COLORS

                                                COLORS

How well are you familiar with your colors?

 

Colors form an integral part of our lives. well  i will be bringing to you, the meanings of colors, the distinctive power of colors and their cultural symbolism .

This week I will be talking about the color RED.

                                                                     

 

                                                                     RED

                                        It is the second most favorite color on earth

Most of use see red as the color of danger and romance. Well there is more to the color red that that.
RED is the color of love, energy, seductive, passion, desire, action and determination.
 It is also the color of anger and sexual passion.
 It is an intense color, and defines many emotions and mood.
It also portraits danger and blood shed.
Lighter shades of red defines sexuality, passion and joy, while darker shades means anger, will power, aggression, leadership, range and courage.

                                                       THE POWER OF RED 

• This is a color representing masculine energy.

• It stimulates the appetite, and also physical sense like sexual passion.
• It increases blood pressure.
• It provokes the senses and makes a person react faster.
• Red best serves for creativity and product selling that needs consumers to take action.
  
  

                                   CULTURAL SYMBOLISM OF RED  

  • In India and China and Nepal, you must have noticed their brides. They wear red traditionally as it brings good luck.
  •  In Christianity it stands for sacrifice, love and passion.
  • South Africans use red as a sign of mourning.