Colour of my choice..!!

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    Without colours, life is like a body without soul

Life is enormous, life is bright, life is colorful. Colorful is the main feature among those three, as colors of the life is the mechanism that may turn the dull day into the brightest day. Just imagine a world without colour. Everything would be in monochrome. The feeling would be equivalent to living in a black and white television. There would be not much variation and everything would be of the same shades, black and white. That would be so gray, sad and gloomy. A peach and an apple would look almost identical.

There would not be any sweet fights between siblings when Mom gets dresses of two different colours..:)
Life would be monotonous..!! 

 We are so used to seeing colors that they have become something we take for granted. We can judge the significance of colors with the fact that most are associated with our emotions and different activities in life. White symbolizes peace, red symbolizes both love & anger, yellow is for friendship.

All colours have their own place. But what if our life had no colours? How would things look, and most importantly, how would our pictures look? 

                Have a look at these two pictures....Which entices you?

Colours can help tell us stories (visually) and it can be used to communicate on an emotional level. The emotion part is what I find much important. I would go so far as to say that color is the primary factor responsible for making a photo feel exciting, lively, mysterious or perhaps melancholic or a little sombre.The above coloured picture looks dramatic and also exciting just because of colour.

 

What is your say.....????

I like to quote out some connations to colour:

WHITE associated with 'purity' and 'enlightenment', regarded as being without blemish and restful and calm.

GREY  In its positive context grey is regarded as offering peace and neutrality. In its more negative context grey is held to show indecision, doubt, and an air of invisibility or fading into the background.

BROWN The colour of the Earth, brown offers us grounding, The expression 'back down to Earth' is highly apt for the energy of this colour may be said to offer us a reality check and help us to keep our feet firmly on the ground. 

RED Associated with passion and love. In its negative context red can indicate danger, overactivity and anger. People who are prone to anger quickly, may wish to avoid wearing the colour red. 

 YELLOW Associated with the Sun, and therefore masculine energies, yellow is linked to the intellect, reasoning, vibrancy and playfulness. 

GREEN The colour of many growing things on Mother Earth. The energy of this colour is said to bring balance to mind, body and spirit, also said to have strong links to Mother Nature, and is associated with good fortune, and prosperity. 

PINK It is associated with the 'feminine'. This colour is linked to unconditional love. 

No doubt that colour plays a vitally important role in the world in which we live. Colour can affect our thinking, reflects in our actions, and can also cause reactions. It can irritate or soothe your eyes. Many people think that colour is just a matter of how things look and it is often dismissed as being purely cosmetic. However, the truth is that colour is light - the source of life itself; there is nowhere that colour does not exist.

Scientifically, it is the first thing we register when we are assessing anything. 

A very simple example:

What will be our reaction when we look at a fly or mosquito in our home? We find it irritating.

But what if we see a colourful butterfly or the same fly with beautiful yellow stripes in it ..??

When yellow daffodils, bluebells and colourful things appear, we immediately begin to feel livelier; when grey skies and rain or snow surround us we instinctively draw in and tend to hibernate.

I like to see in colours:

• As any other young girl, I like to see my grandparents photos in colours. Before few days, I saw my mom's childhood photos in black and white. I wish  to see that in colours. Colours, undoubtedly brings life to the pictures.

• As an engineering student, I like to see all my books printed with colourful pages  and pictures:) It is quite weird. But still, those coloured pages in the book will instil interest in students to learn. Those small letters which can only be viewed in microscope in half white pages make a student dull.

• I know this one would sound funny... I would like to see Oreo biscuits in colours :)It is good in black and white. But still, I like to see that in colours. I have fallen head over heals in love with this cookie.  

 

• One of my favourite aquatic bird is penguin. I would like to see those with colourful plumage.

 

Why Balck and white...??

Eventhough I am in lots of praise for colours, none can undue the importance of black and white. Black and white format suits well for landscapes, urban landscapes and architecture.

“I find that colors can be terribly distracting in some images and can take the focus away from your subject. I do portrait work and find that taking the color out of an image lets the subject speak for themselves. Its raw, it’s stripped back, it’s honest and it allows you to show the true person.” – Shane 

Black and white suits well to all lighting situations.

 
About the colour of my blog:

And my favourite colour is always green.  It cools the eyes. Calms the  nerves. Creates inexplicable enthusiasm in the  heart. Even my blog template has the shade of green. God seems to have an unlimited range of Green in His palette and His magical  brush paints scintillating  hues everywhere.

So what is yours...??
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