COLOR-EFFECTING-EMOTIONS 

1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.
Color has a significant effect on our emotions. We can see this in a simple comparison of the Valentines Day card, which we all know to usually consist of reds and pinks arousing the feelings of love. Now take that card and change the colors to blues or cool colors, and we get the feelings of sadness and loneliness or despair. The emotions behind colors can stir up emotions within ourselves and to change colors and use them to our advantage is key. The intensity of a color can change its strength, like an intense red can show anger or power or intense emotion that same color with a changed intensity can produce calmer emotions. The hues, intensity and value of colors are just some ways in which color can be altered to change our emotions. 

2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?
The theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues me is Scheme. The combination of colors shown on the color wheel can be Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Split Complementary, Triad, or Tetrad. These are the different ways these colors can be combined and convey different emotions.Unification can be shown through the Monochromatic scheme by using one color or hue and its tints and shades. The Analogous scheme shows harmony by using color next to each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are hues on the opposite side of the wheel from each other. Showing that opposites attract, there is an obvious difference in the colors however they work well with each other. Split Complementary to me coneys more chaos through the color scheme by using one color and the two colors on either side of its compliment.  Triad uses color that are equidistant on the color wheel, to me this shows harmony by how well thy work together but also how warm and cool colors can compliment each other. And lastly, Tetrad which uses four colors equidistant on the color wheel. This shows chaos and harmony through the colors. 

3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
In the video on color, the thing that made the biggest impact on me was when it explained how artists were trying to capture emotions through color. They were focusing on the emotions instead of the actual object that they were painting. Not that the object was not important but because they felt that what they were experiencing emotionally was more the point of the at. We saw in the video Van Gogh and Monet capturing emotions through the colors they used in the paintings. We see June Redfern experience the same thing on her trip to Venice where she is aiming to capture the emotion from within the scene she sees. She used colors to get a sense of the piece, brought it back to England and continued there trying to capture the emotions that she felt there through the use of color. 

4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions? 
In the video on Feelings, the painting by the French artist David "The Death of Marat" stuck out to me. It was a time for revolution and this painting was used as propaganda and needed to convey the emotions that needed to be felt. The use of the dark shading around Marat shows despair and death while his head is wrapped up with a white cloth and his pose is Christ like. He is almost glowing surrounded by all that death and darkness. His side table is bright and we can see his quill and ink along with the letters on the desk and in his hand. It effects our emotions through the HVI, contrast and value of the colors.