What Do the Colours of Kente Cloth Represent?

Kente Colours and their Meanings

White: symbolises purity, innocence, peace, divinity and spirituality.

Yellow: symbolises royalty, wealth, status and fertility.

Black: symbolises mystery, spiritual energy, darkness and bereavement

Blue: symbolises elevation, humility, patience, peace, love,  harmony and stability.

Green: symbolises life, growth, birth, spiritual renewal

Brown symbolises healing.

Pink or Purple Kente symbolises the sweetness, tenderness, calmness and pleasantness of a female.

Red Kente symbolises political and spiritual moods. It is also associated with bloodshed, sacrifice and death.

Photo: Beautiful Bride in Off Shoulder Kente dress with stone embellishments.