Do you happen to wonder why every time you passed by a fast food chain, even if you’re not hungry you feel like hungry? Or why our teachers never fails to mention that “If you feel sleepy, go look for green stuffs?” Well my teacher back in high school told us that. Why coffee shops have earth colors? why hospitals usually have white all over the place? And why black is considered a mourning color?
You go hit the Google and type: Color Psychology. Yes, all colors have equivalent meanings according to psychological studies. Psychology majors studies that, for some artists, they (we) must have encountered it through our design theory classes. I don’t know with other professions but in design major courses, we study them. We use color psychology to create a certain mood to a space.
There are a lot of websites that talks about Color Psychology. 9gag even has one (no kidding). Whether or not an artist or a psychologist, you deal with colors everyday.
Color is a meaningful constant for sighted people and it’s a powerful psychological tool. You might want to use it for your presentations, marketing strategies, portfolios next time.
Source: Darren Stone‘s Blog
“Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions”. – Pablo Picasso
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