Red-light district

The results showed that red was preferred in a pleasant setting. They then showed the participants either an angry or a happy face. In this experiment, the results showed that red was preferred in the happy condition again, but green was preferred in the hostile situation. In the third part of their experiment, they added another control color of gray. In this experiment, the results showed red was again preferred in the hospitable condition, but there was not…

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…

Harvest on the Campagna The piece I chose to write about is Harvest on the Campagna by John Gatsby Chapman. This piece is displayed in the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University. The museum had a wide range of artwork both professional and local, although, this particular one caught my eye at the door as it was displayed in the front lobby near the entrance. This piece is approximately 8 x 3 ½ and was surrounded by a large golden frame that was surely a show stopper but, that’s not…

“Red Sorghum (1987)” directed by Yimou Zhang, the movie centers on Jiuer who is forced to marry an ill and old man, her marriage is forcedly arranged by her father. As during the ancient Chinese culture, most women did not have the freedom to choose their own marriage, and women 's marriage seemed to be a tool for a family to exchange money. So marriage was a tragedy to women. In the movie, Jiuer’s husband is dead because of the infectious disease, so she takes control over her husband’s…

As most women I read tons of fashion magazines a year. Awhile back I came across an ad for Tom Ford. Instead of sniffing the insert and flipping as usual, I paused. The ad was so in your face; it was almost impossible to ignore it. The apparent sexuality was a definite attention grabber and after further investigation so are many other aspects of the ad. Although sexuality is an indicator to make people stop and look, bottle placement plays a vast part in this advertisement. In this particular…

complexion dwells” (line 2 and 4). The lilies have stolen the red color from his beloved’s cheek and the whiteness from his beloved’s hand though when the narrator says, “The lily I condemned for thy hand” (lines 6). The marjorie’s have stolen his beloved’s black hair through when the narrator says, “And buds of marjoram had stol’n thy hair” (line 7). And finally the roses have stolen his beloved’s colors: his white color of despair and his red color of shame. The only time the color “white” is…

often silver.”(Huber 1). This can be seen as a color that definitely has meaning in The Great Gatsby, as almost all of the characters are either rich, or associated with the rich, as making money was a major theme in the novel. It could take on the light of a negative color, because the economy portrayed in the story was that people were either extravagantly rich, or dirt poor. To conclude, like many colors in The Great Gatsby, the color silver can be interpreted as either positive or…

is driven by a core motive. Said motive determines ones’ behavior, your needs and wants. Anyone who takes the assessment is predominantly one of four colors: Red, Blue, Yellow, or White however, our colors can intermingle and mix together like a confetti cake of definitive personality. Independently, each color indicates a certain motive: Red for power, Blue for intimacy, Yellow for merriment, and White for neutrality. “By identifying our core color, we can come to understand our key traits,…

process the color categories. In the English world, there are eleven categories of colors, whereas in Nambia, they only have four categories of language which are Borou (Blue, green), Zoozu (dark colors, red, black and purple), Vapa (white and some yellow), Borou (green and blue), and Dumbi (green, red and brown). The people of Nambia community describe color differently. For instance, according to them, the sky is dark and water is…

and mental devastation of slavery. However, color in this novel is not confined to the discussions of race. Once experiencing freedom, characters notice the world is not just consisted of black and white but also many other vivid colors. The color red provides a valuable insight into different prominent themes throughout the novel: love, hope, passion and death. Throughout Beloved, color is used to represent…