Color History

Introduction

Introduction

Color has been investigated and used for many years. Different civilizations have experimented, have learned and have used colors. The ancient Egyptians have been used colors for cures and ailments.They looked at nature and copied it in many ways.The Greeks considered color as a science.The Chinese also practiced Color Healing. Aristotle discovered that by mixing two colors, a third is produced. He also discovered that light travels in waves. Colors has some properties.Violet relates to self Knowledge/spiritual awareness.Blue relates to self expression like speech and communication. Green relates to love/self love, that is to say the ability to give and take love unconditionally.Yellow relates to self worth. How we feel about ourselves and how we feel others perceive us.Orange relates to self respect. That is to say having the ability to give ourselves the freedom to be ourselves and to respect our own boundaries. Red relates to self awareness. That is to say our awareness of ourselves as human beings and our place on Earth.

Read:https://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour/

Task

In this webquest you are going to name ( in your opinion):

-cold colors:

-warm colors:

Answer the questions:

-Do you Know how the colors interact?

-Can you describe the properties of the colors?

-Where does the color come from?

-Can you give some examples of complementary colors?

 

Process

Explain how you can use colors in your house and the effects of them in people and where the places can you use them in an appropriate way:

Useful site: 

http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour/colour_in_the_home.php

Evaluation

Activity 1

Each student will present a decoration project for a house, using the appropriate colors in a poster. The student will draw and color the picture of a house and the parts inside it.

Activity 2

The student will explain why he or she used those colors in the house.  

Activiy 3

All the students will vote in the best decoration project. 

Activity 4

The winner will explain what are the effects of the colors in his/her house. 

Conclusion

When using color in the environment, we have our own personal choice. Nowadays,we are using color in every positive ways.If you believe, the colors can help you,heal your pains and feelings.We need to learn how to use the colors in our lives everyday and take advantage from their benefits.

 

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