Week Five
Culture Defining Color Culture is defined as a group of people that share similar lives and experiences. People use colors based on their backgrounds, age or other characteristics. Different age groups have different colors that they tend to like and use. Children tend to like primary colors. They respond best to bright contrasting colors. Teens tend to like bold colors and saturated hues. Adults enjoy expressive colors. Boomers like vibrant colors because their eyesight decreases. They also like contrasting colors to see the difference between objects. Other aspects affect color choices such as social economics, gender or climate. Different income groups used to be shown by different colors, but not as much anymore. Gender colors are also less popular today but used to be more strictly blue for boys and pink for girls. Different parts of the world use different colors, as well as different climates which often reflect the landscape. For example, houses near the water o...