Aug 16, 2013

What colours mean


Designers often develop associations with different colours. Some are instinctual, and some are cultural. Actually, they're probably mostly cultural. Here's mine:
  • Gray: Nothingness; Insanity
  • Black: Mystery; the Unknown
  • Green: Change
  • Red: Excitement; Danger
  • Blue: Freedom
  • Pink: Safety
  • White: Clean; Emptiness
What are some of your colour associations?

And did you know that each hue has a frequency? I suspect that the colour combinations we know and love -- the relationships, I mean, like primary, tertiary etc -- are analogous to musical chords.

Does anybody know how many octaves are in a rainbow?

"The 7 Notes of the Octaves of Light and Music: 
RedOrangeYellowGreenBlueIndigoViolet
CDEFGAB

- The Metaphysics of Music and Harmony

So that's why deaf people can watch music. That's cool.