For some, a dark colour like black or dark green could signify revenge because it can indicate darkness, mystery and anger. For other people, a bright colour like red or orange could represent revenge because it can signify anger, rage and violence.
The Colour of Revenge (German: Die Farbe der Rache; formerly known under the working title Ink and Mirrors) is an upcoming book written by Cornelia Funke. It will be published as a physical book, but may potentially be distributed in audio form. It will also tie in to Funke's MirrorWorld series.
Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.
Yellow signifies joy, happiness, betrayal, optimism, idealism, imagination, hope, sunshine, summer, gold, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, jealousy, covetousness, deceit, illness, hazard and friendship.
Culturally: In the Christian religion, grey is the color of ash, and thus a Biblical symbol of mourning and remorse.
Most often, warm colors (yellow, red, and orange) are considered to be positive colors, while cool colors (blue, green, and purple) are considered to be negative.
The results of the RGB colour model revealed that guilt was most commonly associated with red, black, green, and violet colours.
Red is perhaps the most manipulative colour, influencing everything from your behaviour in the workplace to your love life.
Color can be used to convey allot of information but in particularly when it comes to telling who is good and who is evil. The most common color to use when displaying good and evil is blue for good and red for evil.
Particularly, participants rated pain stimuli preceded by red as being more painful compared with pain stimuli preceded by other colors, especially green and blue. Conclusions It is concluded that colors have an impact on pain perception.
Green: fever (anemia). The color of trauma, death, and disease finds visualization in Edvard Munch's paintings.
“Red” “Red” was indicated among the top three colors for anger, followed by jealousy, fear, and envy, respectively (Figure 2). The intensity of “red” for anger was high, whereas the intensity for “red” given to the other emotions was low-moderate (Table 2).
Red. This is the color of aggression and passion—great for a first date but not for the office.
Casimir and Schnegg (2002) found that the colour red was associated with shame in 78 of the 98 languages they surveyed; of the 78, 51 also associated red with anger and 48 associated it with rage.
Red is a color deeply rooted in the human psyche, and connected to the most powerful emotions, love and hate.
Yellow has diverse meanings across cultures and continents: Europe: In France, yellow signifies yellow signifies jealously, betrayal, weakness, and contradiction. In the 10th century, the French painted the doors of traitors and criminals yellow.
Red has a range of symbolic meanings through many different cultures, including life, health, vigor, war, courage, anger, love and religious fervor.
Red is the color of fire and blood. It is associated with excitement, energy, passion and sexuality. It can symbolize desire, power, speed and strength. On the other hand, it stands for aggression, danger, violence and war.
The color red seems to be consistently associated with the concept of anger. Beyond semantic associations, it has been suggested that the color red enhances our ability to perceive anger in faces.
It was concluded that whereas admiration and rivalry represent the bright and dark face of narcissism, vulnerable narcissism represents its blue face.
There are several reasons for positing that the color red may be associated with hostility. The emotion that often follows from hostility is anger (Buss & Perry, 1992) and anger is metaphorically linked to the color red (e.g., “seeing red” is a common metaphor for anger: Gibbs, 1994).
Gray and blue are often considered depressive colors that may contribute to feelings of low mood.
Bright yellow can make some people feel anxious. "While yellow definitely has some great qualities, if it's a bright tone...it can feel too aggressive and overwhelming in a room," says Shea McGee of Studio McGee.
The study found that people with or anxiety were more likely to associate their mood with the color gray, while preferred yellow.