Talk:Color symbolism and psychology
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[edit] Linking the terms
Perhaps it would be nice to link the symbolized colours to their articles / definitions? This happens throughout the wikipedia with far more known words, so I reason a word like 'flamboyance' should be linked as well... Jeroen Stout 16:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- That's a really good idea. If no one else starts on it, I'll try to remember to get to it tonight. --Roman à clef 16:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Yellow
More should be mentioned about the psychological affects of colors, rathern than what they commonly symbolize in some cultures. For example, instead of writing that yellow can represent cowardice, it should be mentioned that yellow often is a color used in fast-food restaurants as it could make a person "more hungry".
The above example is not something that I had made out of thin air; yellow does have a tendancy to provoke hunger, even if very little, in people. I suggest this be included in the article.
[edit] More on Yellow
While giving color theory classes in a visual communication course, i realized yellow was quite "weak" in comparison to other colors; people with anemia symptoms, for example, tend to acquire a yellowish tone in their skin. Thus, yellow would often be associated with weakness and illnesses. In this context, cowardice would be associated with yellow if a coward can be considered a person with a "weak character". In contrast, years after that, i noticed that a firm yellowish urine is a sign of good health, so i believe there is much to be said before yellow has an unique connotation.
[edit] Complimentary
It could be that it is the absense of blue ambient light (blue food generally being rotten), not the presence of yellow which is the cause.
Bias
There is an inherent bias in putting terms under a positive/negative column. For instance: suggesting conservatism is positive and radicalism is negative. Perhaps you should have an ambigius/undetermined column.
- This article needs some heavy cleanup, in any case. I'm going to try to attack it tonight. Thanks for the suggestion! --Roman à clef 16:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Black and White
Most cultures associate white with purity, sanctity, wisdom, virginity, peace, all that is clean, sacred and untainted, where as black is associated with the opposite: Sin, darkness, dirtiness, the occult, oblivion, violence, etc. The process of associating colors with human emotions would then result in the fact that white would mean absolute joy and bliss, while black would mean total misery, an analogy of heaven and hell. These concepts are vastly exploited by popular art in many of its manifestations: Hard Rock and Metal bands often promote themselves with imagery where black prevails over other colors, so there is a sort of implicit coherence between the music and the colors chosen, including violet as a symbol of death. In contrast, a choir of gospel music sung by children would make little sense if they wore black robes. There is a misterious and fascinating coherence between colors, feelings and states of mind, and the best way to discover them is by playing with analogies.
[edit] Red
There was some article in discovery magazine where in competitions where contestants were randomly assigned either red or blue that red won 60% of the time in close matches JedG
- Do you know when, approximately, this article was written? I'll dig around for it and try to include it in a citation if I can. --Roman à clef 16:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Citations
Oh, my word, does this page ever need some citation help. Do you folks out there have any idea where I might even get started in trying to find any kind of scholarly (or, heck, -any-) articles to cite, especially with the linking these colors with their respective "associations"? These things are way more contentious than one might initially suspect -- I mean, after all, who gets to decide which colors get associated with what and (like the anonymous contributor above) which associations are "bad" and "good"? --Roman à clef 16:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't know how to add citations myself but the vast majority of this artical is ripped (plagerised?) from Zammitto (2005) The Expression of Colours. The link is as follows: http://www.digra.org:8080/Plone/dl/db/06278.05074.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.15.54.6 (talk) 21:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of sociology category
- Catgeory has been removed. If anyone has any problems please come to Category_talk:Sociology and discuss. JenLouise 03:16, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Page split
Someone already duplicated half the content of this page at Color Symbolism. I was going to just turn the page into a redirect back to here, but the duplicated content does seem to be the less "scientific" aspect of color psychology, so I propose that you remove the duplicated material from here instead, and just keep the "See also" link (that already exists). --Quiddity 00:40, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- I went ahead and did just that. --Quiddity 01:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] broken link
The first link at the bottom of the page (Summary and analysis of major color psychology research) doesn't work. I'd try to fix it but I don't know where it's supposed to go... Kengwen 20:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC) red sky in the morning, sailor's yawrning, red sky at night, chickens in a fight.
[edit] Color Personality Test
I took the color personality test (a link from the bottom of the page, and here are my results: Colors 1st time: Forest green, Black, Blue, Grey, Oarnge, Brownish-, Yellow, Magenta Colors 2nd time: Black, Blue, Forest Green, Grey, Brownish, Oarnge, Yellow, and Magenta
Existing Situation: Persistent. Demands what he feels to be his due and endeavors to maintain his position intact. Stress Sources: Suppresses his innate enthusiasm and imaginative nature, for fear that he might be carried away by it only to find himself pursuing some will-o'-the-wisp. Feels he has been misled and abused and has withdrawn to hold himself cautiously aloof from others. Keeps a careful and critical watch to see whether motives towards him are sincere--a watchfulness which easily develops into suspicion and distrust. Restrained Characteristics: Willing to become emotionally involved and able to achieve satisfaction through sexual activity. Wants to broaden his fields of activity and insists that his hopes and ideas are realistic. Distressed by the fear that he may be prevented from doing what he wants; needs both peaceful conditions and quiet reassurance to restore his confidence, feels trapped in a distressing or uncomfortable situation and seeking some way of gaining relief. Able to achieve satisfaction through sexual activity providing no turmoil or emotional agitation is involved. Desired Objective: Suffering from the effects of those things which are being rejected as disagreeable, and is strongly resisting them. Just wants to be left in peace. Your Actual Problem: His natural ability to examine everything with critical discrimination has been distorted into an attitude of harsh disapproval, which opposes and denigrates without regard to the real facts. Actual Problem #2: Disappointment and the fear that there is no point in formulating fresh goals have led to anxiety, emptiness, and an unadmitted self-contempt. His refusal to admit this leads to his adopting a headstrong and defiant attitude.
Now how does the order of colors I listed above relate to theese charachteristics? I encourage the rest of you to take the quiz and copy your results here, but remember to record the order you picked your colors!! The quiz is here Rustyfence 23:25, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Contradictions
This article contradicts itself. Someone please check it. Alejandro Alatorre Vargaslugo (talk) 02:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
