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Sep 15, 2023·edited Sep 15, 2023Liked by Maurice Black

I haven't seen the movie, but did watch the trailer. In American culture the color pink is iconographically associated with sweet little girls. How does that wash over the movie affect the viewers perception? I wonder if you had put a filter on the camera to accomplish the pink cast, would the reaction to the movie be very different? How about using a green filter? Remember the Emerald City of OZ (by Frank Baum 1910). I would love to see how people would react to the movie if there were no color effect. That is to see the movie as it would normally be filmed with a normal color spectrum. It's hard to believe the film wouldn't be perceived quite differently. I suspect that the little girl aura is what makes the vapidity of the film seem novel, sweet and innocent. Again, I haven't seen the movie, so look forward to reading what those who have seen it think about the effect of the color-wash effect.

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That sounds like a very interesting question to be answered, I'm definitely curious myself. There is also a side to the movie that has nothing to do with color pink in my opinion. It is the subject of the view of the sexes. Males are definitely seen as inferior and I chuckle as I type this having seen the film myself. They are there to serve the females. A rather interesting and I found entertaining , reverse concept! :)

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Jan 31Liked by Erin O'Connor

I have been much more attentive to color since reading the book "Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness," by Ingrid Fetell Lee. In the first chapter she talks about color in terms of survival and evolutionary biology.

Color helped our ancestors identify nutritious and calorie-dense food sources, and we developed emotional associations with color (like joy) to reward behavior that would help us survive and thrive. Since learning that, I've become much more intentional about decorating the spaces I live and work in, and even wearing brighter colors. ... But not pink, haha.

Also, a hundred years ago or so, pink was considered a masculine and boyish color and blue was considered feminine. I don't know exactly how it got switched, or over what period of time.

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So intriguing -- I will check Lee's book out for sure. Fun pink fact: I have in my possession a dress that belonged to my great great grandmother. It was part of her trousseau, back in the middle of the 19th century. It's tiny -- she probably didn't stand 5 feet tall. And it's loud: pink and black check, in stiff shiny organza, with matching reticule and black mantle.

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Sep 18, 2023·edited Sep 18, 2023Liked by Maurice Black

Well, now I've got to broaden my thinking. I don't know what I think of this right now, other than its more than plausible, it is also provocative.

And when I say "provocative" I mean it as a compliment: I've been provoked into thinking about color and its effects on one's emotions and perceptions of the world in general, given different our different backgrounds.

Is it possible that it's impossible for us all to see the world in the same way? And if so, what does that mean?

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Who knew?

How little I knew on the neuroscience ofcolor subject.

Yet I do know that color has for a very long time been explored with matching people to sets of colors , such as spring summer fall winter groups . Based upon individuals existing hair and eye colorations.

All of which are the stuff of sales marketing for clothing.

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PS- where there is sales money to be made , investment is available for research.

Neuroscience around colors is an interesting subject on its own merit. I wonder how it may be used toward actually benefiting people , however, rather than benefiting profit margins.

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