by Leslie Cox; Monday; October 28, 2024

Do you know…

              …why the colours of Halloween are black and orange?

The colours can be traced back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, (pronounced SOW-in). This is a Gaelic festival celebrating the end of harvest season and the beginning of winter which was thought of as the darker half of the year.

So, the colour black represents the death of summer and bright orange represents the life of full harvest.