Have you ever wondered how Europe would be divided in two or three parts depending on the stereotypes that exist for each country? Have you ever imagined other colors representing Greece? A history professor/designer took to the difficult task. Yanko Tsvetkov studied the stereotypes governing Europe and created 20 maps showing and satirizing very apt perceptions that define different countries and dividing them into those belonging to the south, north, east or west. Let’s see where Greece lies.
- Euphoric (yellow) – Greece
Melancholic (light blue)
Depressed (blue) - Classical (red)-Greece
Modern (green) - Revolutionary (pink)
Traditional (brown) – Greece - Sunny (yellow) – Greece
Cloudy (blue) - Tomato Europe (red) – Greece
Potato Europe (yellow) - Wine Europe (red) – Greece
Beer Europe (yellow)
Vodka Europe (light blue) - Olive oil Europe (green) – Greece
Butter Europe (yellow) - Tea Europe (red)
Coffee Europe (brown) – Greece
- Sexually Repressed (red) – Greece
Emotionally Repressed (brown) - Catholic (red)
Protestant (yellow)
Orthodox (green) – Greece - Rich (yellow)
Poor (green) – Greece - Lazy (purple) – Greece
Hard-working (orange) - Good cuisine (orange) – Greece
Bad cuisine (green) - Deafening (red) – Greece
Loud (orange)
Quiet (light blue) - Fag Hags (pink)
Homophobic (purple) – Greece - Old Europe (yellow)
New Europe (orange) – Greece - People who work 21 days a year (orange) – Greece
People who relax 21 days a year (grey) - People who need a plumber (brown)
People who can fix their own sink (blue) – Greece - People who eat walking (red)
People who eat sitting (yellow) – Greece - Religious Europe (green) – Greece
Atheist Europe (blue)
According to this color map, Greece is classical and sunny and belongs to the new Europe. In addition, according to stereotypes and to Mr. Tsvetkov, the Greeks are euphoric, traditional, Orthodox, religious, sexually repressed, poor, lazy, homophobic, can fix their own sink, eat while sitting and speak very very very loud. On the other hand, the Greeks have a good cuisine, drink coffee, use olive oil when cooking, drink wine and love tomatoes.
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