Result: The prisoners were more agitated and aggressive.
Interesting, isn’t it?

THE PINK LOCKER ROOM

The pink locker room was the brainchild of legendary Iowa coach Hayden Fry, who was the coach for the Hawkeyes from 1979 to 1998. Fry had graduated with a psychology degree from Baylor University. He claims that he once read that the color pink can have a calming effect on people.

So after he arrived at Iowa, Fry ordered the color pink for Kinnick’s visiting locker room: The walls were pink. The floors were pink. The toilets were pink. It was pink everywhere. And not just any pink, a shade known widely as “drunk tank pink.” This particular shade of pink was chosen because research had shown that when people were exposed to it for an extended period of time, their muscles actually weakened and their moods calmed.

“One thing we didn’t paint black and gold was the stadium’s visitors locker room, which we painted pink. It’s a passive color, and we hoped it would put our opponents in a passive mood.” Headen Fry

Final Note:

Regardless of the intensity, Pink will always evoke a physical reaction.

The softer pinks will be physically soothing whereas the intense and strong pinks will be physically stimulating.Surrounded by too much pink you might experience feelings of being needy, or physically weak.If surrounded by too much-saturated pink, you will feel emotionally overwhelmed (Behavioral reactions: aggression, fatigue, stress, panic..)The tone and intensity can affect us differently.Soft warm pinks are soothing and smooth, particularly the energy of babies and young children.

The cold blue magenta shade appears to be favs by women for its intensity and energy.

While people often respond to the color pink in similar ways, it is important to remember that the psychology behind any color can depend upon many different factors. Past experiences, cultural influences, personal taste, and other factors can all impact how a person feels about a particular color, including the color pink.

March 7, 2023June 4, 2022 by Josephine

Clothes are the first way of communication with the outside world, they are the reflection of ourselves. And above all, it reveals our personality. The colors of our clothes send very precise messages, just like the colors in advertisements. The choice of the color of our clothes is not insignificant. It influences our behavior throughout … Read more

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OrangeOrange is a vibrant color that attracts attention. We associate it with energy and enthusiasm. This color is joyful, warm, creative, and attractive. It can bring joy, especially if you love the changing leaves and the autumn season. Orange always brings a “fun” atmosphere! That’s why creative and jovial people often wear orange. Research has shown that orange increases oxygen to the brain, has an energizing effect, and stimulates brain activity.

Wear orange when you want to feel outgoing. Many people suggest wearing this color when you are exercising or participating in group physical activities.

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YellowWe are used to seeing yellow signs and signals to get our attention and communicate useful information. At the same time, we associate this color with the sun, which brightens our lives, warms our skin, and gives us energy through the all-important vitamin D.

Wear yellow when you want to feel happy. It’s hard to feel sad when surrounded by this bright hue, which is why we so often associate this color with spring and summer. It’s the perfect color when you need a little boost!

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Green
Green can provide a sense of calm and security. This color has also symbolized fertility and luck for a long time. According to a study conducted by the University of Amsterdam, green allows the wearer to radiate a good mood and transmit it to others.

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BlueBlue is the color of the sky and the ocean, two parts of our world that are constant. For this reason, wearing blue communicates loyalty and stability. It can help us and those around us feel calm. Studies show that blue is the best color to wear to a job interview because it conveys trust.

Wear blue to feel confident. This color may have the ability to calm anxiety, making it a great hue for work or presentations. Blue can also be a comforting color in stressful situations.

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PurplePurple has long been associated with royalty and wealth, as it was expensive to obtain (it was made from a rare shell found only in modern Lebanon!) Today, this color is also associated with mystery and whimsy. According to studies, people who wear this color tend to be relatively emotional and sensitive.

Wear purple when you want to feel unique or special. Like red, this color will make you stand out.

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PinkIt is a color that corresponds to romantic, optimistic people and has real calming virtues. Over time, pink has become intimately linked to the feminine and is generally associated with softness and compassion. However, in the early 20th century, pink was considered a “strong” color and therefore reserved for boys, until the roles were reversed decades later. Since this color is a blend of red and white, pink can connect to both masculine and feminine energies, despite gender stereotypes.

Wear pink when you are looking to connect. This color offers a sense of freshness and playfulness, but it can also bring depth as you interact with it. Bring pink out of your closet for special romantic occasions or celebrations with loved ones.

