I feel so Blue or Green or Pink!

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

 As the video states color is an extremely powerful gateway to evoke emotions but it is also unpredictable. It is unpredictable in the sense that you can never be sure how a person is going to react to it. I would assume the bold, saturated colors would create stronger emotions than lighter, pastel colors. The lighter colors would be more peaceful while the bolder colors would spark intense emotions like passion or anger. We also equate how we are feeling emotionally by tying to a color: Im feeling blue (Sadness), Im feeling green (queesy).

 

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

I find it fascinating that color can make you happy. And that it can make or break a painting. I have never really thought about how important color. We even pick out toothbrushes with the colors that appeal to us! A room could be filled with the most beautiful furniture in the world, but if the walls of the room are a color that doesn’t appeal to you the whole room will be thrown off. A single line in a painting of a certain color can become the focal point. Color is found in nature and is carried over onto our everyday life.

 

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

The biggest impact for me was just how precious pigments were before there were art stores and paint in tubes. The process of making a pigment, especially the blue made from a semi-precious metal and then soaked and needed in water for two weeks is amazing. Color was treated as a valuable commodity. The more expensive the color, the artist would reserve for the most important part of the painting.

 

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

I find it amazing that people are in love with the famous painting "Mona Lisa." To me the colors are depressing and not vibrant. But I get the emotional pull that people feel towards “her”. She is mysterious and people are always trying to solve the mystery of who she is and why she came about.