I think everyone on the northern hemisphere will agree with me that it’s high time we got a little sunshine. I mean how crooked is the world that the temperatures were colder at Easter then they were at Christmas? Hello?
Now I am a positive person by nature but even I get cranky from this weather, the snow, the cold and the grey. I need color!! Do you know what I mean?
COLOR TALK
Are you like me and can colors effect your mood? Adding some green accessories, like pillows, vases and candlesticks in my house a fresh bouquet of flowers and some new plants will instantly make me feel better. I love green. Especially apple gree and lime green. It makes me happy and I think it’s the reason why you’ll find green in almost all of my kits in one way or another.
It’s said that the most important colors that effect us are the ones represented in rainbows: red, orange [I love orange too], yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, purple and magenta.
COLOR SYMBOLISM AND MEANING
Did you know that in chakra’s red among other things stands for courage and will power? Orange for cheerfulness and compasion, yellow for wisdom and spritual enlightenment, green for stability and balance, blue for faith, belief and truth, indigo for integrity and loyalty and lastly violet for selflessness and servitude?
If I would ask you if you could tell me what color[s] would best describe your mood at this moment. Right now. What would it be?
I dare you, with all that I told you in mind to create a work of art or scrap a page using colors to emphasize the emotion that goes with the story you are telling. Don’t tell it just in words but in images and colors too. And if you feel like green stands for jealousy and not the things I told you before then that’s okay off course. Black and grey can be usefull shades here also. Just try to approach your art in a different way by using colors and I am curious to see where it will lead you. Maybe it’s not for you but you can’t really tell unless you tried right?
COLOR USE
I know someone that is really awesome with using colors to express her feelings on a page. I bet at first glance you can guess if her page is a about a happy story or not. I am talking about Anne of Alamo and not only do I know and love her because she’s a fun and loving person but I also have the privilige of working with this uber talented lady on a regular basis since she is part of my creative team and she allowed me to use a handfull of her fabulous pages to illustrate what I am trying to bring across.
I hope Anne and I can convince you to give this a shot and by all means hold on to your regular style of scrapping if you like! It’s the intentional use of color that we are after here after all.
Rage Within by AnneofAlamo
Word of Healing by AnneofAlamo
One hour past bedtime by AnneofAlamo
Listen – One Little Word by AnneofAlamo
Thanks for reading, an even bigger thank you if you are brave enough to give this a try and Happy Scrappin’!
