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the meaning of colour

Inspired by the embroidery threads and Magnolia Square's COLOUR theme...

seeing red

Red is a very intense colour – most people either love it or hate it. It is the colour most chosen by extroverts, and a favourite colour of males.

As a colour Red conveys emotions and characteristics such as excitement, energy, vibrancy, passion, love, romance, happiness, cheerfulness, good luck, success, prosperity, courage, attention, desire, lust, eroticism, speed, strength, power, risk and heat. It is also the colour of danger, fire, blood, war, and violence.

 

hello yellow

Yellow is a cheerful colour representing joy, happiness, optimism, enthusiasm, idealism, imagination, memory, hope, sunshine, summer, warmth, philosophy, intelligence, enlightenment, organisation, social energy, and friendship.

On the flip side yellow conveys betrayal, dishonesty, cowardice, deceit, illness, and hazards.

 

tickled pink

Pink is a very feminine colour, traditionally little girls are dressed in pink.

Pink symbolizes love and romance, friendship, femininity, truth, passivity, good will, emotional healing, peace, calm, affection, emotional maturity, caring, nurturing, sweet tasting, sweet smelling, ethereal, delicacy, tenderness and acceptance. 

 

feeling blue

Blue is a very popular colour – most people like it. Ask any guy what his favourite colour is and chances are he'll say Blue. 

It represents peace, freedom, tranquility, calm, relaxation, stability, compassion, harmony, unity, trust, truth, unity, confidence, communication, higher thoughts, conservatism, formality, wisdom, intelligence, order, logic, the law, security, cleanliness, freshness, loyalty, devotion, sky, water, sea, creativity, travel, technology, and royalty. Wow, its a hard working colour.

On the flip side it represents sadness, depression, and is an appetite suppressant. 

Blue is the most used colour in the corporate world, think about how many logos you know that use the colour blue. And a blue suit - pinstriped or otherwise – is the uniform of choice for most business men.

Blue comes is a huge variety of shades from the palest sky blue through turquoise to royal blue to navy to inky blue.

 

going green

Green is the colour of the moment – everyone's going green, wanting to be green, there is even a political party, The Greens.

Green represents nature, the environment, mother earth, freshness, health, physical healing, good luck, renewal, growth, nurturing, youth, spring, generosity, fertility, vigor, monetary success, and abundance.

On the flip side Green represents jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune, 

And it just happens to be my favourite colour!

forgotten embroidery

Having a landlord who owns an antique shop is rather handy. Especially when you love all things vintage as we do.

I spent few hours last week rummaging around and found several treasures. One included an old, dusty sewing box of the woven raffia kind. Hidden inside were pieces of embroidery in all states of completeness, snippets of old card bound in brightly coloured threads, several soft crumpled brown paper bags full of thread and a few vintage packets of needles. What a find!!

Some little old lady had spent hours with this box. Embroidering each piece in tiny, careful stitches. Cutting and winding each coloured thread onto a piece of small cardboard, then neatly labelling each one. It seems her handiwork was of no value anymore, no one was interested in it, except me.

 

The contents of the box were emptied into a cardboard box – I got to keep them and my landlord kept the raffia embroidery box to clean it up and sell it on. I wonder who will buy it and what they might keep in it?

Magnolia Square in COLOUR

This year, Magnolia Square has themed each of their events. Paper and thread was the theme for the St Kilda and Malvern events and the theme for Ivanhoe in August is COLOUR.

This market promo, all in red, really stands out and grabs your attention, doesn't it? Colour is such a huge part of our lives, and the colours we choose to wear, paint on our walls and use in our creative pursuits say so much about us.

My favourite colour is green, I wonder what that says about me?