"Color and its meaning in our World"

While reading through this chapter, I thought it was interesting to read how deep some people look into the meaning of color. I have my own spin on colors however some of the ideas that are written obviously are on a whole other level then mine. First of all, I have never been on LSD and I don’t plain to try it. Yes colors are fascinating but having to take a drug to understand them is insane in my opinion. I agree with John Gage when he says in a brief quote, “the feeling that verbal language is incapable of defining the experience of colour”. For example, you know the certain feeling you get every time someone you know walks into the room? Every person gives you a different sense of feeling which describes them to you personally. In my opinion that’s what I feel happens with color too; everyone has a different aura. Our society tends to separate most common colors and match them with meaning. Red means love, yellow expresses the feeling of a mellow emotion. On the other hand, these colors have different shades which can express different emotions. We use these common meanings of color to teach young children concepts while consuming our life with making sure particular colors are purposely around us; color matters to most everyone. Notice how most newborn, baby rooms are engulfed with pastel colors. Blue stands for a baby boy and pink for a girl. If you don’t know what gender you are having, it is accustomed to incorporate them all. Most people don’t know this but it doesn’t even matter to the child at birth because they are born color blind. In actuality the best colors to have surrounding them is red, black and white. Over several months the child begins to see the color red first. Having these three colors combined in mixed patterns, helps babies cognitive thinking at the earliest age possible. Point being, there are so many different ways to look into the meaning of colors. There is no true answer and I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion. We see it every day with the choices in colors people make concerning their attire. Color has always been a part of us and it will continue to be express in multiple ways throughout the world, forever.