Colours and Symbol

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Colours noun - A distinguishing emblem.

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Symbol and colours are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Symbol" instead a noun "Colours".

Symbol noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.

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Colours and symbol are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Colours" instead a noun "Symbol".

In Paradise Lost, Milton describes a rainbow as having "colours gay." Now, more than three centuries later, the rainbow is a symbol of gay pride.

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Literature
When Saruman becomes corrupted, he styles himself Saruman of Many Colours, though still uses a white hand or S sign as his symbol.

Source: Good Colors, Evil Colors
Lowering your colours (called "striking") is the naval symbol for surrendering.

Source: Useful Notes / The Laws and Customs of War

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