Color

**__Parts A & B: Color paragraph.__** My favorite color is maroon, but from the primary colors I like red the most. I like maroon because it’s a mix of other colors (brown, red and purple) and it usually has different tones like dark red, light maroon (which it’s like pink) and bright maroon (something close to guava color). Maroon isn’t a color that stands out against other colors and its uniqueness has always called my attention. The color of my future career (Architecture) is maroon. The shirt of the Venezuelan football team is also maroon. I love maroon things!

On the other side, I like red because it reminds me of love, happiness, the heat of summer (my favorite season) and Christmas, my favorite time of the year. I also like it because it expresses anger, madness, domination and passion. It’s a very emotional color. But, red is frequently associated with aggression, danger, rebellion, violence and evil, and all these feelings turn red into an offensive and ugly color. I think that red is like a “double face” color, but I definitely prefer to see the good part of it. This color and my personality have a lot in common: we’re both passionate, we’re both fun, we’re dynamic, energetic, friendly, impulsive and impatient. This color also complements the color of my skin… I look really good on it!

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__Characteristics of red:__ Dynamic, vital, romantic, commanding, alert, rebellious, complementary, joyful, visible, hot, fun

My kaleidoscope represents principally the union of my favorite colors. I love red, maroon and pink. I like this moment of the kaleidoscope because it shows all the colors and figures and because it transmits happiness and joy.
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__**Concepts about color (from "The Artist's ToolKit" and other sites)**__

__Color:__ Effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency.

__The Color Wheel:__ A color wheel shows how colors are related. It also shows the relationships between complementary colors across from each other on the color wheel

__Value:__ Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Colors mixed with white are called tints. Colors mixed with black are called shades.

__Analogous colors__ sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related. Orange, yellow-orange, and yellow are an example of analogous colors.

__Mood:__ Colors are often associated with moods. For example, we say "green with envy", "a blue mood". Certain colors also look cool, such as blue, green and violet; and others look warm, like red, orange and yellow.

__Natural color:__ Artists use colors to create a variety of desired effects. When an artist paints a scene or objects realistically, colors are used in imitation of the things being painted.

__Color effects:__ Some thecniques like apply small dots close together, use color in an arbitrary way for expressive purposes or use colors for the way in which they react with one another, create a game with the eye and thus, they produce attractive effects.

__Black and white:__ There are many theories about if these two colors are actually colors. The truth is that black is not a color, black absorbes all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes. White is a color. White reflects all the colors of the visible light spectrum to the eyes.

__** Why is color important in architecture? **__

Color is important in architecture basically because it helps the designer to sell the project. Depending on how you use the different values of colors, you will make more attractive or less attractive a project. Color is also important in the interior and exterior design of the structure. You have to care for your client's eyes! And, of course, you want to make your master piece look pleasant for everyone.

**__Idioms:__** Special honours for a special or important person = the red carpet Very clear and easy to understand = in black and white Jealous of someone else's good fortune = green with envy Owing money, in debt = be in the red Complicated official procedures and forms = red tape The OK to start something = the green light Something that is not true but causes no harm = a white lie Having money = in the black By surprise, unexpectedly = out of the blue To feel sad = to feel blue The market not controlled by the government = the black market