Who knew that our emotions played such a strong role when looking at color

       I knew that color and emotions were liked but I never knew they had such a strong connection. It's not just the color you use it's also about how you place the color. It’s been said that colors deliver more symbolism and have a greater affect if they are used in larger areas. Certain Monochromatic harmonies will have different affects because it depends on the value and intensity of each color. Complemenentary harmonies can affect new emotions due to cultural upbringing's for example (red/green) in our cultural they make us think about Christmas and they makes most people happy but in another culture it could evoke a feeling of sadness or anger.  For example Van Gogh created a painting with red and green to create an intense atmosphere when men would go crazy. After reading chapter I learned something that I never knew which was that in 1666 Newton passed a ray of sunlight through a prism he observed that the light refracted into different colors and from there he proved that colors are components of light. I also learned about tertiary colors and that they are primary color and an adjacent secondary color. While perceptions of color are somewhat subjective, there are some color effects that have universal meaning. Colors in the red area of the color spectrum are known as "warm colors" and include red, orange and yellow. These warm colors evoke emotions ranging from feelings of warmth and comfort to feelings of anger and hostility.  Colors on the blue side of the spectrum are known as "cool colors" and include blue, purple and green. These colors are often described as calm, but can also call to mind feelings of sadness or indifference

I would say the theoretical aspect that I’m the most interested in would be the psychological aspects of color. All the different types of emotions that color brings out in people are amazing. For example they say your favorite color and its meaning is said to have an internal represtation of you. Which has made me really think about myself because my favorite color is red and red is said to invoke anger, irritability, and raise your blood pressure? Another example is the color green it's said to create feelings of comfort, laziness, relaxation, and calmness. It helps us balance our emotions. Some attribute this to its connection with nature and our natural feelings of affiliation with the natural world when experiencing the color green. On the other hand darker and grayer greens can have the opposite effect. Olive green colors remind us of decay and death and can actually have a detrimental effect on physical and emotional health. For example: sickened cartoon characters always turned green. Orange has shown to have only positive effects on your emotional state. This color relieves feelings of self-pity, lack of self-worth and unwillingness to forgive. Orange opens your emotions and makes a terrific antidepressant We usually associate the color blue with the night and thus we feel relaxed and calmed. Lighter blues make us feel quite and away from the rush of the day. These colors can be useful in eliminating insomnia. Like yellow, blue inspires mental control, clarity and creativity. However, too much dark blue can be depressing. Purples have been used in the care of mental of nervous disorders because they have shown to help balance the mind and transform obsessions and fears. Indigo is often associated with the right side of the brain; stimulating intuition and imagination. Violet is associated with bringing peace and combating shock and fear. Violet has a cleansing effect with emotional disturbances. Also, this color is related to sensitivity to beauty, high ideals and stimulates creativity, spirituality and compassion. Psychic power and protection has also been associated with violet.

After watching the video about color the only thing that really stuck in my mind is when Mark Rothko tried to evoke huge emotional responses through color alone. He created works of art that were supposed to hung in a hotel lobby just in reds and maroons and he wanted to them to create madness and anger in the customers and make them feel like they are trapped inside. I just can't get over how much anger red is supposed to create. Another thing that I learned from this video was that a long time ago the color red paint was made from crushed bugs.

After watching Feelings /Emotions and Art the things that stuck with me the most was when they were talking about perspective and its not God's perspective about the symbolic realm any more it's about man thinking about his own perspective. Also about space becoming a huge thing and during the renaissance art the use of space seemed to heighten feelings and before this the paintings were flat and now the take on more human like roles with shapes and colors. People saw feelings in all the different lights and shades it was a very powerful tool.