The Navajo people associate specific colors with cardinal directions and times of day: black is associated with north and night, white with east and dawn, blue with south and day, and yellow with west and dusk.

1. Sacred colors of the Navajo
COLOR DIRECTION TIME of DAY
Black North Night
White East Dawn
Blue South Day
Yellow West Dusk
http://www.horsekeeping.com/jewelry/NavajoIndians.htm

2. United States, Arizona,
Navajo people Eye-dazzler
blanket c 1890
http://popartmachine.com/item/pop_art/2009-DMA_.1990.229/UNITED-STATES,-ARIZONA,-NAVAJO-PEOPLE-EYE-
DAZZLER-BLANKET-C-1890

3. Kuna Woman Wearing Mola
“When the Spanish conquerors of the 16th and
17th centuries disapproved of the natives'
nakedness, they simply adapted the traditional
body painting patterns to the clothes they they
started to wear.”
Excerpt from Catherine’s Blog (website below)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mVcTGKGAL7A/TaCT-
4rHsHI/AAAAAAAAAds/hmyk-p-
S3W4/s1600/Kuna+woman+wearing+mola.jpg

4. http://ceesew.blogspot.com/2011/04/module-1-chapter-12-study-three-
artists.html