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What do seven green, eight white and nine pear flowers mean?

"Seven greens, eight whites and nine pear flowers" means the traditional Chinese color matching method, also known as "seven greens, eight whites and nine reds", which is usually used to describe women's clothing or makeup.

Specifically, Qiqing refers to the seven colors of cyan, white, black, gold, silver, purple and red; Babai refers to white, beige, gray, light pink, dark pink, light yellow, dark yellow and light

The eight colors are green; the nine reds refer to the nine colors of red, peach, rose red, burgundy, orange-red, purple, crimson and brown.

This color matching method is considered to be elegant, fresh and dignified in traditional Chinese culture, and is suitable for describing women's beauty and nobility.

At the same time, since each color has its own unique symbolic meaning, it can also be used in different ways and have different meanings in different occasions and situations.