Module 3

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

Colors set moods and vibes. Color is not actually a real thing, it is the way things absorb light and reflect out a “color”. Colors mean different things to everybody and set different tones and emotions. For instance, I enjoy dark colors during fall and winter, it sets a dark, creepy feeling especially during Halloween. However, some people might not enjoy dark colors, it might ruin their mood. Color expresses emotion through art. Light usually is a happy mood, dark can symbolize a more serious, maybe sad photo. Vibrancy can make a very bold, crazy picture. So on and so forth.

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

What intrigues me and fascinates me the most is how colors really can change everything about a piece of art. I could draw a beach in color, or I can draw one in black and white. Each photo would display completely different meanings/stories behind it just based on its color. There are so many colors and if you don’t get the colors right on a certain photo, it may not be as realistic as you want it. Drawing a flower that has many different shades, and shapes, if those colors aren’t used correctly, it is not going to look accurate to that of which you are drawing.

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

In 1841 when the metal cube was invented. This changed the future of painting. It was a simple invention. It allowed artists to carry oil paintings outdoors and this forever changed the game, and allowed artists to really express emotion and accuracy and feeling because it allowed them to paint outside, in nature, where all the real colors are found and emotion lives. This led to impressionism and modern art. Everything in nature has color, and if you looked hard enough you would only see color. “Forget the objects in front of you, look at streaks of color, paint the colors just as you seem them, as colors.” - Monet. This was the biggest impact for me on its effects on emotion because Monet stated that after this invention, being able to paint outside and see nature, he had created a painting and recorded the colors in nature with such scientific accuracy that had never been achieved before. This is a big deal and shows how huge of an effect color has on emotions because getting those colors so exact and so precise completely made his artwork amazing and you could feel the true emotion through nature in these works of art.

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

In the feelings video, the biggest impact was the way artists portray serious messages and feelings through their works of art. Some artists might paint a field of flowers with pinks and light greens and yellows, this might send a positive message. As for someone else might draw blood, or death using black and grey and dark blues, expressing sadness, depression, send a not so happy message. Some artists might be telling a story, painting for beauty, painting to show off their talent, send a message or simply just for fun. Emotion has everything to do with art, and the colors chosen to define the art piece are extremely important.