Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Idea Post -- Color -- 2.17

I will be updating this in a few hours after I've had more time to peruse the book that I have on color!


So maybe it's been more than a few hours, some may say a week has passed. I've read a few chapters in the book Color by Victoria Finlay including those covering Ochre as well as Black and Brown.  What's interesting to me is that although these things are relatively common, at one time or another they were very precious and blood has been spilt in order to protect the sacredness or exclusivity of the item whether it be ochre or lead or whatever.

In her the chapter on ochre, Finlay mentions the meanings of red which can not only be violence or blood but also fertility or the sun.  I feel like this is true of most colors green is sickly but also fresh, blue is soothing but also sad.  With that said, shades need to be taken into consideration in order to convey the proper mood.

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