text: what symbolism does the color red meen to the zulu tribe in africa? i am doing research on colors and what effects they have on different people and cultures. i have picked sybolosm as my choice.  red seems to be the most miunderstood color of them all.  i was intersted in african tribes since they use color for everything and every color has a different meaning. red is my choice for the zulu tribe.  liegh red is the color of blood, menstruation, and fertility, and red ochre is strongly associated with the earth and women and their fertility