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Interpreting Her Colors

Colors can hold great symbolism, meaning and power when it comes to people. They can influence our emotions, perceptions and actions. This is because people often associate them with things they are often found in naturally as well as culturally.

Haruka's image color is dark blue. Her soldier uniform is dark blue with highlights of yellow. Her favorite color is gold. What do the colors that represent Haruka's character as well as attracts her interest say about her, though?

Color Meanings

The Meaning of Blue

"Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.

Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. In heraldry, blue is used to symbolize piety and sincerity.

You can use blue to promote products and services related to cleanliness (water purification filters, cleaning liquids, vodka), air and sky (airlines, airports, air conditioners), water and sea (sea voyages, mineral water). As opposed to emotionally warm colors like red, orange, and yellow; blue is linked to consciousness and intellect. Use blue to suggest precision when promoting high-tech products.

Blue is a masculine color; according to studies, it is highly accepted among males. Dark blue is associated with depth, expertise, and stability; it is a preferred color for corporate America.

Avoid using blue when promoting food and cooking, because blue suppresses appetite. When used together with warm colors like yellow or red, blue can create high-impact, vibrant designs; for example, blue-yellow-red is a perfect color scheme for a superhero.

Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness."

In Japanese culture, blue is associated with rationality, everyday life, wealth, loyalty and peace.


The Meaning of Yellow

"Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy.

Yellow produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy. Yellow is often associated with food. Bright, pure yellow is an attention getter, which is the reason taxicabs are painted this color. When overused, yellow may have a disturbing effect; it is known that babies cry more in yellow rooms. Yellow is seen before other colors when placed against black; this combination is often used to issue a warning. In heraldry, yellow indicates honor and loyalty. Later the meaning of yellow was connected with cowardice.

Use yellow to evoke pleasant, cheerful feelings. You can choose yellow to promote children's products and items related to leisure. Yellow is very effective for attracting attention, so use it to highlight the most important elements of your design. Men usually perceive yellow as a very lighthearted, 'childish' color, so it is not recommended to use yellow when selling prestigious, expensive products to men – nobody will buy a yellow business suit or a yellow Mercedes. Yellow is an unstable and spontaneous color, so avoid using yellow if you want to suggest stability and safety. Light yellow tends to disappear into white, so it usually needs a dark color to highlight it. Shades of yellow are visually unappealing because they loose cheerfulness and become dingy.

Light yellow is associated with intellect, freshness, and joy."

In Japanese culture, yellow is associated with cheerfulness, courage, aristocracy, beauty and refinement.


The Meaning of Gold

"[Gold] combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

To the human eye, [gold] is a very hot color, so it gives the sensation of heat. Nevertheless, orange is not as aggressive as red. [Gold] increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. It is highly accepted among young people. As a citrus color, [gold] is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. [Gold] is the color of fall and harvest. In heraldry, [gold] is symbolic of strength and endurance.

[Gold] has very high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design. [Gold] is very effective for promoting food products and toys.

Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality."

In Japanese culture, gold is associated with heaven.

Personality Colors

Personality colors is another psychological tool to determine personality traits of a person. Unlike astrological signs and blood types, however, your color personality can change over time just was your favorite color might change as you go through life changes and grow older. Determining one's personality color is as easy as stating your favorite color. Haruka's favorite color is gold and following the spectrum of the rainbow, it would fall within the category of yellow in most cultures.

Yellow Personality Traits

"Business and yellow personalities are like bread and butter.

Usually well educated, and quick of mind these are the business people of the world. Yellow personalities are success oriented individuals and can wield a focused mental discipline beyond the norm.

These types are your top leaders. Yellow personalities are methodical and analytical in their actions. They are master stratigests in the game of life, and love a challenge.

Being a yellow personality definitely does not mean a person is chicken. In fact if is quite the opposite. Once this type of personality has got a grip on something they can be quite stubborn about letting go of it, even if it is a bad idea, but, with their analytical minds they seldom make a mistake in their decision process.

Yellow personalities are the true analyzers of the world and look at problems or decisions from all angles before deciding on an action. With chess player type minds they are usually many moves ahead in the game, which sometimes misleads those around them into questioning their immediate actions.

Women with yellow personalities prefer to be in business, rather than home bodies, but with their flexible minds they can easily handle both sides of their lives. If married to one though you better be willing to help out in the home or you might just find that you are not all that indispencible. They respect men, but only if they are gentlemen, intelligent, and non-sexist.

Yellow personalities are good at hiding their emotions as they see them as a sign of weakness to others that they are afraid might be exploited. They always try to project an air of confidence even when under stress.

Because of their emotional reserve yellow personalities seldom have many true friends. They are self sufficient in nature and their personal lives are usually quite hidden and separate from their public life. Driven to success they also have friends that are frequently business mined also.

Always sharply and professionally dressed, yellow personalities are what most people associate with those we consider work-a-hollics."



Sources:

Color Meaning. Color-wheel-pro.com

Personality Color. Innovationet.com