[HPforGrownups] re: House colors / The Thread about Bullying, with lots of MWPP - SS

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 44089


><< I do feel a faint twitch at the general irrelevance of the two
>female-led Houses. >>
>
>Look at the House colors: Gryffindor red and gold, Slytherin green
>and silver, Ravenclaw blue and bronze, Hufflepuff yellow and black.
>And we all know the meanings of gold medal, silver medal, bronze
>medal, and no medal. Speaking as a Ravenclaw, g'rrr at JKR for
>making her favoritism so clear. (Well, speaking as a Ravenclaw whose
>favorite color is blue and LOVED the old idea of Ravenclaw's colors
>being blue and silver.)
>
>Well, to be fair: in heraldry there is no bronze and no yellow. There
>is only Or (translated 'gold'). So the Gryffies get gules and Or, the
>Claws get azure and Or, and the Puffs get Or and sable. Only the
>Slythies get argent instead of Or. Thus emphasizing their "House that
>stands alone" status.
>
Hi all -

It's my belief that sable here is intended to stand for iron, the basest of 
the metals.

And that red, green, blue and yellow are intended to stand forth as simple 
primary colors (although green isn't really a primary) that are distinctive 
- purple might have been another choice rather than yellow, but in certain 
values can look too close to blue, or sometimes red.

So it's not true period heraldry, but more symbolic, IMHO.

Felinia


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