Color & Emotion

Color & Emotion: Practice

In the next few slides, you will look at different images and identify how each image makes you feel. There are no right or wrong answers, only subjective opinions. This activity is meant to get you thinking about how color affects mood and emotion, and how to utilize this in your artwork.

Open Ended

What do you feel/think when looking at this image? Type your answers below.

Open Ended

What about this image?

Open Ended

And finally, this

Poll

What colors did you associate with the emotions like happiness, joy, kindness, and love?

• Yellows, Reds, Whites, Lighter Colors

• Blues, Purples, Darker Colors

Poll

What colors did you associate with the emotions like sadness, grief, and loneliness?

• Blues, Grays, Darker Colors in general

• Yellows, Reds, Oranges, lighter colors in general

Poll

Did this activity help you better associate colors with different types of emotion?

• Yes!

• Kind of

• No, I am confused