In Volkov's famous fairy tale "The Wizard of the Emerald City" all the inhabitants wear green glasses, and the city seems to them unusually beautiful, all the houses and pavements seem to be made of green stone. A fakir, and part-time magician, Goodwin knew well how the mood is influenced by what color prevails in our worldview. Pink is the color of freshness, tenderness, charm. No wonder in Greek mythology the goddess of the morning dawn Eos was called pink-fingered. Sometimes we hear about a person: "He looks at the world through rose-colored glasses." What does this expression mean and when did it enter our speech?
Value of expression
The explanatory dictionary defines this idiom as a naive, enthusiastic outlook on life, when reality turns into a blissful illusion. The same expression is found in the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. It is typical for American, Australian and British English. Great Britain began to actively colonize North America in the early 17th century, and it is assumed that this expression was common among the settlers already at that time. The same phrase occursat Schopenhauer. He writes that a person who does not idealize life is less likely to make mistakes than a person who looks at life through rose-colored glasses.
The modern meaning of this phrase is similar. If we are talking about a person that he looks at the world through rose-colored glasses, then we want to emphasize that he is an idealist. Does not see the true state of things, takes wishful thinking, hovering in the clouds. "Remove rose-colored glasses" - this means returning to reality. It also means to stop hovering in the world of baseless fantasies, to start acting. Looking at the world with rose-colored glasses is characteristic of people who are weak, unable to change the situation for the better.
Pink in Literature
Pink is often used in literature for a certain cliché. Goethe writes that pink evokes the impression of charm and goodwill. To describe the he alth and happiness of the hero, it will definitely be said about his pink complexion. At all times, writers, not sparing pink paint, described pink dreams and hopes, sunrises and sunsets, clouds. The heroines of sentimental novels, enthusiastic girls, drowned in pink. Leo Tolstoy always dresses Kitty Shcherbatskaya in pink in Anna Karenina. In Dostoevsky, Makar Devushkin sees everything in "pink". True, Dostoevsky wrote this with elements of irony. Even Andrei Platonov, with his peculiar language, succumbed to the charm of pink. Describing rural hours writes:
…a pink flower was depicted on the face of the mechanism to console anyone who sees the time…
In the theaterArmen Dzhigarkhanyan's performance "Cafe" Life in Pink" is underway. This is another action-packed story about a love triangle, where a husband and a lover sort things out. This happens in the form of jokes. But these jokes are too dangerous and the viewer is in suspense until the last scenes of the play.
Rabbit with pink glasses
In the fairy tale of Nikolai Gribachev, the hare Koska found glasses with large pink glasses in the forest, which the girl lost while picking berries. When he put them on, the world seemed beautiful to him and he boasted to all the animals how good he was and how omnipotent he was now. But when the bunny wanted to eat, he saw that his favorite cabbage was of some strange color and looked terrible at the same time. He ran through the forest, but did not find food of a normal color. And the wise owl told him that if the hare does not take off his glasses, then he will remain hungry. The hare took off his glasses and never put them on again. Moral: Illusions do not help in life.
Semantic hallucinations
The rock group "Semantic Hallucinations", which was founded in 1989 and participated in the rock festivals "Invasion", "Maksidrom", "Wings", also paid tribute to the pink color. The song "Pink Glasses" "Semantic Hallucinations" has been performed with constant success for many years. Below is a clip.
True, in the song "Pink Glasses" "Semantic connotations" are far from an optimistic outlook on life. This melody sounds off-screen in the movie "Brother 2".
The great Edith Piaf also paid tribute to this theme, performing in 1955 the song La vie en rose ("Life in Rose"). This is a song about passionate love that fills life completely. "I'm so happy that I can die," the singer sings.
Color Therapy
In psychology, a method of color treatment is used - color therapy. Separate colors and their combinations are used for various situations. Pink color is used to relieve stress, normalize behavior, alleviate symptoms of illness. In the 18th century, pink was believed to aid digestion. The method of lateral light therapy is used, for which special glasses "Filat" (lateral physiotherapy) were created. The glasses in these glasses are of different colors, composite, divided vertically. In modern models, the glasses are replaced by colored LEDs controlled remotely, which makes it possible to pulse. By choosing a combination of colors and dosing the exposure time, you can choose an individual scheme for each patient. Pink is actively used to relieve arousal in patients.
Fashion
The fashion for pink never goes away. A girl in pink glasses on the catwalk periodically causes delight. The Barbie doll is one of the proofs of this. Marilyn Monroe's pink dress in the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" has become the benchmark for millions of fans. Christian Dior believed that every woman should have pink in her wardrobe.dress, especially since there are a lot of shades of pink. Older people remember Jacqueline Kennedy's pink jacket well. The English Queen Elizabeth II sometimes appears in pink dresses and hats. This color only emphasizes royal dignity.
Pink glasses are also a fashion accessory that has nothing to do with naivety and illusions. A variety of models of such glasses allows you to choose them for any type of face. This detail will emphasize the charm of any woman. True, not on the beach, where pink sunglasses should be used with caution. They do not filter dangerous ultraviolet light and should not be used for eye protection.
Painting
Rococo style painting can be called a kind of glamor of the 18th century. It seems that the pink color is poured into the paintings and the artists look at their models, literally wearing rose-colored glasses. From these paintings emanates peace and tranquility. These are Boucher's paintings "Allegory of Music", "Shepherd Playing the Pipe", Watteau's works "Notes", "Signboard of the Gersin shop".
There are many problems, troubles and stresses in our life. We try too much to do and be on time. Sometimes problems seem unsolvable and goals seem unattainable. We get angry at the whole world, we get depressed. Life seems meaningless and lost. The whole world appears hostile and unfair. Maybe there are situations where rose-colored glasses can help. Sometimesit is worth putting them on for a while so that the world becomes colorful again. At this time, or even through them, you may see ways to solve difficult problems.
