Color Me Happy

 

This is the picture that gave me my approach to the latest Round Robin Photo Challenge,"Mood." The cliché is that the color blue evokes "mood indigo," the blues.  If you feel blue, it means you're depressed, even downright sad.  Clouds and the rain are associated with the same thing.  But the truth is that when I saw this rainy blue sky last week, it made me happy.  In Tucson, rain is almost always good news,especially if you're waiting for the monsoon to arrive.  I was also really happy with the impressionist look caused by the combination of camera, software, and rain on the window pane.

This got me to wondering whether colors really have much to do with the moods and emotions with which they're associated.  You might wear a color because you're in a mood already, but does color cause a mood?  Does weather cause moods?  How about the colors of the day?  For example:



Does sunshine on my shoulders make me happy?  Not likely, when it's 110 degrees outside!



Does my yellow house give me a sunny disposition, urge caution, or indicate (or encourage) my cowardice?




Does pink put me in the pink?  Does it make me feel like a girl?  Does blue make me feel like a boy?  Does purple make my prose mawkish?





Does darkness darken my mood?  Or is it a relief and a comfort?

 


Is it easy seeing green?



Does green make me envy people whose grass is greener?  Does it encourage me to grow? Or, when it's this kind of tree, does it just remind me of Van Gogh?



Does seeing red make me see red?  Does it make me angry or alarmed?  Or does it make me stop?

Do you know what the traffic light says to you?
Does you know what the traffic light says to do?
Yellow says, "Be careful,"
Green says "You may go,"
But red is most important:
It says "Stop!" you know!



Orange you going to ask what I have to say about this color?


And how does one react to mixed signals?



The truth is that John and I like bright colors, the sorts of colors one sees mostly in children's fashions and furnishings, and in nostalgic books about the 1950s.  Living in a world of just beige and mauve, ochre and umber, tan and gray...now, that WOULD give me the blues!


Karen

Wednesday night: Just the blues, plus a monsoon update.

Now check out the other Round Robin participants:

Amy http://journals.aol.com/babyshark28/substanceorlackof/ (may not post due to technical difficulties, wich would be a shame, since she suggested the topic!)  

Carly :) http://journals.aol.com/ondinemonet/Ellipsis  

Monica http://journals.aol.com/photographybymon/Mamarazzi  

Celeste http://journals.aol.com/csandhollow/Mydayandthoughts  

Coy http://journals.aol.com/coy1234787/Dancingintherain  

Cheryl http://journals.aol.com/boiseladie/MyWorld/  

Aunt Nub http://journals.aol.com/montaukny/AuntNubsEmptyHead  

Danielle http://journals.aol.com/danielled1/Everybodyknows  

Karen http://journals.aol.com/mavarin/MusingsfromMavarin/  

Mary http://journals.aol.com/alphawoman1/Alphawomansblog/  

Dawn http://journals.aol.com/auburndawn/DawnsDrivel/  

Trish http://journals.aol.com/freeepeace/LivingroomSuperstar (Journey To Peace)  

Kimberleigh http://journals.aol.com/demandnlilchit/LifeasIliveit  

Robin http://journals.aol.com/oceanmrc/MidlifeMatters/  

Alan http://journals.aol.com/botdotdotdot/F-Stop  

Phinney http://journals.aol.com/geminiwilder/Paragon/  

Steven http://journals.aol.com/sepintx/sometimesphotoblog  

Duane http://journals.aol.com/fdtate714/sottovoce/  

Derek http://journals.aol.com/deveil/PictureoftheDay  

Betty http://journals.aol.com/rap4143/MyDayMyInterests/

Nancy http://journals.aol.com/nhd106/Nancyluvspix/

Maria http://journals.aol.com/gotomaria/TheLittleThings/entries/719

Patrick http://astopatwilloughby.blogspot.com/

Kat http://journals.aol.com/mskatdabrat/FromEveryAngle/

Marie http://journals.aol.com/mariebm56/PhotographsMemories/entries/732

Kell http://journals.aol.com/awen1122/TheMountainLifeofaYankeeWife/entries/452

I am not going to compile info this time on what has actually been posted and what the links to individual entries are.  I will be following the main links myself before I go for some badly-needed sleep.  I suggest you do the same! 

K.