Color Theory and Emotional Effects

1. Specific colors can have cultural or individual links to other things in life, better known as symbols. For example, the color red symbolizes danger and anger but at the same time it can also symbolize joy or love. The color yellow indicates sickness or ill health but it can so also symbolize a warm sunny summer day. Only context can provides clues as to what a color's meaning is or what emotional impact it may have. People's emotions change as well as the meaning behind certain colors. 2. The theatrical aspect of color scheme is something that fascinates me. Monochromatic color schemes have a unifying effect and are created by changing the value of one single color. It is very interesting to me that by choosing two colors on the opposite sides of the color wheel you can create a complementary color scheme. I didn't realize that there were so many different color schemes such as a split-complementary color scheme which is created by selecting a color and two hues on either side of the original color. The last thing that intrigued me about color schemes was the idea of a triadic color scheme. This is formed by colors that form an equilateral triangle on the color wheel. Overall, it amazes me the color wheel can serve so many purposes. 3. I thought that the color video was very interesting and informational. Colors and art allow people to put their fantasies down on paper. Humans moods are always changing, as well as art and colors are always changing. What interested me the most was the fact that the color red seemed to be most used in paintings. Whether it was used as the color main or just an added color, this color seemed to be one of the first colors used to express emotions and feelings. The color red can have many meanings behind it. 4. The images and reasoning behind the images of the church in this video is what was most interesting to me. There were many theories about different religions and such back then so by seeing all of the works of art including the church was interesting because they were images of what artists "felt" happened or what they felt looked like.