mishadreams Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That may be your reason, but black is one of the > European colours of mourning, witness state > funerals etc. It was used by both the Egyptians > and Romans, though not the Greeks. In South > Africa, Red is used, in Iran, Blue. That's what I mean. The colour of mourning might be lime green with orange spots and a tartan cape in some place or other. What it's all really about is fitting-in and conforming with the norms of a particular society.