What we are seeing are the reverberations of an attempted "color revolution".

The success of these two color pictures caused a color revolution (just as the first all-talkie had created one for talkies).

Business concerns have propelled the color revolution.

The opposition hoped for another color revolution, but analysts doubted this would happen.

The country was inspired by the color revolutions including the Orange Revolution and the Iranian democracy protests.

This "color" revolution is being well funded by the C.I.A.

The media attention given to the color revolutions has inspired movements in the Middle East, and their supporters, to adopt similar symbology.

Through the Open Society Institute, they are noted for their close relationships with several of the color revolutions, particularly in Ukraine.

Relations may have been seen to improve after the color revolution of 2005, but later history (see below) has not borne out these early optimistic assessments.

The move was interpreted by some observers as an agreement to fight together against 'color revolutions' in Central Asia.