4. The Art of Colors

Take a look at the world around you. What do you see? From what I can guess, you'll see drywall, the screen on which you're reading this blog, and probably other things in your room too. All these things also have one attribute in common: they all have color!.. obviously. Of course, like I did just now, colors can be a descriptive attribute, but color isn't always just an adjective – it can also convey emotions. For instance, blue represents sorrow, red represents anger, yellow represents joy, etc. Even renowned artists take colors and the emotions they represent into consideration when creating pieces. Like in Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night, where the deep blue of the sky represents the tranquility and vastness of the night, while the yellow of the stars and moon represents hope and divine energy. 

Similarly, in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, colors serve the purpose of conveying emotions and traits of characters in hidden ways. For example, when Nick is coming back home from the party with Myrtle, he sees Gatsby across the water when a bright green light blinds him and Gatsby disappears. This emphasis on the green light isn't just a coincidence; it represents Nick's longing for Gatsby and how he always reaches for him but isn't necessarily able to attain what he wants (or that's what I think at least, since we don't know for sure). Another example is when we see the billboard with the giant looming advertisement of the eye doctor in the Valley of Ashes, wearing big yellow glasses. The doctor doesn't just wear those yellow glasses for nothing; it actually represents how rich individuals loom and look down on poorer people, since yellow typically represents money. 

Although this symbolism with colors occurs in a fictional book, colors and their connection to emotions are very applicable to the real world. In theater, different colored lights are utilized to make audiences feel a certain emotion, and even in traffic lights, the colors green, yellow, and red serve to represent "go", "slow down", and "stop" respectively. In our daily lives, we often categorize color with the connotation that it has, like how red traditionally conveys a feeling of "stop". Without color, it's even feasible to say that life wouldn't be the same. Color isn't always what we see with our eyes; it's also what we feel in our hearts – that's The Art of Colors.