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BrownBrown is associated with nature, and therefore brings a sense of security. A warm tone is solid, as the ground beneath our feet, but can appear depressing or “dull” in large quantities. A person who wears brown often exudes peace and stability.

Wear brown when you need quiet or a moment to slow down. This color can be wonderful for a lazy evening or weekend afternoon. Brown is also perfect when you are looking to immerse yourself in nature instead of standing out. You can also use brown as a base to bring out bolder colors.

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Black
Black absorbs all the light in the color spectrum. This absorption of all colors can be seen as a show of strength and invoke boldness, or it can be seen as a lack of color and trigger sadness. Black can be a way to hide sensitivity. Black is also an indicator of seriousness and prestige. Black does not scream affirmation like red, but it can easily intimidate others. However, if this color does not suit you, it will tend to absorb your good energy and you will look dull and tired.

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WhiteAnother color that contains seemingly contradictory meanings, white can be associated with innocence or purity in many Western cultures, while it often symbolizes death in some Eastern traditions.

People who often wear white are generally optimistic and organized. We are often more likely to wear white when we are moving into a new chapter in our lives, it conveys a sense of newness.

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GreyGrey is neither light nor dark, it is a neutral color. People who wear a lot of greys tend to want to hide part of their personality. Grey implies that people are passive, uninvolved, and lacking in energy. Grey is also a symbol of tranquility and maturity. However, a person who wears a lot of greys can be more difficult to discern.

If you like wearing grey, pairing it with a brighter color like blue can help offset the negative effect.

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In short, wearing this or that color shows that we wish, consciously or unconsciously, to show a certain aspect of our personality. Of course, the interpretation of colors varies according to cultures and probably according to individual perceptions….

November 9, 2022February 5, 2022 by Josephine

Imagine: if you had never been in an office before, what would you want it to look like? When you work from home, there is no reason not to create a space that lets your imagination run wild. Some people love working from home and cannot imagine anything better than spending a day with their … Read more

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Building on the color personality theories of Carl Jung, Angela Wright developed a unified theory of psychology and color harmony in the 1970s to explore how colors affect our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

She discovered that different personality types have different color palettes that positively resonate with them. This has allowed a great leap forward in understanding the impact of color and how it can be used to shape our behaviors.

Color psychology offers an easy-to-follow framework that helps us better understand who we are and our personal preferences, and then harmonize a palette that will help us create successful interior designs – with clarity and confidence.

Wright’s theory establishes four different personality types: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. The psychology of color for interiors is not only your personality but also the personality of the room. Hues, patterns, textures, and even the style of room decor can really change people’s moods and behavior in a space.

These are the four personality types:

It is the season of pure creativity and optimism, of new growth and fresh inspiration after a long and tedious winter. Spring is all about new life and that burst of energy when the sun comes to warm the earth after a cold winter. The spring personality is therefore naturally full of optimism, easy to deal with, warm and friendly, born communicators, and approachable in nature. They are engaging and enthusiastic about entertaining and connecting people. They love a harmonious environment as well as helping and supporting people. They are good at improvising and sometimes appear unorganized and impulsive. Their homes usually have an open-door policy, so that family and friends can gather. The connection to nature and the outdoors is important, as well as sunny rooms with large windows, botanical patterns, and lots of plants.

The decorating style that suits a spring personality is one that avoids heaviness or darkness. Colors are light, bright, and vibrant, and decorative styles help maximize that sense of lightness. Spring people love spacious rooms and open spaces, where everyone can gather. They are attracted to the novelty and excitement of new trends.

The creative energy brought by spring has now mellowed and the pace is not fast but more measured and thoughtful. Imagine our European summer, paler, more subdued, and elegant. The bright greens and daffodil yellows of spring fade into a more subtle palette of sun-bleached hayfields, powdery hydrangeas, and dried grasses. The warmth of the sun means it is time to relax, bathe and take a break.

With this seasonal landscape in mind, the summer personality is graceful, elegant, and more reserved. They love their routine, are disciplined, and are often perfectionists. They are efficient and good at handling multiple things at once. Balance, order, proportion, and quality are important to them.

In terms of interiors, they are not so interested in keeping up with ever-changing trends and prefer to stick to their own timeless sense of style, without being particularly attached to the past or the future. Quality of craftsmanship, good design, and beautiful aesthetics are particularly important.

Just as the summer landscape is washed out and bleached by the sun, this personality is drawn to soft, cool, muted, and chalky colors. Patterns are flowing, delicate, and elegant. Think faded florals, watercolors or softly shaped abstract forms, and classic stripes.

