Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Emotions of Colors

Colors have emotions and give the viewer different connotations, either positive or negative. Here are the emotions and connotations that these pantone colors make me feel.

bright red 186:
Positive:
Passion
Active
Negative:
Agressive
Hot
vibrant orange1585:
Positive:
Happy
Energetic
Fun
Negative:
None

bright yellow 116:
Positive:
Energetic
Optimistic
Uplifting
Clean
Negative:
feeble (lemons)
earth brown 438:
Positive:
Stable
Negative:
Dirty
Heavy
Moldy

deep blue 2747:
Positive:
Calm
Negative:
Cold

chartreuse green 584:
Positive:
Soothing
Happy
Fresh
Negative:
None

blue purple 267:
Positive:
Calming
Negative:
Claustrophobic

charcoal gray 425:
Positive:
Calming
versatile
Negative:
Depressed

white:
Positive:
Clean
Open
Safe
Negative:
Empty
Unimaginative

black:
Positive:
Open
Powerful
Negative:
Empty
Heavy
Evil

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