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Colour Psychology

Article Category: Arts and Crafts

Author Name: Rob Tyrrell

Colour has continually been at the centre of painting, it's history goes back to the early cave paintings of Neolithic Man. Understanding colours, and how they relate to each other, is a crucial part of painting and the cornerstone of the artists craft.

Even so, there are no hard and fast rules regarding colour psychology, the theories surrounding colour have been around for almost as long as the colours themselves. Different societies approach colour in different ways. For instance, black in the West is seen as the colour of death, in China however, the colour of death is white. We often look to our surroundings for signs to the meaning behind the colours. Here are some common held beliefs on the psychology of colour:

Oranges and yellows are usually seen as 'happy colours' this is because they represent the colours of the sun, and the sun is known to have a uplifting effect on us.

Green represents the colour of nature, and because of this is seen as a restful and can represent growth and life.

Brown is the colour of earth, so is seen of as reliable and reassuring.

Red is the colour of fire and heat, it represents aggression, forcefulness and danger. It's an attention grabber, which is why it's used on traffic lights to represent the command STOP.

Blue can be seen in the sky and seas, it has a reassuring effect and also represents distance. Blues are commonly used as background colours because of their ability to recede when placed next to hotter colours.

Of course this is quite a simplistic description, as many colours can have elements of another within them. Yellow can have some blue in it, pushing the colour towards the greens, by doing so it'll have some of the characteristics of blue. By contrast, yellow also can move to towards the red spectrum, and be more orange in tone, so making it a more aggressive colour than pure yellow. An artist needs to be aware of this and how colours can be manipulated to be able to create an image that will touch us on all levels.

It should also be noted that the appearance of any colour is dependant on the context in which it is seen. For instance, yellow will seem washed out and pale next to white, but strong and bright next to black. Colour also represents tone and can be attributed to groups. Lemon yellows, golden yellows, oranges and yellow earth colours can be subsituted for one another in mixtures or used to shade each other when describing form.

Keywords: colour,painting,art,artist,colour theory,colour meaning, color

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