When there is no contrast between colors, quality and tactility become more important and one must invest in the real thing: wool, cashmere, linen, and the finest velvets. Summer personalities are drawn to flowing fabrics, like the drape of heavy French linen or a faded floral. Rooms are impeccably chosen, planned, and organized. Rooms where you want to create an air of calm and understated elegance.

There is a further change of pace in autumn. Colors intensify as the leaves take on a fiery russet-red hue and rich golds. The fall palette is warm and intense. Energy moves forward, robust, and abundant energy, in preparation for the coming winter, is at the heart of the autumnal personality.

Autumn personalities are deeply interested in the world around them. They are ambitious, energetic, passionate, focused, and born teachers or leaders. They are practical, organized, and authentic and feel a strong connection with the outdoors, organic materials, and the natural environment.

This is reflected in their homes with their choice of materials: wood, exposed stone and brick, cotton, jute and pottery, and anything organic and sustainable. They love cozy, craftsmanship and handmade objects. Rarely inspired by modern trends, they look to the past for inspiration. They feel most comfortable in a vintage property and fill it with vintage and upcycled items. The color palette is inherently warm and intense, from fall landscape colors to rich jewel tones. Fall interiors are warm, inviting, and grounded.

As nature hibernates and everything goes to the ground, we are left with a striking landscape. The bare branches appear architectural against the bright winter sun, making a strong visual impression in its austerity.

Winter personalities are self-assured, ambitious, born leaders and experts in their field. They tend to speak their mind and often demand respect from others. They are glamorous, dramatic, decisive, intelligent, and disciplined. They like to stand out from the crowd and value luxurious brands.

A winter decoration will be thoughtful and effective, without unnecessary frills. Instead, it is about creating a strong statement and if it comes with a high price tag, that’s a plus because winter personalities are not afraid to show off and celebrate their success. It is less about following trends and more about creating them.

In terms of colors, they favor extremes, the contrast between austere and dark. Winter colors are cool, strong, clear, and bold, and metallic. This is the only season where you can live with pure, bright white, or pure jet black. Any accent color added to this neutral backdrop will need to be bright, saturated, and cool for maximum visual impact. Geometric patterns are favorites for Winter personalities. Patterns are sharp, edgy, and defined. Textures are chrome, leather, stone, glass, glossy and shiny. A piece that wants to look impressive and make a striking statement.

We rarely find ourselves in one season. You may find that more than one of these seasonal personalities fits you. If you are renovating or planning to downsize to a smaller space invest the time to work out your color personality. You may begin to understand why certain rooms in your home have never felt quite “right” and why certain spaces make you feel your best.

novembre 9, 2022novembre 6, 2021 par Josephine

Avec les chiffres, les lettres et les formes, les couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel sont l’une des premières choses que nous apprenons pendant notre enfance. Cependant, une étude récente suggère que les humains naissent avec la capacité de reconnaître les couleurs. Non, nous ne naissons pas en sachant que le rouge s’appelle le rouge et le bleu … Lire plus

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septembre 14, 2022juillet 3, 2021 par user-hik4nec2

S’appuyant sur les théories de la personnalité par les couleurs de Carl Jung et des grands esprits qui l’ont précédée, Angela Wright a développé, dans les années 1970, une théorie unifiée de la psychologie et de l’harmonie des couleurs afin d’explorer la manière dont les couleurs affectent nos sentiments, nos pensées et nos comportements. Elle … Lire plus

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novembre 9, 2022janvier 8, 2022 par Josephine

La couleur a la capacité d’inspirer, d’exciter, d’apaiser, de guérir et même d’agiter. L’environnement dans lequel nous vivons a un impact sur notre humeur, notre comportement et même notre bien-être. L’éclairage, la couleur et la décoration jouent tous un rôle. Cela est particulièrement vrai pour les enfants, qui peuvent être très sensibles à l’impact des … Lire plus

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novembre 9, 2022avril 9, 2022 par Josephine

Il y a plusieurs choses peu coûteuses que vous pouvez faire pour améliorer le niveau de bien-être dans votre maison. Gardez à l’esprit que, tout comme vous pouvez influencer votre environnement, votre environnement peut également vous affecter (santé, relations, humeur…). Par conséquent, il est impératif de faire en sorte que votre maison soit un foyer … Lire plus

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This week I’d like to introduce you to British artist Rose Fulbright.

