Module 3

The effects colors have on people and their emotions can differ for a variety or reasons. Color effect have a cultural bias sometimes for example, red and green are associated with Christmas in most cases. The effect that certain colors would have on different people would depend on the personal link they associate the color with.

The transmission of light represents one aspect of color, its reception by the human eye represents the other. This is interesting because based on you personally colors may not appear exactly the same shade, brightness or hue of that of the person next to you. As light strikes the retina, the light-receptive area at the back of the eye, it is recorded by rods and cones.

I found the reaction of the painter most fascinating. It would seem the priority of the painting was to make the piece of art invoke feeling from the viewers through her use of color. Even at times she was visibly frustrated when the colors weren't to her liking.

I think that Rhothko's reasoning behind his red paintings was the most interesting aspect. He painted in deep reds to dissatisfy the viewer in his own disgust.