Color and Emotions

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

Color is powerful and its unpredictable affect on our emotions makes it difficult to color. Color can only occur because of light and the light allows for the reflection of color. Colors reflect each other, and is not confined between outlines, especially in paintings. Hue describes the specific wavelength of light that allows us to recognize a specific color. The intensity of color refers to the strength of the color, simply meaning the brightness or dullness of the color. To squeeze the color straight from the tube onto the painting will increase the intensity. Bold colors express strong emotions. Van Gough creates a café panting that was depressing and use green and red colors to express his forcible emotions.

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

The theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues me is that the color red is believed to increase appetite and therefore food consumption. That is said to be why many restaurants will choose red as their main color. I am fascinated that a color can express and attract certain emotions.

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

Fresco painters were the first to use color in a grand scale. Pigments from stones were grinded and then extracted the pigment from the stone, and then left in water for three weeks. Creating the strong blue pigment that was used for famous historical pictures is so interesting.

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

Francisco Goya was the Painter of Darkness. He paints the unwanted, the uncomfortable,  freedom gone negative, and then negativity developing into darkness. He used to paint colorful scenes until he got a severe illness that left him with the feeling of death among him. He was ignorant with politics and painted scary pictures about death. All his painting turned into dark depressing pictures with little color. The more dark bold colors that are put into a painting, the more depressing they are to look at. His illness obviously was sever enough to change his feelings negatively and express those feelings in his work of art.