Friday, 5 November 2010

Colour


How important is colour in one’s life, literally as well as figuratively? Colour is a way of expression. Different colours may express various respective emotions. Though we don’t instantly notice it, colour is used extensively in movies, plays, and literature to intensify and highlight the emotion. The same applies in real life.I like clicking the black-and-white option whenever I edit my photos on the computer. I prefer everything monochromatic. It just accentuates the subject matter that much more the colour scheme. Honestly, a monochromatic photo (black-and-white or sepia) really has that capacity to intensify anything it is associated with—it's about the content, the subject, rather than the context (the color).

But colour, too, is very important. It helps illuminate the mood and expresses emotions. For example, grey may be used to signify something dull and boring; green could represent approval or vitality; red often signifies love and happiness. There is a science, of course, behind the intensity of the hue and colour palettes, but even intuitively we already know that colour is pleasing to the eye and has the power to attract and distract us accordingly. Colour is more than power—it is beauty. How many images, photographs, paintings, or real-life scenes have left you breathless by the mere vibrancy of their visual appeal? 


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