AED200 Color and Feelings Post Three

1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.
 Emotional responses to color are both culturally and conditioned and intensely personal. In America's culture, the colors red and green are associated with Christmas. Blue is often associated with freedom since the color of the sea and sky are blue. "Cool" colors (blue being a "cool" color) have been shown to have a calming effect. There are also "warm" colors being red, orange, and yellow. However, red can also represent joy or love. Not only does the "temperature" of the color bring out an emotion of the viewer, but culture has a lot to do with our associations as well.

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

I am most intrigued of the theory that "cool" colors can bring an emotion of calmness.  I would have to say that looking on page 95 of our text I feel more calm looking at Nocturne in Blue and Gold than I do with an emotion of freedom like the text says some blue colors bring out. I am most intrigued by this because it honestly is amazing that color can trigger an emotion. I wouldn't feel as calm looking at a painting with reds because to me that is such a bright color. This color makes people feel more aggressive (whether it's an angry aggressive, or more of a loving aggressive).


3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
 In the painting of Venice, it seemed like a floating environment as June says. She had a strong sense of feeling in the color and that's what you have to hang on to when you paint. Color has a lot of emotion in it. I personally liked when the artist made the paintings for the restaurant he didn't like that the reds and maroons made the customers sick and want to make them bang their heads against the wall when they ate there. I never really made note of what paintings or colors are surrounding me when I am out to eat, but for a color to have that much emotion to make a customer so angry and uncomfortable is a crazy thought that it can be that strong.

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

I liked watching about Francisco Goya because he not only painted what he imagined, but he used the dark colors to represent the unwanted. The darkness was used to switch around the believing of religion and said the unreason would always come back. Before he turned in the 40's and before he got sick he used to paint with bright colors. After he was sick he painted about death. He used the dark colors to give a dreary emotion and irrational emotion.It's as if you were looking in to a nightmare.