tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post5473410012355999760..comments2024-01-10T18:34:38.739-08:00Comments on Modern Mythology: The Meaning Of ColorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04721839742206290258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post-13874688224629126992011-05-29T06:34:20.131-07:002011-05-29T06:34:20.131-07:00After having spent over two years as an interior d...After having spent over two years as an interior decorator I became intimately familiar with color associations. Many of these associations have been studied, though it's a chicken-or-the-egg situation as to whether the color green has always been associated with health and life (especially due to its prominence in nature) or if corporate/socially standardized marketing has created these associations. Blue is calming and conveys trust, red is powerful or sexy or potent, yellow is cheerful but may also be a warning, pink is juvenile and feminine (which leads us to the tangent of gender stereotypes, which I won't delve into at the moment)... So on and so forth.<br /><br />Socially, colors can equate with status and age as well. Vivid, bright colors may be seen as childish and as such carry judgement from others. Cornflower blue, white, and pale yellow suggest a rural and country pallet, but mat convey that the subject is "simple". Peek through any wallpaper book and you'll see the uncanny color choices per genre. Did one designer create a trend, or were they simply tapping into a social subconscious base of color association? Why else would dangerous/poisonous animals tend toward bright oranges and yellows while the safer animals blend in to their neutral surroundings?I think- and of course on this subject all we really have is supposition- that it's a bit of both.Ally Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778571132263241663noreply@blogger.com