THE COLOURS

   When somebody ask me what the colour is,we can say that the colour is a perception which occur with reaching of the different wavelength of light to retina.Is this explanation enough to express the colours? Are the colours a perception? Think about,do you feel more relaxing and vigorous between dark walls or in a red room?

   That is right.The colours reflect people’s modes and affect them.Not only affect the colours modes,but also they affect healt and energy,so the colours have been used as a supportive cure for years.For example,green,which is a relaxing and peaceful colour,is advised to  people who have hearth disease and phthisis.Effects of the colours on people are used for health,shopping,psychology,production e.t.  It is important to choose a colour because of their effects on people when we choose clothes or we dye our houses.For example, our bedroom can be pink or our dinnerrroom can be green.Additionaly,it will be more suitable to wear a dark blue and blue when we are going a job meeting.

   The colours are divided as a hot and cold colours.Main hot colours are red,orange and yellow.Main cold colours are green,blue,purple.The colours have meanings and they are known nearly same all over the world,but people from different countries have a different meaning about the same colours. What are the meanings of the colours? What colour does it mean?

Meanings of The colours

White     : It represent innocence and stability

Black       : It represent power,ambition,sorrow

Blue        : It represent freedom and eternity

Green     : It is the colour of nature and tranquility

Red          : It represent mettle,determination ve perseverence and it is a colour of brightness and dynamism

Yellow     : It is the most bright colour and it represent  ambition,intelligence and  gumption

Purple     : It is the colour of  luxury,nobleness and esteem

Pink         : It represent joy,trust and easiness

Orange   : It represent being out-going and trust

Dark Blue  : It represent eternity,authority and fertility

Brown    : It is the colour of the land and nature

Grey       : It represent dignity and balance

Effects of The Colours

White     : It makes people sad and it gives sense of purity,trust and cleanliness

Black       : It promotes concentration and self-confidence

Blue        :  It gives sense of freedom and makes people calm

Green     : It gives peace and makes people relaxed

Red          :  It promotes blood pressure and blood flow and it whets people’s appetite

Yellow     : It gives excitement and brightness.It is remarkable

Purple     : It negatively affects subconscious

Pink         : It gives joyness,easiness and trust

Orange   :  It whet people’s appetite and it makes people less tired

Dark Blue: It gives seriousness and it promotes concentration

Brown    : It gives trust and easiness in the society

Grey       : It is mediator,but when it is used intensely,it can be boring

   Finally,psychological effects of the colours are related to senses which the colours create on people. Every colour has a different effect on people. While some colours make people calm,some colours make people excited or while some colours promote self-confidence,some colours promote self-conscious.Effects of the closely related colours resemble one another.For example,while the hot colours promote sense of hot, the cold colours promote sense of the coldness.

   In this essay,i explained the colours,their meanings and effects.I do not know why i wanted to explain colours.When i was sitting,it occured to me suddenly.Actually i wondered their meanings and with this way,i learned.

   I hope you will like my essay and get enjoy from it J