Cross-Cultural Emotion and Symbolic Meanings of Color
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash The colour is an inseparable part of our everyday lives and its presence is evident in everything that we perceive. It is widely recognized that colours have also a strong impact on our emotions and feelings. The colours are found to trigger certain psychological, physical, biological and metabolic reactions within humans. The colour is the fundamental building block of visual symbols and serves as a communication method for humans. “ Sunset is still my favorite color and rainbow is second .” — Mattie Stepanek Colour is a phenomenon of light and based on different ranges of wavelengths. When the ray of light bends we can see a spectrum of colors, a rainbow. A rainbow and all the colors within it is a beautiful sight as quoted by Mattie Stepanek, a child poet. However, colour may generate another level of meaning in the mind. The colour symbolism arises from cultural, mythical, historical, religious, political, and linguistic associations. The symbolic m