COLOUR Psycology
COLOUR Psycology
COLOUR Psycology
Red
• Red is often associated with love, passion, and lust.
• It is frequently used in relation to Valentine's Day.
• It can also be used to signify danger or warning.
• For instance, it is used for stop signs and fire engines.
• In China, red is often used to symbolize good luck or happiness, and is used
for many holidays or weddings.
Blue
• Blue is the color of the ocean and the sky; it often symbolizes serenity,
stability, or inspiration.
• It can be a calming color, and symbolize reliability.
• In the Catholic Church, the Virgin Mary is most often depicted wearing blue,
to symbolize her divinity.
• Blue is widely used for baby boys' clothes or bedrooms, although the reason
blue is so strongly associated with boys is debated.
Yellow
• Yellow is a color often associated with sunshine or joy.
• It is sometimes used in association with cowardice or fear,
i.e., the phrase "yellow-bellied".
• Children tend to like this color, and it is used to market
products to children;
• it is also used for school buses and taxi cabs since it is such a
bright, noticeable color.
Green
• Green is most often used to represent nature, healing, or
fertility, since it's such a dominant color in nature.
• It can be a very relaxing color, but is also used in the US to
symbolize money, greed, or jealousy.
• Saying that someone is "green" means they're inexperienced
or new.
Black
• Black, in Western culture, is considered a negative color and usually
symbolizes death, grief, or evil.
• People often wear black for mourning, although this practice isn't as
wide-spread as it was in the past.
White
• White most often symbolizes perfection, faith, innocence, softness,
and cleanliness.
• Brides often wear white dresses to symbolize virginity or purity.
Pink
• Pink is associated with softness, femininity, sweetness, and love.
• However, it was formerly used as a masculine color, frequently used
for baby boys;
• It wasn't until the early 20th century that the gender roles of pink
and blue were reversed.