Colors are the components of light and essentially objects do not possess color on their own. What people perceive as color, is the reflection of light rays. The colors we see cause emotional responses which are not universally the same among people. The emotions one feels vary due to cultural and even personal reasons. There are some colors that are more widely accepted as having a universal response such as blue, which has a calming effect.
The color video displayed how the use of paint can be used to show the effect of light, by using darker colors and layers to cast shadows on the images. This helps bring more life and emotion to the paintings. The blue paint that comes from the Lapis Lazuli stone was used on the most important parts of the painting to draw attention to it. Contrasting colors can cause displeasure for the artist as a viewer, until they find the right balance to invoke the emotions they were feeling and wanted to convey.
The feelings video showed the differences of the artists' Jacques-Louis David and Francisco Goya.
Goya's paintings were referred to as the "The Black Paintings". He used dark and dull colors to display the despair and monstrosity that he believed people to possess. While David, believed in the nobility of man. His paintings of revolutions are colorful and display more hopeful emotions from the people he painted.
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