Lecture Notes (Life Hack With Color Psychology)
Warm/Cool Colors :
yellow/red: energetic or exciting.
blue/green: smoothing and calm.
Interesting Facts
Red：
Jump out of you，grab attention
Make you feel hungry
Love and passion
Might raise blood pressure, eg: Angry bird(GitHubThe Psychology of Color: A Guide for Designers)
When negotiating, red color conveys that you are a decisive and bold action taking person, on the other hand, might look aggressive.
The most fattening color, first date wearing red -> impressive
Red black white: classic combination, energy, and excitement
Culture：country-wedding
Orange:
Associated with creativity and energy
Culture: Halloween Thanksgiving
Most often found actually in our foods, sauce, bread, soups, appetizing color, fall
Warm and inviting color encourages socialization
Project energy, workspace, get attention
Yellow:
Actually the most difficult color for our eyes to process
Desaturated a little bit could be better, not intense, discomfort if too saturated, associated with decay
Nature and flowers, sunny, cheerful
Shows children tend to cry more in a yellow bedroom, light lemon yellow. Children have been shown to have temper tantrums and cry more.
Poor choice for kitchen and living areas. People flight more in yellow kitchens (highly saturated yellow)
Sign, school bus, crazy saturated yellow, yellow and black, easiest color combination to see from very far away. Billboard or poster
Source
Rhea Lelina Manglapus, a graphic designer and motion artist, shows us how it's done. Video link：
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