How Colours Make You Feel
Did you know that your mood can be linked to the colours around you? Read on to see how colours make you feel.
by Chinyere Nwosu
June 27, 2021
THERE ARE COLOURS AROUND US
We see colours everywhere – in natural and artificial materials. We love to have colours around us as they make things come alive, lending a tone, character, and life that appeal to us in different ways. We are consistently attracted to colours that are bright and alive and tend to withdraw from the muted because we think they are dull and lifeless. Colours have the power to make us happy, sad, relaxed, or anxious. The effects stem from the psychological prints that colours make on us, their cultural connotations, and biological conditioning.
These effects are a part of the theories in psychology and colour theory. However, we have summarized some salient points in this article.
GROUPING COLOURS
First off, let us group colours based on temperature and tone.
Based on temperature, a colour can either be warm or cool.
Grouping colours by temperature
Warm colours
- Red
- Yellow
- Orange
Cool colours
- Green
- Blue
- Purple
Warm colours are associated with happiness, energy, and optimism. They are known to grab attention and signal danger.
Cool colours evoke calmness, sadness, and creativity. They are also known to depict health, beauty, and security.
Grouping colours by tone
Based on the tone, colours can be bright and dark.
Bright colours
- Red
- Yellow
- Orange
- Pink
- Lilac
- Peach
- Turquoise
- Emerald green
Dark colours
- Green
- Blue
- Purple
- Brown
- Black
- White
Bright colours are happy.
Dark colours are sad.
White and black depict mourning in different cultures.
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Colours And What They Depict
Colour |
Emotional Connotations |
| Blue | Calmness, spirituality, security, lust |
| Red | Energy, love, danger |
| Yellow | Lots of energy, happiness, spontaneity |
| Purple | Wealth, royalty, creativity, mystery |
| Green | Health, growth, newness, wealth |
| Orange | Happiness, energy, balance, friendly |
| Black | Power, professionalism, elegance, simplicity, luxury, mourning, sadness, manliness |
| White | Cleanliness, purity, virginity, innocence, fresh, simple |
| Brown | Friendly, practical, dependable, stability |
| Grey | Formality, mature, conventional, responsible, |
| Pink | Sensitivity, femininity, tenderness, romance |
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