Sunday, January 21, 2007
Summary of project ideas
For the first project I would like to study the correlation between sound and color using Flash. I plan to focus on the primary colors, and possibly black and white. Here is a small overview of the primary colors.
Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love, courage, and vitality. It is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure. It has very high visibility and brings text and images to the foreground.
Yellow symbolizes: wisdom, joy, happiness, intellectual energy. It produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. Yellow is often associated with food. Yellow is very effective for attracting attention, so use it to highlight the most important elements of your design. It can also be seen as a lighthearted, 'childish' color.
Blue is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, youth, spirituality, peace and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is linked to consciousness and intellect.
By associating certain sounds with certain colors I could evoke a particular emotion from the viewer. By using flash I could make the site very interactive, for example, a certain sound would play when the user rolls over a particular area, or a certain color could appear when the user moves their mouse a certain speed.
Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love, courage, and vitality. It is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure. It has very high visibility and brings text and images to the foreground.
Yellow symbolizes: wisdom, joy, happiness, intellectual energy. It produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. Yellow is often associated with food. Yellow is very effective for attracting attention, so use it to highlight the most important elements of your design. It can also be seen as a lighthearted, 'childish' color.
Blue is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, youth, spirituality, peace and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is linked to consciousness and intellect.
By associating certain sounds with certain colors I could evoke a particular emotion from the viewer. By using flash I could make the site very interactive, for example, a certain sound would play when the user rolls over a particular area, or a certain color could appear when the user moves their mouse a certain speed.
// posted by Kate @ 12:19 PM 
