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View Resource IMPACT OF COLOR ON OUR

There are many colors in our world. Think of how bland and unexciting it would be without color. Colors light up our surroundings, and inspire us to be creative. Life would have been terribly drab if colors did not exist. I cannot imagine a world where there was a total absence of color. It is enough for us to look at the dawn after the darkness of night to know the difference. Landscapes and...

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v2.i3SE.2014.3549
View Resource A COLOR THAT COMMUNICATES WITHOUT A WORD – “WHITE”

The meaning of color white is purity, innocence, wholeness and completeness. It is the color produced by the combination of all the colors of visible spectrum.The color white belongs to ancient history. During the Paleolithic age, the artists used calcite and in chalk in their paintings. Egyptians connected it with their goddess Isis,who only dressed in white linen and...

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v2.i3SE.2014.3550
View Resource SIMILARITIES BETWEEN COLOR AND WORD COMPOSITIONS

Painting and English Literature depict different aspects of nature and human life. Each color in painting and each word in literature plays an important role in this depiction but a single color or a single word in a work of art is not an absolute entity. The color and the word gain their complete artistic appeal and symbolic significance in a painting or a work of literature when combined and...

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v2.i3SE.2014.3552
View Resource IMPORTANCE OF COLOURS IN INDIAN ARTS

Life is a pallet of colours; every colour has its own importance. Imagining a life without colours is not possible. Psychologists say that colours are a direct reflection of a person’s life and personality. The kind of colours he chooses says a lot about his mood, traits and nature. Hence Colours can be called a nonverbal form of communication. Colours have energy that can define as well as...

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v2.i3SE.2014.3553
View Resource COLOURS IN PAINTING (CHITRKALA ME RANG)

Colours are life of paintings. Without colours ‘painting’ seems incomplete and dull. Painting is visual expression, which is made combining two basic elements ‘drawing’ and ‘colouring’. Colours add the charm to an artwork. Monochrome shade is also having its own value but colours make it more appealing and lively. Since the upper paleolithic prehistoric times human being practice 'art' specially...

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v2.i3SE.2014.3555
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