It has been a tale of a friendship forged under the most unlikely of circumstances. African-American Jesse Owens and Aryan poster boy Luz Long went face to face when Nazi Germany hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin -- and allegedly became fast friends.
The bright red color of love known as crimson comes from an insect. Answer: The color crimson is a bright red with a tinge of blue. It's often considered the color of fresh blood (blood red). Dark crimson is close to maroon. Some shades of crimson and colors in the crimson range: 1  Crimson (Web color) | Hex #DC143C | RGB 220,20,60 | CMYK 0,200,160,34. 2  Alizarin crimson | Hex #E32636 | RGB 227,38,54.
Red is the color of blood and therefore is the liturgical color for the commemoration of martyred saints. Red is used as the liturgical color for Pentecost, since it is the color of fire (e.g. above, right). White is a symbol of purity, innocence and holiness. It is the liturgical color for the Christmas and Easter seasons. White is sometimes represented by silver. As the color of light, yellow may be used to represent divinity.