Tim Hopgood's Wonderful World of Colours

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The yellow primary controls the amount of blue light reaching our eyes," Fairchild says. "A small amount of yellow primary removes a small amount of blue light from the original white stimulus (e.g. white paper in printing or a white canvas), while a larger amount of yellow light removes more blue light. The magenta primary controls the amount of green light and, finally, the cyan primary controls the amount of red light. The subtractive primaries do this by absorbing different amounts of red, green and blue, while the additive primaries simply emit different amounts." One thing is clear: we do indeed eat first with our eyes. When we see an artificially coloured product, we confer all sorts of assumptions and expectations on it before it gets anywhere near our mouths. We might expect a bright blue ice lolly, for example, to taste of raspberry because we've been trained to expect that from other ice lollies of that colour we have eaten (interestingly Taiwanese consumers might instead associate a clear blue colour with a mint flavour, while British youngsters would expect a raspberry flavour). And when chefs or food companies play with that automatic association, it can meddle with how we experience the food, says Spence. If the blue ice lolly tastes of orange, it would likely take longer to identify that flavour. Whether it can alter the intensity of the flavour we experience is still somewhat disputed in the scientific literature, with some studies finding an effect, and others not. Orange represents warmth, creativity, and enthusiasm. Different hues and saturation levels include: Colour is a state of mind. It’s the vibrations we emit, the emotions that are felt, the ideas that are conceived, and the sights that are seen. Colour is not just in our eyes but in our sky, sunsets, auroras, light rays, and rainbows. Colour is in everything around us – every day. A world without colour is a world that’s not exciting.

Their colours have been designed to be the brightest, purest version of that colour, and wherever possible, are silhouetted clearly against white. Colour is a form of communication that can unite us in emotions and thoughts. Colour is part of our world, but it doesn’t define us. Colour is nothing more than a tool used to make the world beautiful. The Inuits have over 50 words to describe ‘snow’ but there are insufficient words in the dictionary to describe the diversity and subtlety of the blue sky and sea or the greens and browns in a forest. Nature’s colour palette is huge and gracefully harmonious, while our language is too limited to do it justice. A world without colour would be a world without life. Colour is the most brilliant and beautiful part of life. Without colour, there’s no possibility of art, music or love. Colour is also beautiful, but there’s so much more depth to our world without colour. The sky and the ocean are both blue.

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Colors carry different meanings, and understanding these meanings can help us express emotions, convey messages, and create visual experiences for various purposes. There are numerous color names, each with unique descriptions and meanings. In this section, we will explore some color categories and their associated meanings. Red Colors

The pink tone – officially designated P-618 but called Baker-Miller Pink by Schauss after the directors of the Naval detention centre he first tested it in – has become known by various names around the world where it has been used, from "Drunk Tank pink" to "cool down pink". red – together with University College London in the UK – to mark World Tuberculosis (TB) Day and raise public awareness of the disease;Colour is the ultimate weapon in the fight against darkness. It is a thing of light and life that brings beauty and joy to our hearts, lifting us from the very depths of despair to which we often descend. Colour vision deficiency (also known as colour blindness) affects 1 in 12 boys and 1 in 200 girls. There are several different types, but the most common types affect the ability to see red and/or green light, making several pairs of colours hard to distinguish. Nowadays, we still use colour for effective identification and categorisation, but may not recognise that we’re surrounded by many different ‘colour codes’ which shape our daily life. A world without colour is a world that is lost, a painting without any colours. Everything we do starts with colour and that’s what makes life special. Every day we’re inspired by how much the world is beautiful, and how much our minds can be amazed by the world around us. Color is an integral part of life. It brings a sense of beauty, harmony and coherence to our surroundings. Nature itself unravels the beautiful array of colours in the world, and this signifies that a world without colour is a world without a soul.