Colour, Colour on the Wall
Could
simply changing the colour scheme in schools make pupils more intelligent?
According to one study at a school in Wetaskiwin ,
Canada
In addition, the school experienced a decrease in behaviour problems and
absenteeism.
How can
colour affect our moods, behaviour and thinking processes? Some scientists
point to the fact that each colour has its own distinctive wavelength of light.
When these enter the colour-sensitive area at the back of the human eye, they
could stimulate the production of certain hormones. And these, in turn, could
be responsible for changes in how our body functions. For example, researchers
have found that looking at “cool” colours such as blue or green, can cause our
blood pressure to fall, our rate of respiration and perspiration to decrease
and brain-wave activity to slow. Looking at “warm” colours, such as yellow,
orange and red, on the other hand, may have the opposite effect.
The
research on the subject is by no means conclusive. Some scientists argue that
our response to colour might simply be cultural – that is, we have learned to
associate blue with calm and red with excitement. However, this has not stopped
people from trying to use colour in various ways. Since orange is thought to
increase the appetite, it is not surprising that this colour is used
predominantly in fast-food restaurants, while some factories now paint their
machinery pale blue, instead of grey, to increase productivity. In addition,
residents at a United States
So the
next time you decide to redecorate, think carefully. Your colour choice may do
more than just reflect your personal taste!
Some times I have heard that colours have different ways of acting on humans. I painted the wall of pink and turquoise the last time, and when I had 5 years old my bedroom was blue and green. When I changed colours of the wall, I didn't feel no new sensation or change. Surfing on the Internet, I have found that pink colour means romance, illusion, femininity, tenderness, while that turquoise or another type of green means nature, youth, fertility, hope. Although colours have these meaning, I don't believe that colours help or damage the human, because one person can paint the bedroom in black (power, mystery, magic, conservative) and person can be romantic, tender or sensitive...
ResponderEliminarHowever, I think that if we believe in these colour meaning, we will believe this at the end. So, almost all schools would paint facades in blue, because of this colour represents sympathy, harmony, intelligence.
If colour blue has this meaning, I should paint my room in blue in order to get the best note.
Colours are something that always has been considerated as elements of paint and pictures, but now a lot of people claim that colours have different meanings, even them can change our behaviour or our feelings.
ResponderEliminarHowever the sensation that a colour produces in people depends on the person who are seeing the colour so many people can think than orange increases the appetite and other group of people can think that orange is a sad colour because they don’t like it. With this I try to say that the meaning of colours depends on the people and is so subjective.
To conclude I have to say that colours can make us happier or can make us sad nevertheless It depends in the fact that if I like the colour or not, so the colours don’t have a determinate meaning.
For me, as well as for the majority of the people, colors always have been an element of the painting, of the art … Now, some scientists said that the colors can change the state of mind of a person and even the way of seeing the things. With this I want to say that there are people who always has related the black to the sadness and the green one to the hope, but it is basically because our culture - is to say, that we have learned to relate these colors to these characteristics - has been applied and taught this way. To conclude I have to say that colors influence us so much only because we want. We can not wear in yellow when we are sad, since the color that more adjusts our feeling is the black..
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