My Favorite Color

Every situation in life is full of emotions, moods, and even physical sensations. Emotions, are essential for all human beings and are also part of our world. All emotions are influenced by the colors that surround us. To initiate discussing about warm and cool colors, we need to define which color belongs to each group, for the warm colors are red, orange, and yellow, and cool colors are blue, green and light purple.

Planet Earth is painted with so many different colors, naturally or human-made. It is not a question that color is a big part of society. Everything in this world from fashion to architecture is undeniably associated with color. Color is assume to have association with feeling. People have their own favorite color, and least favorite color. Does color affect how human feel? Does these color spark up some chemical when the eyes land on it? Certain environment have color that they are suppose to be wearing. What should be the color that an educational environment should have? CIA First International School is an educational campus that the design adapted the modern chic look, consisting of lots of gray and white wall. Is this color suitable for

Cao, Jerry. “12 Colours and the Emotions They Evoke.” Future. Creative Bloq. 3 Oct 2017.

evokes very powerful and strong emotions such as desire. Brighter colors like red and yellow are

It is easy to take color for granted; after all, it is how we see the world every day. But color plays such an integral part in our emotions and in our perception of a scene that knowledge of the nature of color and how to capture it in your images will give impact and expression to your photography. (Rutter)

The biological processes of colour perception which happen in the brain are innate and contribute towards the way in which individuals view colour. Cones and rods work together in order to create the colour that is perceived. The psychological processes are related to the way each individual person perceives colour, and thus may be different to the next. Colour perception is different for everyone, something that is light blue to one person, may be light green to another person. Both the biological and psychological processes work together. A range of processes will be discussed throughout this essay and will demonstrate differences in the

Folk knowledge tells us that sadness can cause individuals to see the world with less vibrancy, sometimes in gray-scale or even colorlessness. In a recent publication in the Association for Psychological Science, a team of researchers sought to determine if sadness does indeed negatively affect color perception. The research findings of Dr. Christopher Thorstenson, Adam D. Pazda, and Andrew J. Elliot shed light on both the subjective and objective experience of color perception. Dr. Christopher A. Thorstenson and his research team propose that, “sadness impairs color perception (specifically perception of chromatic stimuli) [because] it disrupts low-level contrast sensitivity, which may in turn influence higher-order chromatic judgments” (Thorstenson, Pazda & Elliot, 2015). In other words, sadness can affect our ability to see certain color spectrums.

How do colors really affect us, and what is the science of colors in marketing? I am taking the principle of marketing class now, as we strive to make improvements to our product Earthgrains, studying this phenomenon is key. Let us dig into some of the latest,

Since I was a child I have always loved the color red. Whenever my parents would ask me what color I wanted for various objects, or theme color for a party, I would always choose red. Until coming into this class, I never gave much thought to what the color red represents or why I have always liked it. I have read studies about the physiological and psychological impact that colors have upon individuals, and I have observed the effect of certain colors upon individuals, and I’ve found that my basic reaction to certain colors are different than most people.

Summary: In this section titled “The Color Key,” author Robert Hirsh highlights the importance of using one’s own color preferences to craft a composition. He points out that a person’s individual preferences are not locked in place either. As people change, so do the colors that speak most strongly to them. The color choices that each photographer makes helps to highlight the different ways that each photographer sees a scene.

Kaya and Epps (2004) also conducted an experiment and the result was recorded that the majority of participants associated green color with the feeling of calmness, happiness, comfort, peace, hope and excitement. While black color was associated with the feeling of sadness, depression, fear and anger. This explains that colors have the emotional arousing effect. However, the degree of arousal level may differ depending on the type of emotion or feeling being attached with it (Jackson, et. al., 2009).

As a class, we review from the Color Theory PowerPoint how color can stir certain emotions and affect our mood. We also review from a previous lesson how line can affect our emotions.

However, sometimes when a child chooses colors, it reflects an attraction to a lot of colors in the same place. It’s almost a natural attraction that a child conveys towards energetic colors. Still, this innate action doesn’t correlate with awareness. Children react to colors in a different fashion from their elders and those called professionals. Especially if those professionals strive to create works that replicate natural forms by understanding

Certain colors correspond with specific emotions or feelings (“Color Meanings, Color Symbolism, Meaning of Colors"). For example, red possibly represents anger, passion, and love, and blue represents sadness, serenity, and despair

As I stated before, I like beach art work and ocean art pieces. I absolutely love the ocean and the beach. I think it is because I love the color blue! There is light blue, royal blue and navy blue just to name a few. Any shade of blue I go crazy for! I believe this is the reason I love the sky and the ocean so much! I for one certainly believe that blue is the most beautiful color on earth! Nonetheless it is also associated with depression and madness. The way an artist colors his or her creation, has to do a lot with the inner person the artists is and the way his or her soul sees things. The way the artist feels at the moment is what portrays that masterpiece, but most importantly his or her emotions and psyche play a major role.