Inspiration Mondays return, starting today!
Color. Nearly everything we see has a discernible color. Colors may be bright, muted, transparent, shaded. They may come to us from the warm end of the spectrum, the cool end, or somewhere in the middle. The natural world's colors change over seasons and life cycles. Black holds heat, red attracts hummingbirds, blue can soothe nausea. A pastry chef's day may be filled with whites and browns, an oceanographer's with blues and greens, a desert geologist's with oranges and reds.
Colors have intangible meanings for us, too. Political parties, social movements, and major product brands use color to create associations in our minds. Are you "red"? Is your neighbor "blue"? Is that company "green"?
Create a scene (written or illustrated) whose central theme is a color or palette of related colors. What mood does your chosen color/palette lend to your piece? What does it say about the characters or objects in your scene. Was your color/palette choice influenced by internal or external factors, or both? Would your color/palette likely attract a specific audience? If you recreated your piece using instead a color/palette complementary (on the color wheel) to your original choice, how would the new color affect the outcome?
Check out ColorMatters.com for more information on color and color wheels.
Happy creating!
