Color

characteristics by introducing various colors. I intended to incorporate both a bleak and colorful perception of the girl in order to symbolize the manner in which East Asian countries view races and the fashion in which diversity should be perceived. Instead of whitening the woman’s face, I decided to illuminate her appearance using colored pencils. By not limiting the woman to simply two shades, I strove to display the distinctiveness of her character and the true colors behind her skin tone.…

that different colors have the ability to pass meanings to an individual and also potential to influence individual’s perception through the color priming effect. This usually occurs when exposure to a single color stimulus affect the way individuals respond to other stimuli. This is to say that exposure to a particular color can influence the way we react emotionally either positively or negatively. Numerous attempts have been done for years to classify responses to various colors by…

Color is present everywhere, and is an essential part of human perception and human’s everyday lives. Color has been used as a catalyst for affecting human mood and behavior in marketing for centuries (Shabbir, Reast, & Palihawadana, 2009), been shown to affect communication and sway thinking (Gerend & Sias, 2009), affect human behavior, actions and reactions (Keskar, 2010), and even affect one’s physiological state through suppressing appetite (Ittersum, Koert, & Wansink, 2012). Needless to say…

Different colors have different physiological meanings, they can affect your mood and what you do. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, colors are used to express and symbolize people's inner thoughts and feelings. Colors such as green and white are used to find someone's true feelings and true thoughts, while other colors are used to hide their true personality and allow them to camouflage into other types of crowds. Color symbolism is used to convey a deeper message to us and…

Color symbolism has an influential role in The Great Gatsby, as it has had in many literary works throughout history. It is used many times to give a deeper meaning to the story, and convey messages that the author doesn’t explicitly say. It is the responsibility of the reader to read closely, and try to find the deeper meaning in specific details of the story. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, a tale is told of Jay Gatsby. Jay is a new money business man, and is intent on trying…

Colors help people understand the world around them. Colors can tell people how someone is feeling, if something is cheerful or gloomy and just an overall sense of mood. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, color symbolism plays an important role in the understanding of the characters. One color that plays a very important role in the novel would be the color green. Green is important in The Great Gatsby for many reasons. On reason would be Daisy’s green light at the end of her homes…

groups in order to effectively communicate (Henry, Abou-Zahra, & Brewer, 2014). For instance, when communicating online it is important to consider visual forms of accessibility. Color vision deficiency (CVD), is one such condition communicators should anticipate in webpage development (Colour Blindness, n.d.). Color Vision Deficiency According to colourblindawareness.org, a UK bases organization dedicated to raising awareness of CVD, colorblindness affects 1 in 200 woman globally (Colour…

This artwork gives visual representation to immaterial feelings. The way it does that is by dulling every color besides the girl’s tears. It shows that she sees the world in a gray color because all of her happiness or color is gone. The color flowing out of her is showing that any good feeling she has is leaving her and she is succumbing to her depression. Her dress is sagging limply off of her to show the sad and heavy emotions she’s going through. The dress is a polka dot dress, which is…

When people think about the color yellow they usually associate it with positive things, such as sunshine and happiness, but in The Great Gatsby it is quite the contrary. (“Color Symbolism and Culture”).Yellow is used to symbolize falseness. It is similar in color to gold, only less shiny and inexpensive. But no matter how hard it tries, yellow can never truly pass for gold. (“Examples of the Symbolism of Colors in “The Great Gatsby”). Characters in the Great Gatsby who are surrounded by yellow…

Introduction In color reproduction, gamut or the color gamut is a certain complete subset of colors, which can be accurately represented in a given circumstance such as given color space [1]. In another words gamut literally means the total range of possibilities that can be accomplished from red, green and blue (RGB) for a particular device [2]. If certain color cannot be reproduced accurately there is a way how to calculate the color difference by adequately describing the color by numerical…