I have a theory that images influence our mood.  In particular, I believe that color and shape  in images impact our daily behavior.  Images certainly may even control more than our mood, but let’s start simply with mood.   There are images we turn our heads away from because we don’t want to view them, and there are images which we return again and again to view.  What does that tell you? 

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- ImcShane says “paint it red” on Realneo.  

- Flower stores sell bright colors and smells.

- Crayolas are in every child’s room.

- Coke trademarks its curvy logo and it’s red color.

- Almost all US cars are painted in dull colors – white (not a color)  is the most “popular”.

- Caribbean clothes and structures and plants and fish are full of bright colors.  Do colder temperatures diminish expression of color? But Russia has brilliant scientists.

- Black cloth is draped on coffins and worn to many cultures’ funerals.

- Penthouse and Playboy Magazine impact behavior with images – shape more than color?

- Many plants’ and animals’ reproductive structures/behaviors are brightly colored.

- Do you enjoy looking at your pet?  Why.

- What would happen if parents didn’t like to look at their baby or children?

- Artists can paint in black and white – though a pallet of colors is most often used.

- Are images the most efficient means of communicating and educating?  Certainly we humans interpret images long before we learn to read (as children and as a species).

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Do you visit this web page in part because it has changing images?  Do you prefer to see upbeat, cheerful images when you come to Realneo,  or photos demonstrating serious societal challenges - dilapidated buildings,  murdered storekeepers, crippled veterans?  Which genre of images do you find motivates you in - your daily life - to make an effort to make change…Do you enjoy images just because they show you something new – something you haven’t seen before?  If so, does that boil down to enjoying images because they are educational?

How does color in images offer enjoyment and effect your daily mood?  Or maybe it’s just me that eats color as a necessary nutrient in my diet.  Or, are different hormones or other chemicals excreted by our brain in response to different images and colors?

Photo: “Lollypop Sisters Face-Painted By Emma”