Suggested colors

South African flag : South Africans refer to themselves as the Rainbow Nation, and the flag certainly exemplifies this.

Zulu beadwork is very colorful and symbolic.

The following and more can be found at:

http://www.marques.co.za/clients/zulu/

Meaning of colors are as follows:

(negative symbolism in parentheses)

• White: spiritual love, purity
• Red: Physical love, strong emotion (heartache, impatience)
• Pink: High birth or rank, an oath or promise (poverty, laziness)
• Green: Domestic bliss (Illness, discord)
• Yellow: Wealth, a garden, industry, fertility (Thirst, badness, withering away)
• Blue: Fidelity, a request (ill feeling, hostility)
• Black: Marriage, regeneration (Sorrow, despair, death)

Young Zulu maiden wearing traditional beadwork:

Sports teams
Soccer:
Amazulu: Green or white (all green or all white)
Golden Arrows: Green and yellow (Yellow top, green bottom, or green top yellow bottom)
Maritzburg United: Blue and White or red and white
Rugby:
Sharks: Gray and black or yellow and black
Local Produce
Bananas, Pineapple, sugar cane, papayas, citrus fruits, mango

Local Wildlife
Elephants, leopards, cheetahs, hippos, crocodile, rhino, zebra, antelope, baboon, monkeys