Wednesday, March 26, 2008

A World of Colours!

Just wondering how colors dominate our lives...whether its the colors of the season, reading signs on road, decor of our homes and its background ( which speaks volumes of one's individual tastes and preferences) or seeing if fruit is ripe to eat. We use and experience color everyday without us noticing much about it.

According to the Kueppers theory, color is merely a "color sensation". In the same way we feel the prick of a needle on our skin, we sense color through an irritation of the retina. This is only one cornerstone of the theory, but it instantly opens the door to the notion that feelings are linked to the perception of colors. Depending on our nature and background, we understand better why certain tones bother us while others delight us. Awakening the emotions-cold tones calm us, warm ones excite us, and a zillion colors between these extremes can bring balance.

I think colors have immense power, not only to stimulate the human mind but also affect human emotions. According to psychologist colors have an impact on our mood, the colors we choose speak a lot about the way we feel. For example when we think of "Red" we associate "Love" with it or "Yellow for Friendship", "White for Peace" and so on. Color soothes the eye, it makes things more distinct for the eye to observe.

Thanks to evolving trends, each year we rediscover shades that awaken in us forgotten emotions. Provides coherence between the things that adorn our world.

Pablo Picasso is right when he quoted "Colors like features, follow the changes of the emotions"

11 comments:

Thinkpad said...

Interesting..
I had heard about Kirlian photography which is alleged to detect all types of disease even before physical signs appear. Depending on our emotional state, the body discharges magnetic field which is dipicted as different colors or "Aura" of an individual.

Mood dressers are people who are in-tune with their emotions and dress accordingly. Anyone tried this ??

Anonymous said...

I am seeing Blues :-)
OK, both of u (Rinaya & thinkpad) do a research on colors & get back to me on what I should wear tomorrow... just kid'n

Jen

Anonymous said...

Here is what I found;

Wearing blue helps create a place of calm and serenity.
Wearing grays and blacks can be depressive.
Green is considered to be one of the most healing among all the colors, Nurturing and Earthy.
Orange urges you to get out into the world and create something grand!, Energetic and Creative.
Wearing pink conveys compassion and an open heart, Open Heart.
Wearing purple shows others that you want to be noticed.Unique and Special
Wearing Red - Powerful and Confident
Wearing White - Fresh Outlook - New Beginnings
Wearing Yellow - Cheerful and Happy, perfect color to wear whenever your spirits needs an uplift.

If you can't find any of these colors in the wardrobe, time to go shopping !!!

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Anonymous said...

Mood dresser; what would you like to wear ?

Seema

Thinkpad said...

Fridays ? I love the pink.

Thinkpad

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the wardrobe advise, good reason to go spring cleaning my wardrobe.

Carole

Anonymous said...

Friends,
I am really fed up with the white color on the ground.. still..

Chiu

Anonymous said...

Ladies & Gentlemen,

I am new to Toronto & looking for a suitable job in production/quality control. Anyone please help me.

Thank you
Jorge Morado

Anonymous said...

Jorge,
I don't mean to disappoint you but you are in wrong forum. You think the guys who check blog/emails 5 times a day here have jobs ? We are totally under-employed & bored to death !

Check the popular job sites, news papers & browse web postings of specific companies. Attend Human Resource centres & network.

Good luck
/Mark/

Anonymous said...

I tried all this & that but still under-employed. They paint nice colours & we come to this country with hope. Everytime they ask canadian experience.

Back home I used to have a car driver but here difficult to become a driver. Jorge, don't lose hope. Try and Try again

Afzal

Anonymous said...

Great suggestions. In addition, Jorge do get in touch with placement consultants, float your resume in job sites. Most importantly network with people, both known & unknown to let them know that you are looking for a job. Over 55% of the jobs gets filled internally or through references and hence, they never get advertised.

But first, get your resume written, analyzed, critiqued & massaged by friends. Clue: As someone here pointed out, the moderator of this site is an excellent resume writer.

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