Color Symbolism Red: Excitement, energy, passion, love, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence, all things.

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Color Symbolism Red: Excitement, energy, passion, love, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence, all things intense and passionate Pink symbolizes love and romance, caring, tenderness, acceptance and calm. Yellow signifies joy, happiness, betrayal, optimism, idealism, imagination, hope, sunshine, summer, gold, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, jealousy, covetousness, deceit, illness, hazard and friends

Color continued Blue: Peace, tranquility, cold, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, technology, depression, appetite suppressant. Purple: Royalty, nobility, spirituality, ceremony, mysterious, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, Orange: Energy, balance, enthusiasm, warmth

Color Continued Green: Nature, environment, healthy, good luck, renewal, youth, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy Brown: Earth, stability, hearth, home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, endurance, simplicity, and comfort. Gray: Security, intelligence, modesty, maturity, old age White: purity, birth, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, innocence, good Black: Power, elegance, wealth, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness, death

Shape Symbolism Circle= Circles protect, they endure, they restrict, they confine what’s within and keep things out and their completeness suggests the infinite, unity, and harmony. community, integrity, and perfection Squares and rectangles are stable, they are generally not attention getters, but can be tilted to add an unexpected twist. Order and formality, conformity, peacefulness Line= the idea of connecting, going from one to another in a fluid motion. Connection

Shapes continued Triangles have energy and power and their stable/unstable dynamic can suggest either conflict or steady strength. progression, direction, and purpose, dynamic tension, action, and aggression Spirals are expressions of creativity, fertility, birth, death, expansion, and transformation. There is no life without death. Crosses are seen as the meeting place of divine energies, faith, unity, temperance, hope, spirituality, life and healing Heart associated with love, passion, tenderness

Symbolism Activity #1 You will be creating a “family portrait” of the characters in Oedipus, how we see them NOW. Each character needs to be represented by a shape and color. You CAN stack shapes on top of each other. You CAN have multiple colors representing a character. You need at least three characters in your family portrait (the characters don’t HAVE to be related completely) You need to write out a rationale for each character on why you represented them the way you have.