Colour Research

Red colour: Hot, fire, violence, warfare, love, passion, Devil and Cupid, anger, importance, excitement, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, aggression, danger, blood, war, all things intense and passionate. danger, prosperity, happiness, good luck, mourning, communism, AIDS, versatile, energy.

My skill:

1) Diversified= versatile

Orange colour: Energy, balance, enthusiasm, warmth, expansive, flamboyant, demanding of attention, vibrant, Earth, change, movement, health, vitality, friendly, inviting,

My skills:

1) Well balanced= balance

2) Sportive= health

3) Friendly= communicative

Yellow colour: Bright, energising, happiness, sunshine, deceit, cowardice, hope, danger- less thanre, mourning, courage, merchants, sense of happiness, cheerfulness, gender neutral for babies, permanence, joy, betrayal, optimism, idealism, imagination, hope, summer, gold, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, jealousy, covetousness, deceit, illness, hazard and friendship.

My skills:

1) Creative= imagination

2) Philosophical= philosophy

Green colour: Earth colour, new beginning, growth, renewal, abundance, envy, jealousy, lack of experience, balancing, harmonising, stable, nature, wealth, stability, affluence, environment, healthy, good luck, spring, generosity, fertility, misfortune, vigour.

My skills:

1) Global + nature loving = earth

2) Diversified + multilingual + multicultural= abundance

3) Well balanced + flexible + steady + stable + patient relaxed= balancing and stability

4) Nature loving = environment

5) Sportive + analysing= healthy.

Blue colour: Tranquility, cold, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, technology, depression, appetite suppressant, sadness, responsibility, refreshing, friendly, strong, reliable, peace, spiritual, religious, relaxing, refreshing, reliability.

My skills:

1) Stable + balanced = calm and stability

2) Patient, nature loving, relaxed = harmony;

3) Innovative + engineering= technology

4) Hard working + fast + presentable + steady + patient = responsibility

5) Communicative + caring + multicultural + multilingual + global = friendly

6) Musical + artistic + engineering + experimental + hard working + presentable = strong

7) Emotional + well balanced + patient + relaxed = relaxing

Purple colour: Royalty, creativity, imagination, wealth, romantic, luxury, spring, nobility, spirituality, ceremony, mysterious, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, mourning.

My skills:

1) Creative + innovative + craft loving + experimental + visual + graphical = creativity

2) Musical + artistic + creative + visual + feminine + philosophical + psychological = imagination

3) Feminine + nature loving + craft loving + caring + emotional = romantic and spring

4) Engineering + creative + diversified + innovative = transformation

Neutral colors often serve as the backdrop in design. They’re commonly combined with brighter accent colors. But they can also be used on their own in designs, and can create very sophisticated layouts. The meanings and impressions of neutral colors are much more affected by the colors that surround them than are warm and cool colors.

Black colour:sexuality, sophistication, formality, wealth, fear, unhappiness, style, sadness, remorse, anger, anonymity, underground, technical , mourning, strong colour, power, elegance, formality, Evil, death, mystery, halloween, conservative, modern, traditional, unconventional, neutral.

My skills:

1) Hard working + presentable = formality

2) Graphical = style

3) Engineering + innovative + musical + artistic + graphical + craft loving = technical

4) Well balanced + communicative + stable + global = power

5) Innovative + multilingual + multicultural + hard working + nature loving + presentable + experimental = modern

White colour: Reverence, birth, peace, humility, precision, innocence, youth, winter, snow, sterility, marriage (Western cultures), death (Eastern cultures), cold, clinical, purity, cleanliness, virtue, health, goodness, simplicity, minimalism.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/color2.htm