posted May 06, 2008 07:32 AM         

Yarmulke / Kippot Colors
There is no clear directive as to the color of a yarmulke, and it may be of any color or combination of colors. A person wearing a plain black yarmulke is generally recognized as presenting himself as being in a state of religious impurity or of mourning, whereas a white one symbolizes festivity and religious purity. A white and blue one combines the Jewish national colors. A kippah may also be of any other color or hue, this showing personal preference. Some people have adopted the fashion of wearing a kippah having exactly the same color as the hair so it wouldn’t be obvious. Journalist Dov Ganhovsky has taken the idea of color to the extreme and suggested a transparent kippah (Yediot Aharonot daily newspaper, January 28th 1988).
A yarmulke may carry a design that can be of the same color as the kippah or in a completely different, contrasting color or colors. The design can be words, such as a name, a slogan, a company’s logo, in Hebrew or any other language. The design may also be a symbolic picture, whether concrete or abstract. It may be an integral part of the yarmulke’s texture, one that is knitted or crocheted into it, one that is embroidered on it or painted or printed over the kippah or imprinted.
http://www.egokippot.com/what-is-a-yarmulke.htm

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