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Colours that represent power

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:11 pm
by Bot
This stumped me, so I thought I'd get some opinions, and I didn't want to junk up the chatter. lol

I need a colour that represents power, strength, confidence, but there also has to be a faint weakness.

I was thinking of going with red, but red is more on the sexual side of power. Purple is on the mystical side of power, so now I'm left with yellow.

Yellow isn't really a "power" colour, but it represents confidence and eloquence and intellect.

But would a yellow dress look good on a girl with blonde hair?

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:46 pm
by SpeedDemon
It depends highly on the shade of yellow choosen and how blond the girl is.....

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:59 pm
by Bot
Good point. Blonde like this:




As for the dress, I'm not entirely sure. Not something this bright... ...but also not something so pale it almost looks white.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:59 pm
by raum
red = power and ambition. active
blue = power and wisdom. firm
yellow = power and compassion. steady.

look at the agression inherent in the spectrum of color. red has the most violent frequencies. blue has the longest, and yellow has the most balanced.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:05 pm
by Bot
That's another reason why I didn't want to use red, it's too aggresive.

When I was reading about blue, I was getting a different definition than yours, but I like yours better, and I think blue might be better for the scene. It's more calm; yellow seems too bright, too confrontational. Though the scene is powerful and aggressive, it's also calm because it's between two people who share a special bond; it's not an argument between two people about whether or not Bush is a failure.

So, I think I might go with blue, perheps a darker blue.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:08 pm
by raum
i will eventually get a thread in VU about color you might find of great use...

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:16 pm
by Bot
I will. I want to use a lot of colour in my novel.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:19 pm
by SpeedDemon
I think that for this hair color blue is the correct colour to choose.

Allthough I myself like to see Purple on a girl with this hair color.

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:59 pm
by deepdiver32073
I would like to see black (but as little as possible)...

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:42 pm
by AYHJA
I was going to suggest Navy myself...