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WHAT IS COLOUR? When light hits objects, some of the wavelengths are absorbed and some are reflected, depending on the materials in the object. The reflected wavelengths are what we perceive as the object's color.
IMPORTANCE OF COLOURS Colors play a very important role in our lives, whether we realize it or not. They have the ability to affect our emotions and moods in a way that few other things can. Color influences perceptions that are not obvious, such as the taste of food. For example, red or orange pills are generally used as stimulants . Color can indeed influence a person; however, it is important to remember that these effects differ between people
TYPES OF COLOURS Primary colours Secondary colours Tertiary colours
PRIMARY COLOURS Primary colours are the basic colours . You cannot make them by mixing any other colours . All other colours are made from these. Primary colours are RED YELLOW BLUE
SECONDARY COLOURS Secondary colour is made by mixing two primary colours . Secondary colours are RED + YELLOW = ORANGE YELLOW + BLUE = GREEN BLUE + RED = PURPLE
TERTIARY COLOURS Are the mixture of primary and secondary colors
WARM AND COOL COLOURS Warm colors are red , yellow and orange , and these colors are referred to as such because they resemble fire and evoke feelings of warmth.They are more stimulating for apetite . Cool colors include shades of blue , green and violet , and the colors are said to remind one of cool things like water or grass.They are supressent for apetite .
PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOURS
RED
Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense color . It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure.
BROWN
Brown , the color of earth, wood, stone, wholesomeness, reliability, elegance, security, healing, home, grounding, foundations, stability, warmth, and honesty, is a natural, neutral color that is typically associated with the seasons of fall and winter. The color brown is a warm color that stimulates the appetite .
YELLOW
The color yellow is the color Of the mind and the intellect Yellow is uplifting and illuminating, offering hope, happiness, cheerfulness and fun Yellow is creative from a mental aspect, the color of new ideas, helping us to find new ways of doing things. It is the practical thinker, not the dreamer .
ORANGE
Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation
BLUE
Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. Studies in color psychology indicate that blue is one of the most well-liked colors especially among men .
Blue & Food Matters ! Blue food is a rare occurrence in nature. There are no leafy blue vegetables,no blue meats,blue just doesn't exist in any significant quantity as a natural food color. Of all the colors in the spectrum,blue is an appetite suppressant. Weight loss plans suggest putting your food on a blue plate . Dye your food blue!
GREEN
Green is a lively color , and it symbolizes renewal and growth. It is the color you see the most in the natural environment. ... It also means balance, calm and harmony.
WHITE
White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the color of perfection. White means safety, purity, and cleanliness
BLACK
Associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery. A mysterious color associated with fear Denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color .
PINK
Pink , Heart of all colors a delicate color that means sweet, nice, playful, cute, romantic, charming, feminine,soft, kind and tenderness, is associated with bubble gum, flowers, babies, little girls, cotton candy, and sweetness. The color pink is the color of universal love of oneself and of others.
PURPLE
Dr. Alexander Schauss , Ph.D., director of the American Institute for Biosocial Research in Tacoma Washington, was the first to report the suppression of angry, antagonistic, and anxiety ridden behavior among prisoners: "Even if a person tries to be angry or aggressive in the presence of pink, he can't. The heart muscles can’t race fast enough. It’s a tranquilizing color that saps your energy.
Purple is often associated with royalty, nobility, luxury, power, and ambition. Purple also represents meanings of wealth, extravagance, creativity, wisdom, dignity, grandeur, devotion, peace, pride, mystery, independence, and magic.
C o l o r m a tt e r s Salesman placed in a red meeting room and green meeting room, with no way to tell the time, will perceive the length of meetings differently When asked, salesman in the red room will estimate the meeting was much longer, while the salesman in the green room will estimate the time to be shorter
C o l o r matters ! At a company people working in a blue room complained the office was too cold When the walls were painted a warm peach ,sweaters came off,even though the temperature had not changed
C O L O R M A T T E R S ! Workers at a certain factory complained that the black boxes they had to lift were too heavy So the boxes were repainted mint green the load did not change but the workers were happier
CHROMOPHOBIA There’s Such a Thing as a Color Phobia While Chromophobia is very rare, it pertains to an irrational fear of colors . Any tone or shade can potentially cause a reaction, possibly because the sufferer has linked it with a bad memory or association. Those with Chromophobia can experience anxiety, light headedness, nausea, shortness of breath, dizziness, feelings of panic, trembling and elevated heart rate. Treatment often involves gradual desensitization therapies.
COLOUR BLINDNESS Color blindness is a color vision deficiency that makes it difficult to impossible to percieve difference between some colors. The inability to identify the colors in a normal way.
TYPES OF COLOR BLINDNESS TRICHROMACY NORMAL COLOR VISION ANOMALOUS TRICHROMACY SEE ALL THE COLORS ONE COLOR IS SEEN WEAKLY PROTANOMALY(I cone defect ) red weak DEUTERANAMOLY(M cone defect)green weak TRITANOMALY(S cone defect)blue weak DICHROMACY TWO COLOR VISION.ONE CONE IS TOTALLY DISFUNCTIONAL OR ABSENT PROTANOPIA(I cone absent) DEUTERONOPIA(M cone absent) TRITANOPIA(S cone absent ) ROD MONOCHROMACY NO CONES AT ALL SEES NO COLR ONLY SHADES OF GREY
TAKE A TEST
GAME TIME WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOR AND WHY ? TELL YOUR FAVOURITE COLOR AND WE WILL TELL YOUR PERSONALITY IN ONE WORD?
LOOK AT THE CHART AND SAY THE COLOR NOT THE WORD YELLOW BLUE ORANGE BLACK RED GREEN PURPLE YELLOW RED ORANGE BLACK GREEN GREEN BLUE RED PURPLE BLUE RED ORANGE LEFT RIGHT CONFLICT OF BRAIN