Color psychology

The basic tenets of materialism and abstraction often clash against one another. Materialism, after all, results in “shapeless, [describable] emotions such as fear and joy,” while abstraction encompasses those “inner, subtler feelings…beyond the reach of words” (Section I, Paragraph 4). These contrasting depths of emotion give rise to the potent tension between materialism and abstraction in Section VI, Paragraph 18 of Kandinsky’s essay “Concerning the Spiritual in Art.” Here, Kandinsky comments…

from the TV leads to my speaker, which makes my sound play from the TV to the speakers. In the corner of my room is a blue chair for anyone that comes in my room and needs a seat. The chair is very comfortable to everyone and most people like the color. Speaking of chair earlier I said at the bottom of my picture was something wooden. Well that wooden thing is a chair that came with the room it is hard and brown. There is one last picture that looks like to basically end this story and night.…

In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner uses color to describe Emily Grierson’s emotional state transitioning from innocence to insanity. Typically in stories, colors provide the current visuals that characters see while helping readers to obtain a better mental image of the scene. Faulkner, however, not only uses colors to help paint a better mental image for his reader, but to also highlight the limitless meaning that colors can embody such as setting the tone and mood. He does not tell Emily’s story in…

Throughout literary history, authors have used various colors as important symbolism in many different genres of literature. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby,” he is able to use a surplus of colors as symbolism in his story. Not only are these colors used as symbolism, but some of them actually impact the outcome of the story. Some of the colors are feeling based, like the color green. The Great Gatsby is about a poor man named Jay Gatsby who eventually becomes rich, he also has…

INTRODUCTION: In this lab, proper laboratory technique was implemented to have the experience in the lab. Furthermore, the unknown solution needed to be investigated, to determine the solution’s macromolecules. Three methods were comprised to determine the unknown but a set of other solution were used to help as indicators to match the unknown solution’s results. It consisted of biuret, iodine and benedict solution. Iodine solution is used to determine if the source had starch or glycogen.…

Explanations of color that involve anthropocentric kinds make the basic assumption that different objects which appear to be the same color to normal human observers in standard viewing conditions are the same color. C.L. Hardin, author of “Color Qualities and the Physical World,” takes issue with this view because he calls into question if such “normal” observers, under “standard” conditions even exist. Hardin argues that there is no such thing as a normal observer, pointing out that simply…

the various mental states which are said to have (as it is variously put) raw feels, phenomenal features or qualia” (130). To support this argument he gave examples of a man named Fred who could see two colors where we could only see one color and a woman named Mary who knew everything about color but had never experienced it. A Physicalist believes that there is nothing more to this world than the physical, but Jackson proves this wrong with…

The beauty of the detailed images and the color scheme helps create a more appealing advertisement, making the readers want to experience the product themselves. Most advertisements are successful through this marketing process. The rhetorical appeals used in this advertisement are what make it…

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate whether different colour tones of red and green affected sweetness perception. An experimental design was engaged where 95 first-year Psychology students voluntarily sampled four 20mL coloured liquids and rated their sweetness on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being no sweetness distinguished and 10 where the liquid was extremely sweet. The major results indicated that light red samples were perceived sweeter than dark red, and that light green…

FUN AND CREATIVE ARTS FOR KIDS. As a parent, it is your duty to ensure that your kids are involved with activities that build them up and help them in their growth and development at all times. This is especially when they are at home for holidays. Instead of letting them idle in the house and watch television or play video games all day long, how about you put their creativity into good use. This is majorly by engaging them in activities that will boost their creativity as well as give them…