The Study Of Colours (Color Application)

SUB-TOPICS

1. Uses of Colours.
2. Psychological Meaning of Colours.
3. Mixing of colours.
4. Colour wheel design.

USES OF COLOURS

1. It can be used to make a statement, create an atmosphere etc.
2. Colour is used to create interior designs on walls.
3. Colour is used to create an atmosphere.
4. Colour is used to call forth a response.
5. Colour expresses outward towards the world but it helps us to travel inwards towards spiritual states, towards our true self. We can use colour to get what we want from the world or we can use colour to find something in ourselves.
6. Marketing and design colour can also help to support a message. For instance, green says fresh for vegetables; red for exciting, gold says quality. The associations for each colour play a vital role here however they must be modified for cultural considerations. For example, black is for funerals but in China white is used.
7. In the world of art and high culture, colour plays a significant or an important symbolic role. For example, in the Christian art, the Virgin Mary typically appears in blue and white.
8. On the street, colour is used not just for sign but as light itself.

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING OF COLOUR

There are four basic psychological colours. They include red, blue, yellow and green. They relate to the body, the mind, the emotions and essential balance between these three. The psychological properties of colour are as follows

1. RED: Physical positive: Physical courage, warmth, energy, basic survival, fight or flight, stimulation, masculinity, excitement. Negative defiance: aggression, visual impact, strain, anger.
2. BLUE: Intellectual positive: Intelligence, communication, trust, efficiency, serenity, duty, coolness, reflection, calm. Negative: Aloofness, lack of emotion, unfriendliness.
3. YELLOW: Positive optimism: Confidence, selfesteem, extraversion, emotional strength, friendliness, creativity. Negative: irrationality, fear, emotional fragility, depression, anxiety, suicide.
4. GREEN 🙁Positive) Balance, harmony, balance, refreshment, universal love, rest, restoration, reassurance, environmental awareness, equilibrium, peace. Negative: Boredom, stagnation, blandness, enervation.

EVALUATION

1. State two uses of colour.
2. Mention two psychological meaning of red.

GENERAL EVALUATION

1. What is craft?
2. State any two local crafts you know. 

READING ASSIGNMENT

Cultural and Creative Art (New Edition) by Peter Akinyemi & Co-Authors. (Book 1) Pages 15 -21.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. Which one of these tilt towards the meaning of the psychological colour  of  red?
2. Aggression (b) Confidence  (c ) Fear  (d) Peace
3. Which one of these types of colour is a warm colour?

(a) Red  (b) Blue  (c) Purple  (d) Green

• Which one of these types of colour is a cool colour?

(a) Red (b) Orange (c) Yellow (d) Blue

• Colour is used to make a statement. (a) True (b)  False  (c) Not sure  (d) Maybe
• Black symbolizes ………(a) mourning (b) peace  (c) anger  (d) aggression

THEORY

1. Mention two psychological qualities of green.
2. State two uses of colour.