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title: "9 Color Means Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Color Means quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Color Means sayings and thoughts."
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> [“never trust anyone who says they do not see color. this means to them you are invisible. – is”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/never-trust-anyone-who-says-they-do-not-see-color-this-means-to-them/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/nayyirah-waheed-8336_poetry_never-trust-anyone-who-says-they-do-not_2059576.jpg)

> [Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wassily-kandinsky/color-is-a-means-to-exert-a-direct-influence-on-the-soul/)

[Wassily Kandinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wassily-kandinsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/wassily-kandinsky-5828_color_color-is-a-means-to-exert-a-direct-influ_67571.png)

> [Do it!! tell me what each color means please?? :)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-it-tell-me-what-each-color-means-please/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/anonymous-1_color_do-it-tell-me-what-each-color-means-plea_87254.jpg)

> [“The word ‘color’ means at its origin to ‘cover’ or ‘hide.’ Matter eats up light and ‘covers’ it with a confusion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smithson/the-word-color-means-at-its-origin-to-cover-or-hide-matter-eats-up/)

[Robert Smithson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smithson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c75/robert-smithson-13486_color_the-word-color-means-at-its-origin-to-co_3113706.jpg)

> [Being of color in America by no means amounts to a constant barrage of negativity. However, unlike being white, being of color…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/being-of-color-in-america-by-no-means-amounts-to-a-constant-barrage/)

[John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/)

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> [One color alone means nothing. I acts as in a vacuum, with no other colors to relate to. It is only when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-maisel/one-color-alone-means-nothing-i-acts-as-in-a-vacuum-with-no-other/)

[Jay Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-maisel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/jay-maisel-7730_color_one-color-alone-means-nothing-i-acts-as_173892.png)

> [Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/our-flag-means-all-that-our-fathers-meant-in-the-revolutionary-war-it/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/henry-ward-beecher-175_color_our-flag-means-all-that-our-fathers-mean_875562.png)

> [Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-baker/surely-the-day-will-come-when-color-means-nothing-more-than-the-skin/)

[Josephine Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/josephine-baker-12508_birth_surely-the-day-will-come-when-color-mean_289335.png)

> [In general, therefore, color is a means of exerting a direct influence upon the soul. Color is the keyboard. The eye is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wassily-kandinsky/in-general-therefore-color-is-a-means-of-exerting-a-direct-influence/)

[Wassily Kandinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wassily-kandinsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/wassily-kandinsky-5828_artist_in-general-therefore-color-is-a-means-of_1986519.png)

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