Color is a real miracle. Each person sees and cognizes the world in colors. But there are only three main ones: blue, yellow, red. Other shades are obtained by mixing them. The "language" of flowers is not associated with culture and race, it is international.
Warm and cool colors
These are conventions, but they help in cognition. For example, the sun is red at sunset and yellow or orange during the day. These shades are associated with warmth, vitality, joyful emotions. Or another, for example, the starry night sky, the sea seems cold to us and the blue color suits them best. The blue tint also refers to cold tones, but it is closer to warm tones and evokes different emotions in people.
Luminance or tone
This is the presence in some color of a different amount of white or black. Initially, red looks almost like black, and by adding white to it, it gradually begins to lighten and becomes pink and then completely turns into white. Black color can also bedifferent.
Tint
This concept also means color. All spectral colors are divided into primary, of which there are seven.
Between them are the so-called transitional colors and the one that is closest to the main one is called a shade. For example, between red and orange there are also tones in which there is more of one or another color. The closest thing to red is its shade.
Origin of flower names
Crimson color is what? In synonymous dictionaries, it is bloody, red, scarlet, crimson, crimson, cherry, purple. In Church Slavonic it is dark, scarlet, red.
There are two groups of designations of paint or color: ancient, these are white and black; new, coming from foreign languages.
- Crimson and crimson color. In one common word bagr called red paint and its shades. The result was two names: crimson and crimson. The first is a bright pure red, the second is a deep red.
- Red. The scarlet color in Ancient Russia was called red or scarlet, as the paint was prepared from a certain type of worms (worms). The old Slavic name for red is black, that is, charming, beautiful. The root of this word red means something that undoubtedly pleases the eye - a red fellow, a red girl, a red sun.
- Burgundy. Means dark red. The name was borrowed from French.
About leaves
Bcountries where there are four seasons, it is possible to observe an amazing phenomenon - the life cycle of leaves, from the appearance of a bud to the change of green foliage to crimson, and then yellow. By their appearance, you can determine:
- is there enough nutrients, including micro and macro elements with water;
- nutrition balance;
- plant he alth status.
For example, with an excess of acids coming with water, a reddish tint is formed along the edges of the leaves. In autumn leaf fall, trees and shrubs are freed from many harmful substances that have accumulated in leaf plates. Redness and yellowing of them is a clear sign of change. In the absence of light, the process of chlorophyll formation fades away and the leaf loses its green color. It is during this period that yellow and orange pigments actively appear.
Some trees (wild grapes, aspen, maple) take on a beautiful crimson leaf color. This transformation is made possible by the content of anthocyanin, which is dissolved in the plant's aqueous humor. At low ambient temperatures, its amount increases, and the leaf plate acquires a brownish tint. The intake of nutrients and this period is significantly reduced and gradually completely stops.
Crimson color: psychological characteristics
People who are prone to excitement, irritation can not stand red for a long time, they reject it. Peace, rest and relaxation are found inother shades. Red for them is perceived as a threat, and not as their own power, strength. Crimson rejection may be associated with the mental and physical exhaustion of the individual's body, its general weakness.
Carrying out color tests on patients with cardiovascular pathologies made it possible to monitor the clinical manifestation of the disease and mental processes. An individual who has been under extreme stress for a long time and is approaching heart failure or a heart attack because of it, chooses blue-green along with crimson-red.
This fact testifies to the strongest tension. However, the gray and brown tone indicates that the person is already dominated by exhaustion of the nervous system. The blue color, symbolizing peace, he does not perceive. Red color has a stimulating effect. This tone is always present in the attire of kings and cardinals. The banner of the Russian revolution is painted crimson. Red is domination, upheaval.
The one who is full of energy, vitality and endowed with self-esteem feels powerful. It is these qualities that the color red symbolizes. However, the weak in front of the strong perceives him as a threat. Therefore, items that indicate danger are colored red.
Red fire engines and firefighting equipment are perceived as a huge degree of alarm. In this case, the action of the crimson color manifests itself as irritating and subsequentlycauses excitement. At a traffic light, a red signal, warning the driver of the threat of a collision, forces him to stop.
Interesting facts
- The black box or flight recorder found on all aircraft is actually red. This coloring allows it to be detected faster in case of a disaster.
- In a bullfight, the bull reacts not to the matador's red cape, but to movement. He is unable to distinguish colors. On a red background, the blood of the animal is not so noticeable.
- Country style uses a lot of muted colors. The interiors are made in colors close to nature: green, yellow, blue, soft pink and golden crimson.
- Ancient Roman generals painted their faces red when they won. And they did it in honor of Mars, the god of war.
- "Red Heart" is what they call an outspoken person in China.
- In Eastern countries, all participants in the marriage ceremony wore red clothes.
Color therapy or color treatment
This science has been calculating since 1877. Scientists Babbitt and Pleasanton were engaged in the study of the healing properties of color. In published scientific papers, recommendations have been made on the use of colors in the treatment of various pathologies. For infertility, it was recommended to use a crimson color, and for the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system - a blue tint.
In the nineteenth century, one of the German doctors found that the red color expands the blood vessels, and the blue color narrows. Color can radiateenergy that must be used for the benefit of your he alth. The choice of clothing color depends on the psychological state of the individual. If a person is tired in the early morning hours, then the choice stops at warm-colored outfits: orange, red or yellow.
After a hard and stressful working day, and an unstable psychological state, manifested by nervousness, irritability, in the evening there is a desire to dress in soothing colors: green, blue or blue. Our condition, both mental and physical, requires such changes due to the fact that there is a connection between the physiological indicators of the individual and the colors that the person looks at.
The following chain occurs in the body. Soft, gloomy shades send few impulses to the endocrine system, respectively, the synthesis of hormonal substances that have a direct impact on vitality decreases. The body's resistance decreases, chronic diseases worsen.
Still Avicenna recommended red clothes during illness or blues. Red - removes negative emotions, longing, has a stimulating effect on the work of muscles and internal organs. To cheer up, it is enough to put red napkins or put a red saucer.
A red woolen thread was tied around the bruise to relieve pain and speed up recovery. Crimson acts as an anesthetic for pain in the spine, heals ulcerative lesions of the stomach, healsinflammatory processes of the external genital organs. The benefits of this color are manifested in many vegetables and fruits. It is effective in the treatment of depressive disorders, depression.
Red shades are not recommended for sanguine and choleric people. It is desirable to wear clothes of this color for a short time. The energy of the red color helps to defend one's rights, ward off unpleasant experiences, achieve goals, and gives confidence.
In conclusion
What does crimson look like? It is dark red with a lilac or bluish tint, deep red with a bluish tint, this is exactly what this color looks like through the eyes of artists. They have slightly different names for colors and their perception. For example, in the early twentieth century, the word "hemorrhoidal" was fashionable for the red color of an unhe althy individual. In other words, crimson is a wide range of all shades of red.
