Elements Impact

How do elements like sound and color and shade and opacity/alpha impact a creation…..chat about how you can use those elements to get across a mood and/or a meaning for a creation?

Color alone can be a big impact on a creation, altering mood and meanings. Different colors have various meanings depending on religion, feelings, cultures as well as personal meanings. A certain color, or more likely and image can relate to different people in all sorts of ways. Red could be seen as a symbol for death, stop, blood and therefore is a rather abrupt and dark color. Put in a Gothic like setting and it certainly would be reminiscent of blood, for example like in my video game which had a sinister theme. White is normally associated with something pure and innocent so it would create a serene feeling. Purple can be associated with many things, its a big color in religion and also relates to royalty.

Shades can definitely make a color change its feeling or mood. Darker shades of purple could be more Gothic or spooky whereas colors of purple such as violet would bring up happier feelings and would be reminiscent of flowers. Dark muddy colors of green would make you think of the army, whereas a more neutral green could be more like grass or the forest. Light blue would be like the sky, whereas dark blue would the sea... and so on.

Dimmer colors might make the creation seem of less quality or otherwise have an ancient effect, and the same can be said for a faded opacity. Very bright colors would ignite feelings of happiness, and the vibrancy would make the creation look new.

Colors can also associate with particular themes and forms of art, for example, pink and yellow together could be associated with punk, or perhaps pop art. Shade can help to make a creation more dynamic and less 2D, this would help to make the creation seem very modern.

One photo could be set to 3 different alphas, making the same photo have different meanings. A black and white or sepia setting could make the photo seem old, perhaps you miss the person or are nostalgic. A red alpha over a photo could make the photo seem like something murderous has happened. And a bright purple or magenta would be fun and exciting, making the photo seem extreme.

Obviously colors have a huge ability to impact on creations, altering moods, feelings and meanings. Whole themes, ideas and moods can be set with the right colors and by altering these colors.