Comments on: The Secret Meanings of Colors

By: Dansanll

Dansanll — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:37:42 +0000

It is rather interesting that Everyone believes that the class they took or an article that they read really qualifies them to know what emotion a color can or does invoke. I said interesting but really I meant funny.
Color will invoke feelings in a person fully dependent upon how that persons mood causes them to react. Precisely why we love a color one time we see it then totally hate it the next time. Just as productivity is not tied to a particular color! Please!
If any of the color to emotion theory was remotely true, there would only be a few colors available, instead of the thousands of variations.
Stop the madness and paint the color you or your client wants!
Our businesses have been every color imaginable. The profit line never changed. Therefore I paint the color I like and I still have happy employees and customers.
It really is more about the styling and design of color and texture the decor.

By: John

John — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:48:27 +0000

The colors shown are the basic colors. Everything else is a combination of colors. Sadajiit, this reference came from the Farmer’s Almanac, an American Publication. It may be white means something else in your country, but the publication is not a politically correct book.. it is geared for our culture, so please understand it as such.

By: Sadaajit

Sadaajit — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:30:47 +0000

Please note that this is western idea. White in India is the color of death…. So, know the meaning of the colors for your culture!

By: Susan Zambella

Susan Zambella — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:57:44 +0000

But what about purple? You left it off the last time you ran this too.

By: Jan Newman

Jan Newman — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:31:36 +0000

I also think this is very interesting. I love colors

By: Cesare A. Ricci

Cesare A. Ricci — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:40:55 +0000

always fascinated by colors…was wondering if there was any corrolation between astrology signs and colors.

By: Grammy_Red

Grammy_Red — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:57:37 +0000

This is so funny because I just finished learning about the “meaning” of most colors in my Design Principles course and am now enrolled in a Fundamentals of Color course. Everything in the article holds true to what I have researched and learned in my first course.

It is important to remember that the value (varied lightness and darkness) of a color also has different effects on emotions and its meaning. For example, the color red can denote passion and alarm, but if the red were darkened then it may denote fear (resemblance to blood in horror movies), or if the red were lightened to a pink then it may denote charm and girlishness.

There are a lot of websites out there that can go into further depth about color, but I will answer the question asked by Nitengale “Why do restaurants decorate with red…” Red is an eye-grabber and stimulus, which is why many companies advertise with red, and perhaps restaurants want a high turnover rate by giving patrons a boost in eating more quickly with the stimuli. But red is highly notable for increasing one’s metabolism, as is so with a strong yellow in small splashes of accent in decor. Hope that helps.

The world of color is interesting and awesome. Have fun exploring!

By: Haiwa

Haiwa — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:51:07 +0000

The beauty of the color and association of Black is not just based on evil (bad) but an mystery, unknowing, powerful, sexuality, sophistication, formality, elegance, wealth, fear, unhappiness, depth, style, sadness, remorse, anger, anonymity, underground, good technical color, mourning, death (Western cultures). it more of a fear of the unknown than an evil. For example: an unknown place, a dark house without lights, a dark closet (that’s not evil) but mysteriously feared until you can see, know and understand. Just like Red, it has it evil association as well, fiery, fire, blood, hatred…

By: tom cavanaugh

tom cavanaugh — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:30:04 +0000

make sense to me that my living room is the color of psychiatric wards