This scene is very similar to the one I posted yesterday, but the color is different. I have tried to make the values (the light-ness or dark-ness) of each section similar.
Mountains and Trees (II), watercolor, 7″x5″
I’m deliberately not showing the previous image because I don’t want you to compare them, but I would appreciate your comments on how this scene feels to you.
Ruth Bailey, artist 
18 Responses to Emotional Response to Color, Part 2
Mysterious! It sort of looks inviting…… but I’m not sure……..
Does that help?
Yes, that helps a lot. Thank you!
Deep…I want to retreat deep into myself, but not in a bad way…in a way that is meditative and introspective…wow. Thanks!
And I appreciate your thoughtful – feeling – response!
You’re very welcome, Ruth. I’d look forward to seeing this in your store!
I see “mysterious” is already given, but that was my first thought.
Moon-y.
I want to go there, it is nighttime and dangerous, but I don’t care even that I’m leaving loved ones behind.
Magnetic in a dangerous but desired way.
Repeating an adjective is helpful, if that is your response. It gives emphasis to that mood. Thanks, Katharine!
I hoped it would be.
What, would you say, is the name of that color? Or the rgb number? And why does the sky look more blue than the rest?
The paint that I used in each of the sections was Winsor Violet (made by Winsor & Newton, made with carbazole dioazine, PV 23).
The sky looks bluer than the rest because I added some blue to that wash, and some reds to the other washes. The blue helps to push the sky back in the picture and the reds help to bring the other sections closer, while still allowing the primary color in the piece to be purple.
It sure does make a difference on the apparent distance with the blue and red.
Quiet and pensive.
This purplish hue is calming but it doesn’t feel real to me like the brown. I don’t know why because I have been witness to more than one sunrise where not only the sky but the air around me took on a lavender hue.
Still…
What a wonderful way to experience a sunrise!
I love sunrises. This is one from a lavender sunrise
I can feel the air being lavender even from the photo!
It was only like that very early. It quickly changed. I love sunrises :))
This one has peace and mystery. I’d put it on my wall!
…soothing, relaxing, at ease.