Colours are associated to sensations.

Synesthesia is a psychological effect that relates colour with diferent sensations, feelings or objects.

Let’s see some of them:

THE EXPRESSIVENESS OF COLOUR

COOL: snow, ice, winter,... And their hues are bluish, violet and greenish.

WARM: sun, fire, desert, summer,... And their hues are yellows, oranges and reds.

NEUTRAL: They seem cool when they are near warmand the opposite. Their hues are violets and green.

The feeling of temperature

The felina of distance

Colours can cause different sensations of closeness or remoteness. Warm and saturated hues seem to come near while cool and unsaturated hues seem to move

away. Their contrast will emphasize this feeling.

The feeling of size

Colours change a form’s sensation of size. Lighter hues seem to expand and appear larger while darker hues seem to shrink and appear smaller. Dark clothes, for

instance, stylised the human figure.

Now it’s your turn to

express

sensations and

feelings, associations

and objects

Associations : The sun, the light and Gold; intellectual activity and good

temperament. Sensations: lightness, brightness,

expansion and stridency. The most visible colour.

Associations : The immensity of the sky and of the sea, health and

salty flavors. Sensations: Cold, depth, serenity and

seriousness.

Associations : Femininity. It can represent cosmetic scents and

perfumes. Sensations: heaviness, dignity,

mystery, sorrow and introspection.

Associations : Femininity. It can represent cosmetic scents and

perfumes. Sensations: heaviness, dignity,

mystery, sorrow and introspection.

Associations: Fire, blood, sensuality and sweet fruit.

Sensations: Warmth, vigor, vitality, passion and aggressiveness.

Associations : Purity, the infinite and clarity.

Sensations: Amplitude, clarity, lightness, cleaniness and coolness.

Associations : Ativity, happiness and stimulation of the hunger.

Very visible. Sensations: Wellness and also spicy

flavours and irritating smells.

Associations : Obscurity, silence and emptiness. With formal dress and in

mourning. Sensations : Heaviness, nobility,

elegance and sophistication.

COLOUR SYMBOLOGY

Colours can have very different meanings depending upon the culture. For instance, in the East, white is the colour of

funerals while in the West white is the colour of Weddings.

The cultural basis for colour symbolism can be very powerful.

ARTWORKS Yellows

Oranges

Reds

Do you remember colour families?

Let’s relate ART with Colour !!!

A cultural approach to art

explores relationship between

colour families and ARTWORKS.

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