It's all about Colors

"Imagine a world without colors? Dull isn't it ? "

It's in the colors that somehow played how we see the world and appreciate the beauty of any living and non-living things.Colors is also use as a tool in expressing your emotions. In connection with this statement, The using of different colors nowadays will also determine who you are. The rampant using of different colors through years create an own  symbolism of each of color. In this blog, I will going to tackle about "What do each color symbolizes?" and "What are the common applications of colors in deign"

1. BLUE -

    Blue has different symbolism, first we all know that blue is the color of the sea, blue indicates peace and calmness. For girls it symbolizes femininity and purity. It symbolizes also water and water symbolizes life. When we connect it in feelings, Blue can actually be a symbol of loneliness, sadness and depression. For us Ateneans, Blue describe who we are :)

  Color Blue is usually being used in churches and other places where people ecperiencing melancholy goes  because somehow blue symbolizes peace seeing any such thing that is colored blue will surely freshen up your mind. 

    For us teenager, If we are hooked with color blue people will always labeled us as a cool person. 

 

   

2. Yellow -

        Yellow associates for joy and happiness. Yellow will always be attractive but too much yellow can lead to distracting the sites. Yellow arouses cheerfulness of a person, it somehow produce a warming effect and is often use to evoke pleasant feelings. 

        We can usually see yellow in resorts and in a sunny area where in using yellow will always be in. Yellow will always be in during summer and will always be the color of those bubbly girls and feminine boy.

3. Red 

  Red usually symbolizes blood, war, aggressiveness  and danger. Red has also it's positive symbolism which are energy, vigor, strength , power, determination, confidence, courage, vitality, passion,  desire and most especially LOVE.

  We can usually see red in different parks that somehow need some attractions to viewers. Red is also rampant especially during Valentines Day.

4. Green-

    As we all know, when we hear the word Green, what comes into our mind is nature. Green also symbolizes freshness, money (in U.S) fertility, hope, maturity and growth.

   Green is usually used by groups  who advocates to take good care of nature, groups who prioritize in bringing up peace in a certain area because somehow green also symbolizes for harmony.  It is also been used in the field of medicine because green can also symbolize healing and safeness.

5. Orange-

    Just like yellow, orange symbolizes happiness. Orange also symbolizes lightness of a certain moment. Somehow it also symbolizes the strength and the creativity of a person. 

   Orange is not rampant in use, especially with teenagers because when you speak about color orange our perception will be people in jail, it's like when you used orange it seems that you escape from a jail. 

    Orange usually used in  parks and sunny area like beach because in those places color orange shines together with the sun.

6. Violet-

    It symbolizes fashion and somehow be a symbolism of rich and elegant people having great power. It can be applicable also with magic and mystery. 

    In catholic cultures violet can represent death and in Muslim  cultures it represent prostitution.

 

 7. Pink-

      Pink usually symbolizes for unconditional love at the same time it also symbolizes immaturity. Pink is so girlish and somehow silly in the eyes of some. 

    You can usually see pink colors in the girls bedroom, stuffs of girls anything that has connection with girls.

 

8. White - 
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    White symbolizes purity and virginity. It also symbolizes cleanliness and religiousness of a person. 

   White usually use in peace advocacy. White is clean in the eyes and somehow it brings good vibes to the people.

9. Brown-

  Brown symbolizes earth. It also symbolizes material wealth. Simplicity can also be a symbolism of brown. 

  


10. Black
 
    Is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery. It denotes strength and authority, is seen as formal and elegant, and brings forth feelings of fear and the unknown.

   Most rebel teens use color black as a sign of that they are starting to rebel and get wild. It also represent death and loneliness. Before dark was cool but now a days (2013) black is totally out in fashion world most would prefer light colors or neon colors than black.