Associations with Colour

Associations with Colour

Colour are used for various different things. Colour can also portray different meanings in different cultures. For example, It could mean 'Danger' in one but 'Love' in another. People also have their own meanings and messages behind colours, here are my interpretations of some:

Red: Love, Danger, Fast-pace/quick

Green: Nature

Blue: Uneasiness

Orange: Relaxation 

Pink: Love, Peace

I then researched into the different meaning of red in different cultures, here are my findings:

Western:

• energy, excitement, action 
• danger 
• love, passion 
• a warning to stop
• anger
• Christmas combined with green
• Valentine's Day

Eastern:

• prosperity
• good fortune
• worn by brides
• symbol of joy when combined with white

South Africa:

• color of mourning

India:

• color of purity, fertility, love, beauty
• wealth, opulence and power
• used in wedding ceremonies 
• a sign of a married woman
• also color of fear and fire

China: 

• the color of good luck and celebration 
• vitality, happiness, long life
• used as a wedding color
• used in many ceremonies from funerals to weddings
• used for festive occasions
• traditionally worn on Chinese New Year to bring luck and prosperity
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I also found out that it has certain meanings in religion:

Christian:

• sacrifice, passion, love

During the lesson, we were assigned a task to go outside and collect as many pictures of colour as we possibly could to then make into a colour wheel. This was to prove the fact that some colours in the digital-computer world are not actually in the real world. And that some colours in the real world are not possible in the digital-computer world. And that is also what I learnt from this lesson. Below is the final edited version of my colour wheel.