Different colours can evoke different emotional reactions from people. Quite often in art, colours are used for a specific reason, usually the colours are meant to convey a message from the artist. Here’s a list of different colours and what they symbolize.
Red
Danger
Passion
Excitement
Energy
Orange
Fresh
Youthful
Creative
Adventurous
Yellow
Optimistic
Cheerful
Playful
Happy
Green
Natural
Vitality
Prestige
Wealth
Blue
Communicative
Trustworthy
Calming
Depressed
Purple
Royalty
Majesty
Pink
Feminine
Sentimental
Romantic
Exciting
Brown
Organic
Wholesome
Simple
Black
Sophisticated
Formal
Luxurious
Sorrowful
White
Purity
Simplicity
Innocence
Minimalism
If there’s any colours or meanings that I missed, feel free to add them!! Are there any meanings that surprised you?
It’s less the specific colors, more the color pairings. Each color does have its own various meanings, but without the subject matter or a pairing taken into account, the possibilities are limitless for what it could represent.
Just to list a few:
Red and black combined, tends to have an evil connotation.
Red and Green, or even Red & White, Christmas, which brings joy.
Oranges, purples, black are Halloween.
Black and white, opposites that can be either a sense of wholeness and balance, or just simplicity.
Virtually any pastel colors, think Easter or young children.
I watched a colour in film youtube video a while back and it explained how white can mean sterile and/or cleanliness, which is why it’s used in some dystopian movies.
Black actually use to be used for weddings. It’s an old tradition from the past. I can’t remember exactly where I read this but it was a strange fact to stumble upon. Also, White was used for funerals in the past as well. When I say the past I mean like hundreds of years ago. This is just a strange facts that found.
