There is also the Lucher Color Test for personality but I don't know if it is still valid.//Much depends on the value of a hue as color goes from near white to near black and also its temperature- whether it is warm or cool.//As for influence, it can be positive or negative since color can reflect positive or negative connotations- so green can symbolize hope or envy, so on and so forth.//In painting there is much to learn about mixing colors- whether you are dealing with opaque, transparent, translucent or stains and whether the paint is derived from naturel or industrial sources- also whether it is toxic/ poisonous as the cobalts and cadmiums, etc.(Don't lick a brush back to a point! :-))
On Mar 2, 8:20 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > There have been more or less outstanding color theories: Goethe, > Newton, daVinci, Munsel. One of the most interesting (to me) and > radical is the color theory of Rudolph Steiner, who thinks that by > immersing ourselves in a color, our etheric body enters into a > relationship with it, and at the same time a relationship with > everything of that color. A type of resonance I suppose. He believes > that color applies not only to what is visible, but invisible, and we > are moved in spirit through color between the two. He saw art, > religion and science as having a common source in consciousness, and > as existing in unity. So the same principles that apply to Neil's > recognition of element through the color of combustion would apply on > all levels to that color and in relationship to our self in > consciousness. His color theory was fundamental to his anthroposophy, > and woven into all subjects taught at the Waldorf schools. > > On Mar 2, 8:51 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 2 Mar, 01:40, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One of the greatest things in life is color and the ability to see > > > it. The flowers, the sky, the rivers and the mountains, skin tones, > > > hair and the color of the moon. Everything has color and even black > > > and white is color. > > > Black is the absence of colour; it is NOT a colour. White is the > > result of a combination OF colours, so is not a pure colour. > > > > But color has meaning beyond it's basic hue and so what does color > > > mean to you. > > > > Obviously there has been assignments of color throughout the years, > > > pink for girls and blue for boys. You won't find a man driving around > > > in a pink car. Yes I know there are exceptions. > > > > Black is dark and Goth and for Funeral Processions. > > > > Red might be Romantic. > > > > Purple might be......................... > > > Crikey, we could get rude here. But, the first thing that came to my > > mind was the colour of a corpse in a particular point of > > putrifaction. That was based purely, though, on the various Buddhist > > meditations of which, 'Purple Corpse' is one. > > > > Green might be ............. > > > Money or envy or the colour of living plant life or, from the world of > > sci-fi, the colour of those with copper-based blood. > > > > Yellow? > > > Sunlight. Cowardice. And, of course, jaundice. > > > > Orange? > > > A type of citrus fruit. A colour that is tricky to find a word with > > which it rhymes. "The future is..." > > > > Violet? > > > The name of a girl (surnamed 'Beauregarde') that turns into a giant > > blueberry in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". A type of African > > flower. > > > > So really, what does color mean to you? How do you see it? How do > > > you use it? > > > There's almost no chance of describing the colours I see to another, > > as I can never be sure that the other sees them in the same way. The > > best way is to describe them as Fiddler alludes to, in terms of EM > > wavelength. But, of course, that tells us nothing visual. What does > > a blind man see when his eyes are open versus when his eyes are > > closed? I can see a difference, but it depends on the amount of light > > (and the colour OF the light) in the room/area. > > > > Are there colors that sit in the median while others signify attitude, > > > preference and demeanor. > > > This is a type of Rorschach test and the number of answers are as > > different as people are. Colours aren't always seen the same by > > people (red/green colour blindness, for example) and people's > > experiences may change the way they react TO a colour. Red may be one > > person's favourite colour, until sent to war. > > > > How do you "Assign" colors?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
