Some Research for the Survey--Visual Language

SmartMobs

Mobs, the fourth movement, consists of five smaller movements, each of which utilizes a self-organizing particle system to configure its shape, color, distribution and physics to best express the different zeitgeists of: feeling, gender, age, weather, and geographical location. Mobs (Feeling) displays the most common feelings in the sample population. In this movement, the particles self-organize into rows of shared feelings. The rows are sorted by the number of particles they contain, and the particles within each row are sorted by the length of the sentence that each particle contains. The rows are colored to inherit the chosen color of the feeling they represent. Any particle can be clicked to reveal the sentence within.


Color therapy training and learning ability improvement

Color healing, light therapy and chromo therapy are all terms used interchangeably with Color Therapy, which is a set of principles used to create harmonious color and color combinations for healing. Color therapy (chromo therapy) help improve and balance emotional state when gaze at selected colors and absorb their energy. A therapist trained in color therapy uses color to balance energy wherever our bodies are lacking, be it physical, emotional , spiritual, or mental.

Relationship between color and emotion

Finally, the color gray was mainly associated with negative emotions (89.8%); including the feelings of sadness, depression, boredom, and confusion, as well as tiredness, loneliness, anger, and fear. Reasons given for negative emotional responses to gray consistently showed that the color gray tends to make reference to bad weather, rainy, cloudy or foggy days and brings out the feelings of sadness, depression, and boredom.

Does Dream Color Reflect Emotion?

Color has been shown by researchers to stimulate human emotio n in the waking state.
Would it not therefore make sense that those same emotions stimulate colors in the dream
state? This paper describes the results of an investigation into this question. It provides
support for a hypothesis that color not only reflects emotional content within a dream
image, but that the frequency of color recalled from a persons dreams over the long term
can reflect the occurrence of emotional events and perhaps even be influenced by, or an
indicator of, personality. Investigation into the physiology and psychology of color,
established a basis for quantifying the human response to color. Investigation with
individual dreamwork supported the premise that color in dreams relates directly to the
waking emotional situations that stimulated the dream. This was done by correlating the
results of a Gestalt role-play technique (to reveal emotional content within a dream
image) with a color based emotional profile tool (the Luscher Color Test) and then with
the waking life situation reflected in the dream. Further research, on the long term
journaling of dream color data from approximately 8000 dream records, gave support to
the premise that the frequency of colors we recall from dreams respond to emotional
events in our waking life, as well as personality traits. Results presented here are
preliminary in that more investigation and controlled study is required, however it is
presented here as an indication of a potential relationship between dream color and
emotion, as well as an invitation to join us in further research.

The Mixed Signals-synesthesia
emotion -> syn
chronesthesia - emotion syn [unit of] time
esthesiesthia - emotion syn emotion
facetesthesia - emotion syn personality
geusesthesia - emotion syn taste
optesthesia - emotion syn sight
chromesthesia - emotion syn color (sight)
kinesesthesia - emotion syn movement (sight)
morphesthesia - emotion syn shape (sight)
osmesthesia - emotion syn smell
phonesthesia - emotion syn sound
tactesthesia - emotion syn touch
algesthesia - emotion syn pain (touch)
baresthesia - emotion syn weight/pressure (touch)
thermesthesia - emotion syn temperature (touch)

color -> syn
chronochromia - color syn [unit of] time
esthesiochromia - color syn emotion
facetochromia - color syn personality
geusachromia - color syn taste
optochromia - color syn sight
chromachromia - color syn color (sight)
kinesichromia - color syn movement (sight)
morphochromia - color syn shape (sight)
osmochromia - color syn smell
phonochromia - color syn sound
tactochromia - color syn touch
algichromia - color syn pain (touch)
barochromia - color syn weight/pressure (touch)
thermochromia - color syn temperature (touch)

shape -> syn
chronomorphia - shape syn [unit of] time
esthesiomorphia - shape syn emotion
facetomorphia - shape syn personality
geusamorphia - shape syn taste
optomorphia - shape syn sight
chromamorphia - shape syn color (sight)
kinesimorphia - shape syn movement (sight)
morphomorphia - shape syn shape (sight)
osmomorphia - shape syn smell
phonomorphia - shape syn sound
tactomorphia - shape syn touch
algimorphia - shape syn pain (touch)
baromorphia - shape syn weight/pressure (touch)
thermomorphia - shape syn temperature (touch)

sound -> syn
chronophonia - sound syn [unit of] time
esthesiophonia - sound syn emotion
facetophonia - sound syn personality
geusaphonia - sound syn taste
optophonia - sound syn sight
chromaphonia - sound syn color (sight)
kinesiphonia - sound syn movement (sight)
morphophonia - sound syn shape (sight)
osmophonia - sound syn smell
phonophonia - sound syn sound
tactophonia - sound syn touch
algiphonia - sound syn pain (touch)
barophonia - sound syn weight/pressure (touch)
thermophonia - sound syn temperature (touch)

Color Questionare for Dreamwork----good one use for the survey
The table contains emotional themes, related to common human associations with color. The table is intended to trigger your own personal associations as they might relate to the dream. It does NOT represent the "meaning" of color. The table was derived from color psychology literature, the Color Test by Dr. Max Luscher, augmented with the works of C. G. Jung, plus research by the author.

Abstract art experiment on children--color-shape-emotion
Your children have been learning about abstract art as they visit the exhibition Something to Look Forward To. It is art all about lines, shapes, colors and textures. While we adults may find it more challenging than narrative art, our young children seem to be uniquely able to appreciate its aesthetic qualities!

Color Matters--Color Symbolism
Dark and light shades of any color convey completely different meanings. For example, pink (light red) loses all of red's associations with energy and takes on new connotations of tenderness and sweetness. Likewise, dark blue is dignified and authoritative, sky blue is ethereal and softer.

Color Theory
Artist have known for centuries that color evokes emotions and creates powerful moods.

Color Symbolism Matching Test
What message do you want your design to convey? See how well you can match the colors with the emotions and symbolism they convey.

Symbolism Colors
According to Henry Dreyfus, Japanese, in contrast with Westerners, grasp colors on an intuitively horizontal plane, and pay little heed to the influences of light. Colors whether intense of soft, are identified not so much on the basis of reflected light or shadow, but in terms of the meaning or feeling associated with them. The adjectives used to describe colors, like iki (sophisticated or chic), shibui (subdued or restrained), or hannari (gay or mirthful), tend to be those that stress feelings rather than the values of colors in relation to each other. I've noted Mr. Dreyfus' conclusions where applicable.
Color symbolism can vary dramatically between cultures. Research has also shown that most colors have more positive associations with them then negative. So, although some colors do have negative connotations (such as Black for a funeral or for evil), these negative elements are usually triggered by specific circumstances. Peoples age also has an effect on how colors are perceived. For example, children tend to like bright, happy colors. I've included some of the meanings that each color can represent.

Color Symbolism Chart
---Refer to this site--has both scientific and cultural color symbolism charts---
Red - Excitement, energy, passion, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, love, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence, aggression, all things intense and passionate.

Color Psychology
---Refer to this site--GOOD ONE---
Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color. It is ubiquitous. Yet what does it all mean? Why are people more relaxed in green rooms? Why do weightlifters do their best in blue gyms?

Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. And even in Western societies, the meanings of various colors have changed over the years. But today in the U.S., researchers have generally found the following to be accurate.

Color: Meaning, Symbolism & Psychology
Our reaction to color is almost instantaneous and has a profound impact on the choices we make everyday.