Imagine yourself as a graphic designer for New Age musician Enya, tasked with creating her next album cover. Which two or three colors from the grid below do you think would “go best” with her music?
Oscar Wilde once said, “Mere color can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” And he may have not known how right he was. Have you ever felt green with envy? Sang the blues? Been given the ...
Color is everywhere, and yet most of us never stop to think about how deeply it shapes our lives. From the moment we open our eyes in the morning to the products we buy, the spaces we inhabit, and the ...
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The psychology of color in film

As a filmmaker, it's your responsibility to take advantage of every tool that is thrown your way. Here at NFS, we throw ...
We often hear phrases like, "I'm feeling green with envy," "He was red with anger," or "She's feeling blue" (meaning sad). These associations are pervasive in our language, but are they just ...
In language, we easily link colors and emotions. English speakers see red, feel blue, or are green with envy, meaning they are angry, sad, or envious, respectively. French speakers voient rouge (see ...
People all over the world associate colors with emotions. In fact, people from different parts of the world often associate the same colors with the same emotions. This was the result of a detailed ...