Talk:Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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I am working on an infobox for the Christlich-Demokratische Union and I need to ask one question. What exactly is the political colour of the CDU? The website is quite centered on orange but the logo is only red (and white). Since red is famously the colour of the SPD, I was wondering if red was indeed the correct colour to associate the CDU with. Thanks! --Liberlogos 04:13, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

I believe black is the color of the CDU. john k 05:16, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

The colour of the CDU is indeed black. The government coalition of CDU/FDP is called Schwarz-Gelb (black/yellow). In ARD and ZDF exit polls the CDU is coloured black as well. --84.26.109.69 09:44, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Why is this page at Christian Democratic Union of Germany? That's not its name, and Christian Democratic Union just redirects here, suggesting that there are no other CDUs with articles, and therefore no need to disambiguate. — Trilobite (Talk) 22:39, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

the party's color is black, although their website prints the logo in red. it's definitly NOT orange at all. -lori 22 March 2006

The party color (since end of 2003) is definitely orange. Black was never the party color, but was used by others for describing the party.--Mevsfotw 11:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

This has been the case with its predecessor, the Zentrumspartei, too. The black is thought to derive from the colour of priest's dresses, meaning to symbolize catholicism - though caholicism is not thought to be as influential on the CDU's political stance as maybe some decades ago; this is perhaps different regarding the CSU. --84.168.236.49 23:34, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

CDU is black! CSU can also be black, but mostly her colour is blue (because the flag of Bavaria white and blue)! 62.134.72.98 11:20, 7 October 2006 (UTC)