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Primitive arts |
color | Symbolic
meanings of Colors
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Symbolic
meanings of colors constitute for the contemporary
artist an universal heritage not only geographic
but also at all the levels of the being and knowledge.
The interpretations only can change. However, always
and everywhere, colors remain physical mediums
of the symbolic thought.
BLUE
"Deep
blue attracts man toward the infinite, it arouses in
him the wish for purity and a craving for
supernatural"
Kandinsky
in "Spiritual
in art"
GREEN "The
one who is sitting is like a vision of green jasper or
cornelian; a rainbow around the throne is like an emerald
vision."
Saint
John in "The
Apocalypse"
RED "The
effect of this color is unique as it is its nature. it
gives a feeling of solemnity and dignity as well as benevolence
and grace. The first one is peculiar to it when it is
concentrated and sombre, the second one when it is diluted
and clear. So, dignity of age and kindness of youth can
both dress up with the same color."
Goethe in "Colors
treatise"
YELLOW "Sulphur
yellow light, lemon gold, it's so beautiful the yellow."
Van
Gogh in "Correspondence with his brother Théo" |
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