Color and Emotions

1. Color and effects on emotion
Color an element of art that is produced when light strikes an object and is reflected back into our eye. There are 3 properties of color including hue, intensity, and value. Hue is what we call the color; for example, Blue, Red, or Yellow. Intensity can refer to how strong or bright the color is. Finally, value is meant to describe how light or dark the color is. Color has been suggested to affect wide ranges of mental and physical responses. Blue is recognized to be a calming color. An example that the book gave us was the blue lighting that was installed on the train platforms to reduce the number of suicide attempts. Each color has its own way of affecting our mental and physical states. The cool thing about it is that not everyone is affected the same way by color.
2. Favorite theoretical aspect of color and why
My favorite aspect of the color theory would be the secondary colors because my favorite colors happen to be violet and green. There's something about these colors that I'm drawn to. For instance, Violet can be a very calming color for me. Green is also like that in a way. I know that when I pick clothes out I'm more directed towards dark greens and violets because I like the way that those two colors compliment my green eyes.
3. The Color Video
From this video, the biggest impact on me from the color and emotions was that it seems to affect the artist in a whole different way than the observer. It took the artist June a while to finish her painting and for her it was a long, time consuming process. Towards the end it looked complete to me but to her it wasn't enough. They even asked her at the end if it was finished and she said for the most part it was but that she might end up tweaking some things about it. It was just intriguing that her emotional aspect through color was the whole process to creating her painting. If she didn't get the feeling she wanted from it, then she kept on going until it was what she intended.
4. The Feelings Emotions and Art Video
From this video, the part that stood out to me the most was when they showed how paintings could lead groups. For example, when David painted the propaganda for war, it was interesting to see how he used elements to make connections to people through it. It was interesting how he was able to connect it to religion, especially since it was a big part of people's lives at the time; it was something to unify the people with. I also liked how he used psychology to show how cruel and morbid the world could be. Its interesting how simple colors, elements, and connections can sway an audience to think one thing. The painting to me didn't seem like a propaganda for war, but I'm from a different time era.