Founded in 2014, Rose Fulbright is a recognized brand that creates collections of high-end handcrafted products, ranging from patterned designs to custom-painted interior projects.

I had the chance to work for Rose as a stylist during a photo shoot for her new product launch.

That’s how the opportunity to ask her about her work came up. Therefore, I had the pleasure of asking her 11 questions about color, art, and her work.

Enjoy the reading!

Welcome, Rose! Here are 11 questions for you:

How would you describe your art?

With my art, I am trying to share a sense of joy, and possibility, as well as the happiness and pleasure of colour. I would therefore describe what I do as unapologetically pleasing, vibrant, and energetic applied arts spanning paintings and furniture, as well as fashion.

How do you start working on a piece? Do you plan ahead or is it more of an organic flow?

Usually, I work in “collections” – a concept that starts to evolve in my mind following a group of experiences- for The Fauvist Jungle this was a sudden interest in and need for wilder paintings using bold colours, that combined with a family trip to Malaysia. The two themes combined with an urge to work in 3 dimensions and the furniture pieces were conceived. Once I have the initial concepts, I have a loose idea of how I want the collection to come together, but time is often my biggest restriction as to how much I can stick to the plan.

Where do you get your inspiration?

I think I have answered that above! Anything can inspire – from a concept, a philosophy, travel, other artists’ work, nature, seasons, and people.

Is there a work that you have created that has been a personal favorite and why?

The first painting I made for this collection, called Fauvist Jungle, which is here this painting was the first, fairly unplanned outburst of expression on a large scale. When I was making it, I felt a sense of utter freedom and happiness, energy, and creativity, which made me realise I need to make art to feel this again and again.

How did your childhood influence what you have become?

I have a family heritage steeped in creativity and the arts and was brought up by a marine biologist/artist, and an anthropologist/writer. My grandparents started Portmeirion Pottery, now the Uk’s largest ceramics brand, and my great-grandfather was a renowned architect (of Portmeirion Village in Wales) for which he was knighted for services to architecture. Before those, there are links further back to Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the infamous Bloomsbury Set. So, you can see I was brought up in an environment that utterly encouraged and revered art and objects, the importance of beauty in the every day, and the love for all things decorative.

What drives you and your work?

Communication – there is such a sense of fulfillment when I feel I’ve made something honest enough that another person feels something from seeing the work without us even speaking.

Can you talk a little more about what the colors mean to you personally? Are they trend-driven or more intuitive?

I am vaguely aware of trends, and I think there is always something in the air that I follow, but subconsciously, without actively trying to be “on trend” – I am trying to produce new, yet classic works which will never go “out of style”, and my use of colour is completely intuitive. The fact that I am drawn to bold, clear, and beautiful colours I think stems from my childhood spent in and around Portmeirion, as well as the home I grew up in – for example when I was about 11, we visited Monet’s house at Giverny, after which my father painted our sitting room bright yellow!

What are your favorite colors to use in your work, and is there a particular color you like to use?

I wouldn’t say there is one specific colour I always use. I love deep marine blues and shell pinks, which you can see in The Fauvist Jungle collection, but what I love most about colour is the endless possibilities of discovering new shades and combinations, simply by mixing a palette. I’m always open to a new “favourite”!

What is your relationship with your work once it is finished and leaves your studio?

There is a sense that once I have expressed something I wanted to say, to the best of my ability, I am done with it. I am very much a person who likes to move forward, always looking to the next exciting idea and project. I love the thought of pieces that I have made, loved, and nurtured, that will go out into the world and pass their magic on to other people to make meaningful memories.

What are you currently working on?

I have just launched my first art and interiors collection, The Fauvist Jungle, and I’m creating more works around that to go to my new gallery in Surrey, for their summer show. I also have some jungle commissions to get on with before my family and I leave for a 2-month sabbatical before we move back to London at the end of summer. I already have ideas for my next collection, which will be another collection of paintings, functional art objects, and home furnishings, to launch next Spring.

What piece of advice would you give to someone starting out in a creative field?

I think striving to be honest and genuine in what you really want to say with your work is key. I have gradually formed the opinion that the best and most enduring artworks, whether they are paintings, music, books, or dance, always say something completely honest and vulnerable that makes others feel a connection and fall in love with them. Never follow trends and make what your heart needs to make!

Thank you very much Rose for this great chat and enrichment!

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