Colors and their meanings

[RandomINTP]

Colors don't have just one meaning. I believe every color has one positive meaning and one negative meaning. I'll start.

Red
Positive meaning: Power, Dominance
Negative meaning: Wrath, Aggresion

Orange
Positive meaning: Warmth, Heat
Negative meaning: Flashiness, Negative Attention

Yellow
Positive meaning: Happiness, Brightness
Negative meaning: Fear, Warning

Light Green (more yellow)
Positive meaning: Justice, Rights
Negative meaning: Poisonous, Anxiety

Dark Green (more blue)
Positive meaning: Matureness and Optimism, Hope
Negative meaning: Abusement, Sociopathy

Cyan/Turquoise/Light Blue
Positive meaning: Intelligence, Realism
Negative meaning: Arrogance, Ruthlessness

Dark Blue
Positive meaning: Calmness and Trust
Negative meaning: Coldness, Darkness

Violet (Purple)
Positive meaning: Pride and Compassion
Negative meaning: Sadness, Depression

Magenta/Pink
Positive meaning: Love, Empathy and Sympathy
Negative meaning: Injustice, Wrongness

White
Positive meaning: Pureness, Cleanness and Life
Negative meaning: Absoluteness

Gray
Gray is neutral, and therefore also unique.

Black
Positive meaning: Contrast to White, completion
Negative meaning: Absoluteness, Death

Brown
Positive meaning: Chocolate, Cinnamon, Coffee, Steak, Bacon
Negative meaning: Poop, Dirt, Withered Leaves, etc.

How do colors affect you and what do you think of them? Comment below.

 

[Daydreaming Swan]

Red
Positive meaning: Power, energy, passion, vitality
Negative meaning: Aggression, danger, suffering

Bright Orange/All neon colors
Positive meaning: Amusement, energy
Negative meaning: Hedonism, immaturity, ignorance, superficiality, and flamboyance

Dark orange/terracotta color
Positive meaning: Comfort food, warmth
Negative meaning: Laziness

Yellow
Positive meaning: Happiness, optimism
Negative meaning: Cowardice, warning signs, frustration

Green
Positive meaning: Maturity, peace, altruism
Negative meaning: Jealousy, manipulation

Turquoise
Positive meaning: Imagination, emotional depth, wisdom, compassion
Negative meaning: Alienation, abandonment

Blue/Indigo
Positive meaning: Temperance, safety, peace, introspection
Negative meaning: Aloofness, isolation

Violet/magenta
Positive meaning: Uniqueness, sophistication, artistic expression
Negative meaning: Melodrama, vanity

Pink
Positive meaning: Idealism, innocence, femininity
Negative meaning: Superficiality, stupidity

White
Positive meaning: Life, hope, healing, goodness, purity, innocence, peace
Negative meaning: Loneliness, the cold

Gray
Positive meaning: Modesty, wisdom
Negative meaning: Grief, depression, death, boredom

Black
Positive meaning: Dignity, sophistication, power, confidence
Negative meaning: Evil, emptiness, misfortune, nihilism

Brown
Positive meaning: Stability, diligence, practicality
Negative meaning: Blandness, dirtiness

 

[Alea_iacta_est]

Red
Positive Meaning: Passion, Control
Negative Meaning: Rage, Belligerence, Crazed

Orange
Positive Meaning: None
Negative Meaning: None

Yellow
Positive Meaning: Success, Money
Negative Meaning: Illness, Superficial, Evil, Manic

Dark Green
Positive Meaning: Tranquility, Peace, Mystique
Negative Meaning: None

Dark Blue
Positive Meaning: Comfort, Synchronization
Negative Meaning: None

Maroon
Positive Meaning: Power, Strength, Willpower
Negative Meaning: Anguish, Self-Destruction, Contempt

Deep Purple/Violet
Positive Meaning: Love
Negative Meaning: Longing

Pink
Positive Meaning: None
Negative Meaning: Superficial, Weakness, Shame

White
Positive Meaning: None
Negative Meaning: None

Silver/Dark Gray
Positive Meaning: Omniscience, Foresight, Intelligence, Transcendence
Negative Meaning: Apathy

Black:
Positive Meaning: Enlightenment, Understanding
Negative Meaning: Death, Oblivion, Fear

Brown:
Positive Meaning: None
Negative Meaning: None

 

[Cygnus]

Red
Positive meaning: Abundance, achievement, vitality
Negative meaning: Overindulgence, exhaustion, impulsivity, melodrama

Orange
Positive meaning: Adaptability, fortitude
Negative meaning: Dissatisfaction, lack of alertness

Yellow
Positive meaning: Speed, stimulation, utilitarianism
Negative meaning: Shallowness, flakiness

Chartreuse
Positive meaning: Stimulation, pleasure, reward
Negative meaning: Corruption, stupidity

Dark Green
Positive meaning: Neutrality, intelligence, maturity, agreeableness
Negative meaning: Weakness, compliance, lack of ambition

Cyan
Positive meaning: Ecstasy, enlightenment, validation, progress, higher thought, technology
Negative meaning: Uncertainty, unrealism, coldness

Dark Blue
Positive meaning: Intelligence, depth, objectivity, complexity
Negative meaning: Inhibition

Dark Purple
Positive meaning: Substance
Negative meaning: Staleness

Magenta
Positive meaning: Stimulation, pleasure, cutting-edge
Negative meaning: Fixation, bias, excessive saccharine

White
Positive meaning: Glory, clarity, superiority
Negative meaning: Imprisonment, complacency, fatalism, futility, fear

Gray
Positive meaning: Permanence, stability, strength, fortitude, expertise, objectivity
Negative meaning: Depression, lack of ambition

Black
Positive meaning: Nihilistic liberation, courage, possibilities, purged state
Negative meaning: Fear, uncertainty, insecurity, cold temperatures

Brown
Positive meaning: Security, protection, fulfillment of biological needs
Negative meaning: Complacency, dullness, corruption, old age

 

[Frosty]

Positive first negative second

Red: Power, Anger
Blue: Collectedness/calmness, Sadness
Green: Health, arrogance
Yellow: Happiness, annoyingness
Purple: Openess, overly emotional
Pink: femininity, shallowness
Black: Depth, Death
Grey: Confidence, boring
Brown: Intelligence, dirty
Orange: originality, craziness

 

[Luke O]

Colours in Cultures | Information Is Beautiful

I saw this poster before, very interesting.

 

[Ribbit]

Subjective definitions. Whats the point?