The вишиванка or 'vyshyvanka' is the traditional Ukrainian embroidered linen shirt which forms part of the national costume typically worn on special occasions, but now increasingly as a part of everyday dress as a gesture of respect for Ukraine's culture and history and a symbol of resistance. Vyshyvankas are usually embroidered with a combination of six main colours of Ukrainian embroidery: white, black, red, blue, yellow, or green, and the patterns differ from region to region even  village to village.