Colours

to race, age, or sex. Such an issue began to affect the world in the seventeenth century, and has continued till this day. African Americans were first targeted by the Caucasian race due to the significant difference within their skin tone. In the Colour Purple by Alice Walker, people are faced with several types of discrimination: sexism, domestic abuse and racism. Discrimination is one of the most devastating events that mankind may have to potentially face. In the seventeenth century, sexism

Completing an EPQ on colour qualia, which had me delve into a mixture of Psychology and Philosophy, was one of the most enjoyable highlights of my entire school experience. This was but an echo of my infatuation for these subjects. My attention has been captured by the eccentricities of many different fields of study over the years of my life. I cannot, however, realistically say that any area can maintain a strong enough grip upon me to keep me passionately motivated to pursue them as a life path

Light and Colour- Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June, 1889, it depicts the view (with the notable addition of an idealized village) from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise. The dominating colour palette in the painting is dark blue and black hues oppose the bright whites and the yellows in the sky. The size of the painting is 29

The Colour Purple is a novel that was written by the 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner, Alice Walker. The Novel was published in 1982 and was later turned into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The book is about a young girl, Celie who was oppressed and seek to find happiness in life. Despite her inner turmoil, she had a strong belief in God, and also hopes that she would find her estranged sister, Nettie who loved her with all her heart. She got pregnant at an early age by the man she thought was her

Being a part of the first generation of my family to be born in Canada, I feel that it is my duty to be the best I can be. From my immediate family, my generation is the first to receive post secondary education, and that too, in one of the world’s finest, most privileged countries. After working hard labour, many hours a week, my parents and grandparents have saved up much of their lives’ earnings, simply to send my younger siblings and I to a reputable school, giving us the opportunity to uphold

While the word colour in the 7th Edition of Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is defined as: “The appearance that things have that results from the way in which they reflect light.” Colour can be identified by two different methods which are objectively and subjectively. The terms objectively in colour ontology is a method that using the facts by referring to the laws of physics, chemistry and physiology. Subjectively is the term that referred to the psychological concept. The colour ontology or

Colour Blind Courage Courage can be found in many different shapes and sizes and in every person if everyone takes the time to dig deep enough inside to find it. Courage is displayed in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mocking Bird. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer with high moral standards. Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend

Throughout the article “Colour”, Leigh Hunt uses rhetorical devices to describe how beautifully colorful the world is, and how rarely the beauty is acknowledged. Some of the most popular rhetorical devices used by Hunt are diction, imagery, pathos, logos, and ethos. By the end of an article, rhetorical devices should make the author’s tone known by the audience. Some of Hunt’s most eloquently used rhetorical devices are diction and imagery. Diction is an author’s word choice. Imagery is a rhetorical

Have you ever wondered where skin colour bias originated from? I have. And frankly speaking, there is no simple answer. Skin colour bias is so much a part of our culture that if we tracked it down to see the real enemies it would possibly point to all of us, our families, our extended families, our society, our ancestors etc. We are all guilty of either propagating or tolerating this age-old bias. Most people are unaware that such a bias can actually affect people in a deep way.A majority of women

Colour in art is an immense subject creditable of exploration. Observing that different colours affect your emotions, either consciously or subconsciously. Could you imagine a world without colour; everything would be monochromatic and dull. I believe colour absorbs objects by giving them a new meaning of life and living. In this essay I will be discussing the way artists such as Andy Warhol applies colour to his work, David Batchelors book “Chromophobia” and relating the importance of colour used