1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.

Objects will always either absorb or reflect light. Color is the light that is reflecting off of an object. When light strikes a surface some is absorbed by the object and the light that is reflected back is the color that we perceive the object to be. Color has a big affect on emotion; the color of an object can make us feel a certain way about it. A person’s mood or the way they view symbols can be controlled by color. For example, the color red can symbolize danger/anger or also could portray the mood of love/joy. You could have two identical drawings but once painted could mean entirely different things. You can’t get away from color depicts the mood of any picture. Reds orange and yellows are considered warm colors and blues, purples and greens thought of as cool.

2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?

I enjoy thinking about how colors have such a profound effect on how people view objects. The colors of a room can make people feel or even work a certain way. Red rooms can evoke aggression and hostility where as blue tones can make people more relaxed and agreeable. This could very well be why I picked a certain color for my blog.

3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

Hearing about how Van Gogh was the first to use bold colors to express emotion was pretty fascinating. Van Gogh painted a small café which he believed was a horrible place “where a man can ruin himself”. Instead of just painting what he saw he used off colors of red and green that contrasted each other and gave off the mood that he was feeling about the café. He hoped that by doing this, the viewer would not only realize that this was a picture of a café but they would feel like they would never want to visit one.

4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

In this video, Francisco Goya made the biggest impact. His use of dark ominous colors and shadows seem to make his work almost hellish. With this use of color there is no doubt about what he is trying to depict. Some of his works are very disturbing on their own but brought together with drab, fuzzy, dark color, they grab the imagination and bring out what is wrong with the world.