What colour do you associate Spring with?
Although it is now Spring, it still feels as if Winter is among us. Winter this year has been odd and different than the several winters prior. It seemed as though a snow storm would pop up every Tuesday, right on schedule. But, enough about Winter and on to Spring!
Spring is light, airy and refreshing. It is a time when you feel as though you can start over, a feeling and sense of new beginnings (that’s how I always feel around Spring instead of New Year’s.) Relief is near as we enjoy warmer weather and get ready for those outdoor soiree’s. There is also that thing we all know as Spring cleaning, I guess it all makes sense now, right?
Everyone views Spring differently, if you ask one person what they associate Spring with, they may tell you that they think of daffodils, another may tell you barbecue’s and if you ask me… I will simply tell you that yellow, tulips and light showers remind me of Spring. This is why I chose the colour yellow for this Spring post.
Yellow, the color of sunshine, hope, and happiness, has conflicting associations. On one hand yellow stands for freshness, happiness, positivity, clarity, energy, optimism, enlightenment, remembrance, intellect, honor, loyalty, and joy, but on the other, it represents cowardice and deceit. A dull or dingy yellow may represent caution, sickness, and jealousy.
Studies show that the meaning of the color yellow can be warmth, cheerfulness, increased mental activity, increased muscle energy. The color yellow helps activate the memory, encourage communication, enhance vision, build confidence, and stimulate the nervous system.