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Created: March 18, 2002
Latest Update: March 18, 2002
jeannecurran@habermas.org
takata@uwp.edu

Colors and Feelings

Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individaul Authors, March 2002.
"Fair use" encouraged.

Note how changing the background color changes the feeling. A few color variations are shown here to give you a sense of the difference in feeling. I find the red background more active, as though more is happening, and also more celebratory. The magenta (pink) feels even more celebratory to me, making the red seem more appropriate to the message. The Red makes me see fireworks going off. But the greeen feels more traditional. So, if I'm using this to illustrate TR Young's reference to the Palestine/Israeli Conflict, which color does that most effectively? (Remember, there are no "right" answers. Each of us have unique feelings, specific to our own experiences of color, just as each of us have unique socialization experiences, specific to what has happened to us in our lifeworld.)

Note also the difference in effect when the background is patterned as opposed to solidly colored. In each of the following versions I left the primary painting untouched. Only the background has been changed.

Which version do you prefer? If you'd like to, load one of the images (file names under images) to either Paint or some other paint program that comes free with your computer. Then change the image file to reflect what you feel.

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . palisrael11.gif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . palisrael16.gif . . . . . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . palisrael10.gif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . palisrael08.gif . . . . . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . palisrael18.gif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . palisrael06.gif . . . . . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . palisrael14.gif and palisrael14.bmp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .palisrael07.gif . . . . . .

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. . . . . . . . . . . palisrael19.gif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .palisrael04.gif . . . . . . . . .