Blog #5: Balance and Unity/ Color Context in Culture

 This week we had a guest speaker again, who came and spoke to us about color. We learned a lot about color and culture. 

  • Color is symbolic in culture but doesn't always mean the same thing, from place to place. 
    • yellow, for example, represents the farmer caste in India, so you wouldn't want to wear yellow if that was not your caste, especially if you are higher up. Still, in China, it is a color of luck and is worn at many celebrations. 
  • We also learned about not only the culture of the place people come from, but also the culture of age, gender,  and climate
    • different age groups have been known to like different color schemes. 
      • Young children love primary colors
      • Young teens like bold and saturated colors with a little bit of neutral for stability
      • Gen Z and Millennials have started to customize their own homes, instead of following the trends and their parents
      • Boomers like colors with less pigment and prefer bigger contrasts especially as they age. 
    • different genders tend to like different color schemes. However, neutral colors have started to be chosen for modern children's clothes, and fashion has always been an influence on housing and color choices. 
    • Culture of Climate is also needed to think through some colors depending on location and technology.
Historical Color Trends 
  • 19th Century
    • reds, beige, and greens which moved towards navy and browns with the war
  • The Roaring 20s 
    • Coral, black, beige, white, and a good bit of fringe in the dresses and the homes
  • Great Depression
    • Started with many dark colors and moved to brighter colors as imports increased.
  • Baby Boom
    • Beiges and plums and greys
  • Suburbs
    • brighter dyes and colors such as orange, pistachio, and turquoise
  • Psychedelic
    • indigo blues, aqua, and jades
  • Disco
    • many avocados, sunset reds and oranges brow, and acid green
  • Yuppies Years
    • peach, teal, and blue, and made their way to greys as well. 
  • WWW
    • all types of greens, teals, and blues, and neutrals
  • Millennium
    • Golden yellows, foam green, and brown
  • Housing crisis
    • neutrals and greys
  • Global Pandemic
    • light greys, and blues

For this week's sketch, we did an interior space in one-point perspective
This week, we also finished our Visual Wallpapers



Comments

  1. Sami FordFebruary 16, 2024 at 7:41 PM

    I like how you highlighted how different generations like different colors. Also, your one point perspective drawing looks pretty good (I wish I could see it better though). And your visual wallpaper looks great, I wonder what the dark part of the drawing represents.

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  2. Katie RozeboomFebruary 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM

    I love how you talked about how color trends have changed over the years. It's always very interesting to see how the trends change as time goes on.

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  3. Professor VanderNoordaaFebruary 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM

    Excellent Eliana- 50/50

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