1. What do colors mean to you?
Color and Mood
What do colors mean to you?

2. Colors

3. Color in World Culture
Color means many different things to different people and cultures. We all have our own favorite colors. People like different colors like they like different foods. Color also represents feelings, people, countries, cultures, and color symbolism. In the western world, the color red is seen frequently of symbolizing anger or aggression. Some car insurance companies charge more for red cars because some of the owners of red cars are more aggressive or take more risks.

4. RED
Excitement, energy,, love, speed, power, heat, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence.

5. PINK
Pink symbolizes love, romance, and excitement.

6. BEIGE
Beige and ivory symbolize unification. Ivory symbolizes quiet and pleasantness. Beige symbolizes calm and simplicity.

7. YELLOW
Joy, happiness, imagination, hope, sunshine, summer, gold, illness, hazard.

8. BLUE
Peace, cold, calm, unity, trust, truth, confidence, cleanliness, loyalty, sky, water, sadness.

9. TURQUOISE
Turquoise symbolizes calm. Teal symbolizes sophistication. Aquamarine symbolizes water.

10. PURPLE
Royalty, nobility, spirituality, ceremony, mysterious, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, mourning.

11. LAVENDER
Lavender symbolizes femininity, grace and elegance

12. ORANGE
Energy, warmth, vibrant, demanding of attention

13. GREEN
Nature, environment, healthy, good luck, youth, spring, generosity ,inexperience, envy.

14. BROWN
Earth, stability, hearth, home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, endurance, simplicity, and comfort.

15. WHITE
Purity, birth, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, youth, winter, snow, marriage (Western cultures), death (Eastern cultures), cold.

16. BLACK
Power, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness, underground, mourning, death (Western cultures).

17. How can you use color to create mood in a work of art?
The BLUE PERIOD Picasso used blue to create the feeling of sadness and isolation he felt after his close friend died.

18. What subject matter can help to show your mood?
The ROSE PERIOD
Picasso used pink tones to create the feeling of love and happiness he felt after he fell in love.