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Charles Blanc further developed Chevreul’s theories. Having come to the conclusion that placing complementary colors next to each other intensifies them and that mixing complementary colors together muddies the color, he is known to have said that complementary colors “will either triumphantly sustain or utterly destroy each other.” Looking at A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, we can see evidence of these complementary color theories. The seated girl with the ponytail in the…

the Green Light. The Green Light in the Great Gatsby is located at the end of Daisy’s dock. The Green Light only mean something to one character in the book and that is Gatsby. The Green Light was first mention at the end of chapter one. It was when Nick first saw Gatsby. Gatsby was reaching out towards the Green Light while trembling. The Green Light represent several things to Gatsby. The Green Light represent a beacon of hope, how close Gatsby is to Daisy, and his goal or dream. The Green…

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 help us understand the characters true colors. The color green throughout the novel represents Jay Gatsby's different choices through his lifetime. The symbol used to express green through the novel is…

Introduction: When somebody was eating at a popular restaurant they suddenly felt ill. Fortunately a white powder was discovered on the victim leading them to believe that the powder was the cause of the victim feeling ill. The restaurant narrowed the substance to be one of the white powders they use in the restaurant and compare it to the mystery powder. The five white powders were; icing sugar, cornstarch, aspirin powder, baking soda, baking powder. To test it out they mixed each white powder…

Paul Gauguin is an artist whose usage of colors allows the viewers to experience dramatic changes. Unrealistic and implausible as colors may seem, he simply painted the colors reflected in his eyes, something that had been his philosophy of life. Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist, who was not well appreciated until after his death. He was a pioneer in the Symbolist art movement of the early 1900s in France. Fauvism and Expressionism are advanced stages that were set from Gauguin’s…

Fry Dr. Larson October 23rd, 2017 Does Color affect Memory? We correlate color with emotions in our everyday lives. We see red and think bad such as a grade on a test, we see yellow and think caution, blue could be interpreted as sad or calming, green is happy, black is neutral, and so on. While color can evoke an emotional response, can it affect memory? This is what I have decided to further research for my independent study. I hypothesize that when administered a list of items and given the…

This ad for Loreal Color Vibrancy Nourishing Shampoo effectively employs various rhetorical appeals and advertising techniques to convince the reader to consider this shampoo and conditioner for their next purchase. This Loreal ad is a two page ad and one page includes actress Julianne Moore, Julianne has a turquoise dress on and turquoise earrings that dangle down. Julianne’s hair is a very shiny, vibrant, and auburn in color. The background of this picture is a solid color that is almost like…

The screen painting, Women in a palace is a 286 x 752 cm screen painting during the period of Qing dynasty. This screen painting displays the tragic events that would be foul Wang Zhaojun. Since she would be delivered to Xiongnu a barbarian chieftain by Emperor Yuan to calm him down. The weird thing is that she is not drawn in the painting, but a horse standing under a willow tree represents her departure from her safe haven. The thing that surprises me the most was the screens condition. Its…

The woody, balsamic aroma of bay, with its spicy undertones, is regarded as a masculine scent. It is valued in aromatherapy for its cleansing effects on the mind, body and spirit. Laurel bay, a native of the Mediterranean, has been a symbol of wisdom and peace for thousands of years; an oil can also be steam-distilled from the leaves of the West Indian bay, a native of South America. Bay is warming to the emotions. It is mildly narcotic and euphoric, helping…

Edward Muybridge was an English photographer that really contributed to and led the evolution of photogenic studies of motion and motion picture projection. Edward was born in 1830 so he lived through the age where photography was really picking up in popularity and a lot of that was due to him. Edward's most notable work had to do with horse. He was hired by a wealthy race horse owner to help solve their debate. They question at was whether or not all four feet of a horse were off the ground at…