Color

Color plays a huge role in any artwork. Whether it is the decision to use grayscale or the decision to use vibrant colors. The color of an image plays a huge role in how other perceive it. What message and mood each color gives off to the viewer is a huge part of setting the mood of the image. I would not want to portray a dark concept and use colorful pastels. On the other hand, if I were to portray the happiest day of someone's life, I would try not to let my pallet contain mostly grays and blacks.

"Indigo is often associated with the right side of the brain; stimulating intuition and imagination."


"These olive green colors remind us of decay and death and can actually have a detrimental effect on physical and emotional health. Note that sickened cartoon characters always turned green."


"Psychology Color." Thinkquest. Web. 2 Feb. 2011. <http://library.thinkquest.org/27066/psychology/nlcolorpsych.html>.
This article gave great general examples of what feelings certain colors trigger. It had a very psychological perspective which does have a lot to do with art.