How Do Colors Affect Pop Culture

There are over 1,000 different colors in the world, but humans can only name so many. There are around ten colors in our world that every human can name and are at the center of our everyday life. These are the colors that dominate all the other colors in a supreme fashion. Colors like red and blue which we see just about everyday our always in the back of our minds, Humanity has come to naturally associate these colors with objects to the point where some people can hear a word and immediately associate a color with it. If I had asked someone to picture an apple in their head the majority would most likely picture a red apple, even though there are varying colors like golden yellow and light green. Also these colors have an effect on us that …show more content…
That is why we can often see different colors associated with different brands like Starbucks and there green logo or red in Youtube. We have come to associate colors with brands and often judge a brand based off the colors surrounding it. So how exactly do these colors affect each person. Let us begin with one of the most popular colors, red. I bet when the average person is asked what they associate with red they will say anger, and power, because of how most countries have portrayed it in pop culture like the Star Wars Movies. They would be correct with this response, but they also left the answer incomplete. Red is one of the more varying colors out of all the core colors. We subconsciously associate red with many other emotions and moods. If we think back to the older times when war reigned supreme there are two objects that are always associated with red. Fire and blood have been associated with red for centuries, which in turn are associated with danger, power, strength, and energy. That’s why red is used to signal stopping when on the road. It alerts the driver to be