-How is color interpreted in different cultures?
I was reading the link for cultural color and I thought it was very interesting. Some cultures are so opposite from the way we interpret colors. I have always known green to be good luck. However, if you give a chinese man a green hat, it is a sign his wife is cheating on him. White is typically a calm color. Representing peace and serenity. You may think of heaven when you think about the color white. Eastern culture believes it means death, mourning, funerals, and sadness. China believes it is death, mourning, and misfortune. India: (unhappiness, symbol of sorrow in death of a family member, the color a widow would wear). And so on, with many other cultures. Ironically, in most of these same cultures white also means peace and purity.
-Do colors affect our behavior?
I think color does affect our behavior and our mood. On Valentine's Day, we see colors like red pink and white. We perceive these colors as love. When some one gives you roses, your mood depends on the color. If the roses are not red your not going to have the same warm feeling than if you were to get red roses. A romantic symbol.
-What are some scientific aspects of color?
I was curious on the debate of black and white as colors. I went onto http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/are-black-and-white-colors. There was a section with a good answer.
The website said black is not a color. It is the absense of color. When there is no light everything is black. If there are no photons of light, there are no photons of color. The website also said that white is a color. It is the color you get when you blend all the other colors together. Here is the explanation from this site that says why white is a color.
" Light appears colorless or white. Sunlight is white light that is composed of all the colors of the spectrum. A rainbow is proof. You can't see the colors of sunlight except when atmospheric conditions bend the light rays and create a rainbow. You can also use a prism to demonstrate this. "
There are many other answers to this question, but the one above made the most sense to me.
I can not remember where I read this, but I read that seven to eight percent of males have some color blindness. While doing research on color blindness, I found an interesting fact.
Apparently, facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red and green color blind. Blue was the easiest color for him to see.
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