Color has an incredible effect on emotion. We are all surrounded by color every day but we do not realize how much it effects us. Just the basic warm colors versus cool colors evoke different emotions. Warm colors are associated with love and fire while cool colors are more likely associated with sadness, calmness, or shade. There are typical emotional associations humans experience with color, but everyone can interpret them differently. Edvard Munch for example painted the background of The Scream with swirling reds and oranges. The average audience would assume the artist was portraying a sunset when in realty, Munch "painted the clouds as actual blood."

The theoretical aspect of color that intrigues me the most would have to be the emotional effects of color. I am a person that likes to analyze things and take in the feelings that they evoke rather than discussing them. I just think it is fascinating that certain colors stir up certain emotions. My favorite thing about looking at a work of art, listening to music or watching a movie is letting the feeling take over. It is an unexplainable sensation that changes according to context.

In the color video, the thing that had the biggest impact on me was the process in which June Redfern painted. She had a theory of "keeping the whole thing going" which meant that she was constantly adding to the painting to keep the process fluid. She used color to do so. She also stated that feelings were difficult to paint and that was one of her biggest struggles with her painting. She had felt a specific sensation in Venice when the original inspiration came to her, and she had to take what she felt and project that on to a canvas for the rest of the world to see.

In the feelings video, what stuck out to me the most was the fascination with Mona Lisa. It is a painting that is often analyzed which is why I find it so interesting to hear different peoples interpretations of it. In the video, it is stated that the Mona Lisa was not a divine creature, she was only human. It was not a portrait of a religious icon, it was just a portrait of a woman. It is interesting to hear that especially since a lot of paintings before that time were meant to serve as a religious or keepsake purpose.