How color affects us?

(members:郭哲豪、陳柏均)

(website: BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / How color affects us)

Main idea

The main idea is to introduce the impact of color on our mood.

Connection

First, when I go to IKEA, most of their furniture’s colors are light colors. Therefore, after listening to the 6-mins lecture, I realize that light colors can bring a feeling of relaxation, so they are great for use as furniture.

Second, colors sometimes can show our mood such as “Green” can symbolize a feeling of envy and “Blue” can symbolize depression. But someone feels calm when they see green.

Reflection

As Karen Haller, a color psychologist and a color designer and consultant, said that the wavelengths of light cause different colors we see. Besides, we will have different reactions when they come through our eyes to the part of our brain called the hypothalamus. 

Besides, when the person lives a hectic life often want a quiet sanctuary to come back to, so they had very pale colors or very low chromatic colors in their house.

However, since the COVID-19 comes, many people would work from home, so they would choose the bright color to boost their spirit.

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