Colour as a media of communication
Many ways used by humans to communicate or express to others. Speaking / words, pictures, symbols, writing, sign language, etc., i it is a communicate between humans. However, humans have a unique way to communicate, in accordance with their respective cultures. For example, interest is often used to express a feeling of love and affection Likewise, the color often used to reflect the implied meaning of something that want to communicate.

Many ways used by humans to communicate or express to others. Speaking / words, pictures, symbols, writing, sign language, etc., i it is a communicate between humans. However, humans have a unique way to communicate, in accordance with their respective cultures. For example, interest is often used to express a feeling of love and affection Likewise, the color often used to reflect the implied meaning of something that want to communicate.
The preferred color, often used to identify the personality and mood. Color grim, showing a grieving heart. Brighter colors indicate the Joy. Soft colors indicate peace, and tranquility. Normal color is classified into warm colors and cool colors. For example, red and yellow are included in the category of warm, while green and blue cold category. Purple can be categorized as warm or cold depending on the color hue. This color category may cause a certain impression of the shape of the body. A fat body shape and weight will seem even thinner when wearing the clothes with cool colors. While the form of a thin body, will look more plump when wearing the colors of summer.
Cultural dress worn nations at certain moments, is also often associated with the meaning of the colors available. Chinese brides in the past, always wearing a wedding dress in red, indicating marital happiness. Guests are expected to also wear a reddish color when invited to a party. At present, precisely in many countries, the bride wore a white wedding dress, which signifies happiness.
The colors are also often used to color certain festivals. Pink and dark red is the color code valentine. Red, green, white dominates the celebration of Christmas. Easter is marked with yellow color. Lebaran colored with shades of green and yellow. Some of the colors below, shows the meaning contained therein.
The black color is a symbol of death. Most nations in the world wearing black clothing at the time of death ceremonies. The color yellow is often used for the symbol of knowledge. Green is the symbol of medicine. Pink represent music and love. Light blue means education. Purple represents the law. The colors are also often used to color certain festivals. Pink and dark red is the color of valentines. Red, green, white dominates the celebration of Christmas. Easter is marked with yellow color. Lebaran colored with shades of green and yellow.
Some of the colors below, shows the meaning contained therein.
| Colour |
Meaning |
| Red |
Wealthiness, love, success, brave, and happiness |
| Green |
Fertility, teenage, Kesuburan, keremajaan, awards, freshness. |
| Purple |
Sadness, loneliness, nobelity. |
| Bluw |
Loyality, pondering, serenity, truth, and high idealism. |
| Pink |
Tender of love, female, cheer and happiness |
| Light Blue |
Love (boys) |
| Gold |
Majesty |
| Black |
Sacred, honesty, peace, death and unhappiness. |
| White |
Holy, honest and happiness. |
| Kuning |
Kerajaan, kebencian, iri hati. |
Colors can sooth us, and makes us relaxed; they can generate energy, making us active and invigorating. Colors can heal, add the spirit, restore and balance.
The relationship between colors with personality, can be seen from the dominant colors. For example, people who like bright colors are usually the person energetic and seemed always cheerful. But, less precise is also assessing a person’s personality because her favorite color. Human nature a lot. An individual may have an open nature, but not everyone just go to the closest person only.
Here is a description of the meaning and response psikologinnya by Max Luscher, a Swiss psychologist.
Black
The black color is a symbol of death. Most nations in the world wearing black clothing at the time of death ceremonies. Black himself has a commentary that very much because this color is a combination of all colors. The most common meaning is the impression of a mysterious black color. In fiction movies ghost, witches, and creatures imitation is often depicted with costumes and attributes are all black.
Psychological response: Power, Sexuality, Sophistication, Death, Mystery, Fear, Grief, elegance.
Orange
Orange color suitable to improve the communication because it brings the joy, the joy of creativity, ambition and a sense of humor. The color orange also provide a sense of warmth and create an intimate atmosphere in the room. Because of its earlier, the color orange will match if used family room or hallway in the house to provide a sense of warm and familiar. The kitchen and dining room we also match if given the color orange because it can be appetizing.
Orange color in the work space can enhance creativity and morale. Concentration can also be enhanced by the color orange to be the main color in the study. The color orange is also beneficial for nursing mothers because it increases milk production. However noteworthy that excessive use of the color orange can actually lead to irresponsible behavior, feeling restless and agitated.
Psychological Response: Energy, balance, warmth.
Chocolate
The color brown is the color that his impression is closest to the earth so that makes us feel close. Chocolate can be a source of constant energy, and makes us feel strong. This color represents safety, commitment and trust. Brown also gives a sense of warmth and comfort. Because it is grounded, the color brown are very suitable for use in the family room. But the dark so as not to impress, we must combine the brown color with a light-colored furniture.
Entrance area, is also very appropriate if given a brown color because it gives the impression of welcome. Brown color also creates the impression of trust and commitment. Workspace also matches the color brown. The mood could be more calm because of the color brown give effect safe and strong.
Psychological response: Land / Earth, Reliability, Comfort, Durability.
Purple
The color purple has a calm and soothing effect. Often associated with related impression of vast insight, dignity, honor, intuition, and prosperous even elegant impression. The effect of this color can inspire the mind and makes the heart more peaceful. Because of its calm and soothing, the work space and sleeping space is perfect if given the color purple. Instead the color purple is not appropriate for the space where the move. A unique, the color purple is perfect for you who are undergoing a diet program because it can reduce hunger. The color purple is also suitable for controlling anger and can lighten the mood.
Psychological response: Spiritual, Mystery, nobility, Transformation, rudeness, arrogance.
Blue
The color blue is often associated as the color that symbolizes honesty, loyalty, hope and harmony. Love, spiritualism, protection and beauty are also represented by this color. The impression can be obtained from the use of blue at home is calm, tranquility and comfort. So the effect is to slow the heart rate, lowers blood pressure, remove stress, and allows us to breathe more deeply.
In addition, the color is also expanding the imagination and facilitate communication among residents. Because of its convenient and could launch a communication, blue color suitable for application in the family room and bedroom. In addition it will feel more restful sleep, conversation with pasanganpun will feel more smoothly and quietly. However, if excessive use of blue we can even difficulty waking up in the morning. In addition, too much blue can cause a feeling lazy and isolated. However proper use of blue can remove stress and calm the mood, blue can be used to relieve pain [3].
Psychological response: Beliefs, Conservatives, Security, Tehknologi, cleanliness, regularity.
Green
The green color is often interpreted with life, fertility, natural and protection. The green color associated with natural objects like plants. Greens alone can give cool effects on the eye as well as blue and white. Green synonymous with modern colors (made famous by the movie “Matrix”), is capable of reinforcing the impression of a futuristic and technological sophistication.
Psychological Response: Natural, Healthy, Lucky, Renewal.
Yellow
The most dominant of the yellow color is its “striking”, therefore yellow is identical with the meanings kemulyaan, fame, self-confidence. Yellow is associated the sun so often also be interpreted as the beauty, warmth, and science
Psychological response: Optimism, Hope, Philosophy, Dishonesty, Coward (for Western culture), betrayal.