are popular especially during the long winter period.

Portugal
RED & GREEN are national colours. BLUE & WHITE stand for the monarchy. But no marked preferences are shown.

Sweden
BLUE & YELLOW are the national colours, and their exploitation is not looked upon favorably.

Switzerland
FULLY SATURATED COLOURS are preferred to gradations. The RED and WHITE of the national flag is a popular combination. COLOURED car bodies are preferred to black. BLACK is a mourning colour. PURE BRIGHT COLOURS are usually preferred, as in most countries with strong peasant art traditions in weaving, painted furniture and so on.