1. Describe Color and it's effects on
emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.
Color has
three properties being hue, value and intensity. Hue is the name of the color according to the
color wheel. This color wouldn’t include
something such as macaroni orange. They
just consist of the colors that are located within the color wheel examples
being yellow or red or blue-green. Value
is how we see the colors whether they are dark or light colors although they
have a full range of values. Intensity
refers to the purity of a color. An
intense color would be red. When you add
some white to the red, it softens the color making it less intense. All of the properties of color play into our
emotions. Red is a perfect example on how
it affects our emotions. Red can be seen
as a color of passion and intense love, but can also mean death, murder, and
anger. This color represents two
opposite extremes. In the first video,
the man painted the walls in a café with a vibrant red and used harsh greens
right next to the reds. He wanted to
portray his emotions of hating that place and that it can be a bad place, where
even murder could take place. The use
of color can tell a story on it’s own.
When we see a painting full of dull blues and grays we can feel
depressed and saddened. Also using
lighter blues can mean peacefulness.
When an artist uses bright yellows and oranges we feel more upbeat and
happy. Color can definitely be symbolic
of a deeper meaning and/or also set a mood, which makes color so powerful and
important in creating pieces of art.
2. What is a theoretical aspect of
color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?
The
theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues me is simultaneous contrast
which is when complementary colors appear more intense when placed side by
side. I have never noticed this until
now. The demonstration of the
complementary color afterimage is a perfect example of simultaneous
contrast. Both of the colors are vibrant
on their own but placed together they appear even more vibrant! Color’s of course play into our emotions but
also can play tricks on our eyes and mind.
When staring at the green and red colored boxes it amazed me how the
colors stayed in my eyes when I looked at a blank white square. What completely fascinated me was not only
did I see the colors in the box but, just as it said in the text, it was
reversed! For those that don’t
understand the optical effects of color, after doing this exercise they are
sure not to forget.
3. In the Color video, what made the
biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
In the
Color Video, the man who painted the picture of the café put the biggest impact
on me in regards to color and it’s effects on emotions. When seeing the painting I was able to feel
exactly what was intended. He wanted to
portray a place that he hated with a passion.
Using the harsh reds and greens he made you hate it just as much he did,
and you haven’t even been there or have a reason to hate it! This just shows how powerful color really
is. An artist can indirectly make you
feel certain emotions with just the use of colors, which truly amazes me.
4. In the Feelings video, what made the
biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
In
the video Feelings: Emotions and Art the biggest impact was how artist use
darker colors. Darker colors can be
thrown into a painting to show the deepest evils, of violence, agony, and
terror. These dark colors can give you a
feeling of uneasiness and depression, which can really become unsettling. We always talk about vibrant colors but this
video really made me think about the meanings of dark and muddy colors.
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