Color Revolution- Change of regime in countries`

Color Revolution is a term that was most widely used by worldwide media to describe various related movements that developed in several societies in early 2000s. Participants in the color revolutions have mostly used non-violent resistance, also called civil resistance. Protest are held against governments seen as corrupt and or authoritarian in which NGOs played important role.

No	Color	Year	Country of Revolution	Reasons and Effect	Reason for naming so!
1	Carnation	1974	Portugal	Military coup in Lisbon, overthrew the regime of Estado Novo. Also referred to as 25th April and celebrated as their Freedom day!	Called Carnation because no shots were fired, carnation flowers were put into the muzzles of rifles.
2	Yellow	1986	Philippines	Popular non-violent demonstration leading to the departure of then President Ferdinand Marcos; Restoration of country’s democracy after 20 years of anarchy!	Demonstrators wore yellow ribbons so the name. Took place at Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, so called EDSA revolution. Also called People Power Revolution.
3	Velvet	1989	Czechoslovakia	Non-violent transition of power from the end of 41 years of Communist rule to the start of Parliamentary republic.	After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Slovakia used the term Gentle revolution while Czech Republic continues to use Velvet.
4	Bull Dozer	2000	Yugoslavia	Demonstrations against the presidential election occurred in Belgrade and led to downfall of Slobodan Milosevic. Parliament building was partially burned down during the protests.	Called Bager revolution translated as Bulldozer in English due to use of wheel loader.
5	Rose	2003	Georgia	Widespread protests over the disputed parliamentary elections and ousting of President Eduard Shevardnadze	NGOs played a significant role. Marked the end of Soviet era of leadership
6	Orange	2004	Ukraine	Presidential election claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter intimidation and electoral fraud. Kiev was the focal point. New Constitution took away from the President and handed over to the Parliament the power to appoint Prime minister	Supreme court ordered revote. Victor Yushchenko declared winner
7	Tulip	2005	Kyrgyzstan	End of increasingly corrupt and authoritarian rule of President Askar Akayev who later fled to Kazakhstan and then Russia.	Also called, Pink, Lemon, Silk or Daffodil Revolution.
8	Purple	2005	Iraq	End of Saddam Hussein’s governance in Iraq and the coming of democracy to the nation.	Purple stands for the ink-stain marking the index-fingers of first time voters in the 2005 Iraqi legislative election
9	Cedar	2005	Lebanon	Demonstrations triggered by the assassination of the former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri on 14 Feb, 2005; Demand for end of Syrian influence in Lebanese Politics	Cedar is the national emblem, tree featured on Flag of Lebanon.
10	Blue	2005	Kuwait	Demonstrations in support of Women’s suffrage; Post it women were granted right to vote beginning 2007 parliamentary elections.	Since there was no call for regime change, it is not necessarily a color revolution except for the name.
11	Jeans	2006	Belarus	Demonstrations held in capital Minsk against the policies of Alexander Lukashenko; Disputing the 2006 Presidential elections	Also called Cornflower and Denim revolution in reference to color Blue. Did not bring radical changes to Belarusian Politics and society.
12	Saffron	2007	Burma	Antigovernment protest against the removal of fuel subsidies which caused the diesel and petrol prices to rise as much as 66%.	Civil resistance by students, women and Buddhist monks who wore robes signifying Saffron color.
13	Green	2009	Iran	Protest due to a disputed 2009 Presidential election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Many protestors thought that candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had won the election.	Green was the campaign color of Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi .
14	Grape	2009	Moldova	Civil unrest and demonstrators demanded resignation of fraudulent communist government; protestors also broke the Parliament building	Also called Twitter revolution as protestors organized themselves using its service.
15	Lotus	2011	Egypt	Forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down in 2011 as part of the Arab spring	Lotus represent resurrection, life and sun of ancient Egypt
16	Jasmine	2011	Tunisia	Civil unrest; ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who fled to Saudi Arabia; Led to democratization of the country.	The revolution is named after the national flower of Tunisia i.e. Jasmine

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