Abstract
This paper considers the influence of the emotional effect of color on the expression of imagination. The author chose 213 first grade students at a junior high school to which the author belongs and separated them into two groups: one group learned to perceive the emotional effect of color, and the second systematically studied the color system. Over four weeks, they were then told to produce artwork using the theme of the character and mood of the other students. The way the students evaluated their own and each other’s work, the phrases used to explain their evaluations, and the number of colors used were examined to investigate the trends in the creative ingenuity of the students.
We found that students who perceived the emotional effect of color had a stronger tendency to express their imagination and students who had a systematic understanding of color tended to use more colors.
