Gryffindor and Slytherin colors

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 161783

bercygirl:
>
> Somthing has been nagging at the back of my brain about these two 
> houses' colors. Gryffindor's colors are gold and red, Slytherin's are 
> silver and green.
> But in HBP we are told that the locket and ring that were Salazar 
> Slytherin's are gold, not silver, as we'd expect his heirlooms to be. 
> And in CoS, Gryffindor's sword is silver.
> Does anyone have any theories about this?

Ceridwen:
Gold is costly, and shows wealth.  It is often used in jewelry.  But, 
gold is a soft metal, unsuitable for swords.  The color has nothing to 
do with the use of the actual metals, in my opinion.  Slytherin's 
sword, if he had one, would have been of a silver color, too (probably 
iron), while Gryffindor would have had pieces of gold jewelry.

Ceridwen.