Color Association

Colors have different meanings according to the cultures. But they still have common meanings. This site (www.startphoto.com/learn/basics/color_associations.htm) tells us about the common meanings of colors. Bright red is enerizing, sexy, dynamic, and powerful. Bright pink is happy, youthful, exciting, and fun. Light pink is romantic, soft, tender, and cute. Charcoal gray is professonal, classic, expensive, enduring, and mature. Neutral gray is classic, cool, corporate, timeless, and quiet. Light blue is calm, peaceful, cool, and clean. And sky blue is calm, cool, constant, faithful, true, and dependable. Bright blue is energetic, vibrant, and dramatic. Beige is classic, earthy, neutral, soft, and warm. Light yellow means cheerful, happy, soft, sunny, and warm. Lavender means nostalgic, delicate, floral, and sweet tasting. If you visit the website, you get more information about colors.

These days the importance of colors has been increasing because they have power to create some images. Therefore we can create the image that we want to show others by using adequate colors. If we want to be regarded as a person who has certain images, we can create the image by wearing proper colors of clothes. When we apply for a new job, we'd better wear blue shirts. Blue shirts will make us look more faithful and dependable. For this reason, we'd better know about the meaning of colors.


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