Irina V. (1) (EIE) - Color as a visual representation of emotional states

When I was young — unfortunately, I no longer have this — I would lie down to sleep, close my eyes, and such beauty would appear. I don’t know, like people say, “psychedelic images,” but incredibly beautiful colors — colors specifically, combinations of colors. The color would flow, shifting from one to another. I can’t say they were rhythmic patterns — they might not have been rhythmic at all — they might move in waves, irregular surges, but so beautiful, so harmonious, and so, as I would say, exquisite. And what does “exquisite” mean to me?

I say: “Exquisite means very beautiful, but also rare,” something that fills me with delight and rapture. I think these images reflected an emotionally saturated state.

Since childhood, I’ve known that color gives me energy. For me, the combination of colors matters — that’s where I get energy from.

Though I don’t actively use this in everyday life, I don’t know why, but I enjoy it. Unusual combinations of colors and shades please the eye. I want to paint them. I understand that I would never manage to recreate them the way nature created them… The visual component means a lot to me.

Color — especially rich and pleasant to the eye — can mesmerize, “pull you in,” give impulses for different states. And in turn, my own or others’ states have their own coloring.

Since childhood, I had a good memory for names. I memorize them easily. Each name, and therefore each patronymic, has its own color. For example, Irina is red. Ivan Mikhailovich is green-brown. Olga Alexandrovna is yellow-transparent-gray. Of course, there are far more names than color names. For example, Marina, Galina, Vera — all have green as their color, but each name has its own shade of green. Each shade is unique and never gets confused in my mind. If I need to recall someone’s name, I remember the color combinations and then try to clarify inside myself — the shades of those colors.