Colors & Emotions

1. Describe Color and its effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.

Color is the visual quality of things and this is a result of the light that is emitted. I also learned that color has a big play on our emotions as humans. In the text I learned that restaurants like to use red décor because it increases peoples appetites. Also I learned that the color blue can lowers a person’s pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure.

2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?

A theoretical aspect of color that I find most intriguing is its connection to emotion. This aspect of color is fascinating to me because I can relate to it. If someone asked me to pick I color that describes the way I feel I could. I would pick bright colors if I were happy and a dark color if I were sad or depressed. I would use earth tone colors when I’m mellow and much more. When I realized I could associate my feelings with colors I was amazed.

3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and its effects on emotions?

In the color video, at one point June was back in London trying to paint what she saw in Venice, and she had used a lot of dark reds and oranges. When she said painting with vibrant color makes her feel young, like when she was five again, I realized how much color influences the artist and people.

4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and its effects on emotions? 

In the feelings video, Goya's paintings jumped out at me the most. The paintings from when he was in his mid 40s and later were extremely dark and scary. These paintings had a very heavy darkness to them, and seemed to be very harsh. I could feel the misery of the people within the paintings. I found this interesting because when I associated my feelings to colors I referred to the darker colors as my miserable and depressed emotions.