Political color

The political colors are colors used to represent an ideology or political parties. These colors are used by the media to give the results of the elections.

In Europe, generally, the red is for the socialist parties, the Communist parties or the left, and blue is for the conservative parties or the line. The orange is associated to the democrats, as for the European Democratic party. The green is always used for the parties ecologists, as for the Parti Green European. It is not always the case in other countries, even those where there exists a strong bond with the European culture. Thus, in the United States, the Republican party (preserving) is represented in red and the Democratic party (center left) in blue.

In much of country, such Germany, the Jaune is the color of the liberal parties, although with the Canada the color of the liberals is the red because of the red Parti 19th century.

Traditionally, the black is the color of the Anarchisme, to point out the revolt of the silk workers (see anarchistic Symbolisme). Later, confusedly, the black and the chestnut will be used by various the fasci Italian at the time of the Fascisme in Italy (black color behavior by the workmen of Romagna, fasci coming mainly from Romagna).
The black can also indicate the clerical parties or more generally preserving, as in Germany CDU, moderate conservative party or with Were worth (Swiss) where the languages radical and anticlerical, said somebody which it “Had been born kom' one korbi” (black like a corbel) to mean atavistic membership of the majority party conservatives Christian-Democrats (catholic, black for the color of the cassocks). One can also make the distinction between a “dull black” dyeing of Fascism, and a “black varnished” for that of anarchy, Latin “áter” and “negro” respectively.

The white is used for the pacifist movements , as in the white Drapeau, the Drapeaux of peace ( flag off truce ), but that was also the symbol of the Monarchie, as in Russia with the white Armée. The crimson also represented monarchy or the Aristocratie, being regarded as the “royal color. ”

In Ireland, and more particularly Northern Ireland, the orange is the color of the unionism whereas the Vert is the color of the Irish Nationalisme or Irish Républicanisme.

With Taiwan, the two greater political coalitions are called according to the colors of their principal parties:

the Side-Blue coalition according to the color of the Kuomintang,
and the Side-Green coalition according to the color of the Democratic party progressist.

The parties social democrats use sometimes it pink like color, to be distinguished from the parties (red) on the left, the democratic parties Christian frequently using orange, for the same reasons.

Specific parties

Germany

Union Christian Democrat of Germany (CDU), black
Left social democrat Germany (SPD), red
Christian woman-social Union in Bavaria (CSU), blue
Left liberal-democrat (FDP), yellow
Alliance 90/the Greens, green
Left party, purple, red
Left national-democrat of Germany (NDP), maroon

The names of different the systems from coalition generally refer to these colors.

Canada

Liberal party of Canada, red
Conservative party of Canada, dark blue
New Democratic party, orange alone or with green or black
Québécois Block, pale blue

United Kingdom

Conservative party, blue
Workers party, red
Democratic liberals, yellow

Switzerland

democratic Union of the center (preserving/liberal/souverainist), green
Socialist party (social democrat), red, black, pink
Left radical-democratic (liberal), blue
the Greens (ecologist), green
Left Christian-Democrat (center), orange

Other parties and colors on the level of the cantons

Liberal party, black (Canton of Vaud)
Left Christian-Democrat, black (in Were worth)
Christian-social Parti, yellow (in Valais)
working and popular Parti, red

(see Article detailed in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland)

France

French, red
the Greens, green
Socialist party, pink or red Communist party
Union for the French democracy then Movement democratic, orange
Union for a popular movement, blue

Europe

European, red Socialist party
Left the European, red left
European, orange and blue Democratic party
European, blue and yellow Popular party
Left Green European, green and yellow

Tunisia

By convention, each party is seen allotting a color which represents it on ballot papers with the legislative elections:

Constitutional Democratic Assembly (socialist destourien), red
Movement of the socialist democrats (social democrat), green
Left the popular unit (socialist and nationalist Arabic), gilded
unionistic democratic Union (nationalist Arabic), maroon
Movement Ettajdid (post- communist), blue
Left social-liberal (liberal), orange

The United States of America

By convention, each major American party (having gained at least a State at the time of the présidentelles elections) is seen allotting a color.

There is not a traditional consensus, but the colors since 2000 are:

Democratic party, blue
Republican party, red
Populist party, green
Left progressist Vermont, purple
Left libertarien, yellow

By convention, the color chestnut is allotted to the States with the still dubious results.

Because of the electoral system in the United States, the States which are gained by the democrats are sometimes called them Blue states ( blue states ), while those where the republicans carry it, are called them Red states ( red states ).

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