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Color Symbolism & Color Psychology

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Color Symbolism & Color Psychology

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Color Symbolism Color meaning varies between countries and

between times: •  Mourning:

US-black India-white Turkey-Violet Ethiopia-Brown Burma-Yellow

•  Marriage (female): US-White Hindu India-Yellow China-Red

•  Royalty: European & Egyptians-purple China-Yellow Rome-Red

Jusepe de Ribera. The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria. 1648. Oil on canvas, 6’ 10 1/2” x 5’ 3/4” (209.6 x 154.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1934 (34.73).

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Emotional Color

Emotional Color - The use of color to create a reaction or get a response.

Warm colors = Warm, happy

Cold Colors = Melancholy and depression

Pablo Picasso. Crouching Woman. 1902. Oil on canvas, 2’ 11” x 2’ 4” (90 x 71 cm). Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.

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“Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk

with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot

out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name

before my Father and his angels.”

Revelation 3: 4-5

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“These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest

darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just

escaping from those who live in error.”

2 Peter 2:17-18

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“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the

generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue

cord on each tassel. You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey

them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.

Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your

God.”

Numbers 15: 37-40

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“Come now, let us settle the matter,”���    says the Lord.���

“Though your sins are like scarlet,���    they shall be as white as snow;���

though they are red as crimson,���    they shall be like wool.”

Isaiah1:18

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Assignment: •  Design a visually engaging, 10” x 15” flag for your home

city. Pay particular attention to the 5 basic principles of flag design:

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Due next class: •  1-page research about this history, economy, interesting

facts, etc. about your home city. •  Current city flag and/or city seal or logo. •  20, 1” x 1.5” different, color flag sketches that represent

your research about the city.

YOU WILL PRESENT YOUR RESEARCH & SKETCHES TO THE CLASS. BE PREPARED TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS YOUR

REASONING BEHIND YOUR DESIGNS!