Color - And The Meanings Behind Them
Color is the most influential thing to our senses. This is because each color has a different meaning. Red and blue can invoke different emotions.
Color Vocabulary
- Primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. All colors are made from a mix of these colors.
- White is the existence of all color.
- Black is the absence of color.
- Saturation is the intensity or brightness of a color. The brighter the more saturated. The more dull the more desaturated.
- Hue is just a color on the color wheel.
Basic Colors
Blue
Blue can create emotions of security, trustworthiness, stability, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, trust, friendliness, preservation, and courage.
Green
Green can create emotions of wealth, money, calmness, trees, ambition, endurance, healing, generosity, nature, completion, and protection.
Red
Red can create emotions of energy, power, leadership, courage, passion, activity, and joy.
Yellow
Yellow create emotions of optimism, freshness, law, education, and arrogance.
Pink
Pink can create emotions of romance, feminism, love, and beauty.
Orange
Orange can create emotions of cheerfulness, passion, pleasure, enthusiasm, fascination, creativity, and fun.
Black
Black can create emotions of power, mystery, elegance, sophistication, and functionality.
Purple
Purple can create emotions of imagination, immature, royalty, and impracticality.
Brown
Brown can create emotions of seriousness, security, protection, and comfort.
White
White can create emotions of purity, innocence, wholeness, and completion.
I won't go into shades but they create their own emotions.
Further Reading: Blackbeard Design, Empower Yourself With Color Psychology.
Favorite
Today is my favorite color. My favorite is green.
Green | Blue | Purple |
---|---|---|
Great color | Pretty good | Really nice |
Means wealth, or natural | Means trustworthiness and courage | Means royalty and worth |
Color of my house | Not | Not |
This list does not include any other colors, but it could.
Thank You
Thank you for reading. And always, have a great time until I write again,
Kenny.
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