Color Names

Voodoo

Deep plum-grey of a New Orleans night, candles lit and drums down the street.

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Voodoo is a dark grey, close to purple.

It can be described as dark, dim, somber and gloomy.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Voodoo

West African Vodún

Vodún, Vodu, or vodunsinsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. There is no central authority in control of the religion and much diversity exists among practitioners, who are known as vodúnsɛntó or vodúnisants.

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African diaspora religions

African diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam.

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voodoo

Noun

  1. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
  2. The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.

Verb

  1. To bewitch someone or something using voodoo
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