Thursday, April 3, 2008

How does this make you feel?

Humans nature is to make judgment about something or someone with what they see. Color has a very large impact on what we think about things and people. But who put those ideas of what colors means in our heads today? That is just human nature, some of it we where taught by society.
A good example of how we react to color because of what we have been taught is "pink is for girls and blue is for boys". This wasn't always they case. This idea was only recognized in the 20th century. Pink was, and still is in certain countries, as a very masculine color because of its boldness. Blue is delicate and soft which is, for the most part, better suited for girls and what women are most commonly viewed as. Pink is the color for baby boys and blue is the color for baby girls in Belgium today.
White is an interesting color because of its different meanings all over the world. In the western culture white is warn for brides. It is seen as pure and innocent. In Asia white is not the color for brides but red. White , in India and Asia, is the color worn when someone dies. It is for new beginnings. It is meant to symbolize becoming pure with death and having a clean slate to enter the new step for the soul.
So next time maybe one should step back and look at color a little differently because many of these point such as pink is for boys and blue is for girls makes a lot of sense. It is interesting how everyone sees things in a different light. We could all learn something from each other.

No comments: