{"id":20812,"date":"2019-05-16T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=20812"},"modified":"2019-05-16T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:41:34","slug":"make-color-psychology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/20812\/make-color-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Color Psychology Your Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20814 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Color_Heart.jpg\" alt=\"Texture for artwork and photography from Flypaper Textures\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" \/><br \/>\nStudying color psychology will make you a more able and aware communicator. After you familiarize yourself with the ways other people relate to colors it\u2019s time to make it personal.<br \/>\nYou have specific and unique relationships with color. This relationship has many layers. It\u2019s a product of your biology, your culture, your time, your community, your experiences, and the reactions you choose.<br \/>\nWhen you become more mindful of your relationships with color you will deepen them.<br \/>\nBecoming more aware of your personal relationship with colors will lead to personal discoveries, help you communicate more personal messages, and do so in a more personal way.<br \/>\nBegin this journey into color by spending time with color and freely associating. What sensations, emotions, thoughts, memories, associations, words and phrases arise within you when you are in the presence of a color? Ask these questions for as many different colors as you can think of. It helps to look at the color while you\u2019re doing this.<br \/>\nDo this more than once. How have your relationships with colors changed over time? It\u2019s likely you won\u2019t know unless you develop this habit of being more mindful of color. It helps to have a journal to look back and see influences and patterns over time. Keeping a journal can be a mindful practice.<br \/>\nWhen you first try this you may draw a blank. When was the last time you tried something like this? When you were a child? Reawaken that playful spirit!<br \/>\nGet the process started and guide it along the way with questions. Ask a lot of questions. Instead of looking for one answer look for many responses. Write down your responses. When you write, write for yourself not others. Forget about perfection. Instead, aim for rich and deep. Later, revisit what you write and add more. Continue to use this reflective process to energize and enrich your relationships with colors.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nHere are a few useful questions to ask.<br \/>\nDo you or don\u2019t you like it? Why?<br \/>\nHow does it feel? (Describe the sensation of it.)<br \/>\nWhen you see a color what to do you feel physically?<br \/>\nHow do you feel about it?<br \/>\nWhen you see a color what do you feel emotionally?<br \/>\nWhere do you find it in your environment?<br \/>\nWhere do you find it in other environments?<br \/>\nDo you encounter it a certain times (of the day or year) and not others?<br \/>\nWhat things do you connect with it?<br \/>\nDoes it bring back memories?<br \/>\nHow often do you wear it?<br \/>\nHow often do you use it in your images?<br \/>\n(Look back at all of your images. It can be very interesting to track your use of colors over time.)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhat other questions can you think of to ask of color?<br \/>\nWrite them down.<br \/>\nFind more answers.<br \/>\nContinue your personal journey into color.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/creativity\/technique\/color-psychology\/\">Read more on Color\u00a0Psychology\u00a0here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/workshops\/\">Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying color psychology will make you a more able and aware communicator. After you familiarize yourself with the ways other people relate to colors it\u2019s time to make it personal. 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