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Feelings of joy and sadness were strongly associated with the brightness, value, saturation, chroma and lightness of the game being played. The greater the color saturation was in the video game, the more strongly felt these emotions were among the players. Less color saturation in the video game predicted higher feelings of fear. [88]
In the Catholic Church, the Virgin Mary is most often depicted wearing blue, to symbolize being "full of grace" by divine favor. [12] Blue is widely used for baby boys' clothes or bedrooms, although the reason blue is so strongly associated with boys is debated. [13] Blue can also represent sadness and depression ("they have the blues").
Blue in Christianity: Blue is particularly associated with the Virgin Mary. This was the result of a decree of Pope Gregory I (540–601) who ordered that all religious paintings should tell a story which was clearly comprehensible to all viewers, and that figures should be easily recognizable, especially that of the figure of Mary.
Blue is traditionally associated with the sea and the sky, with infinity and distance. The uniforms of sailors are usually dark blue, those of air forces lighter blue. The expression "The wild blue yonder" in the official song of the US Air Force refers to the sky. [103] Blue is associated with cold water taps which are traditionally marked ...
Weezer's 'Blue Album' is turning 30, and Rivers Cuomo's songs of heartbreak, fun, and ripping guitar are still classics in almost everyone's books. Here's why.
According to Žižek, blue is associated with freedom and love; “freedom is true liberation only when supported by Love, the loving acceptance of others (In Blue, Julie goes from cold, abstract freedom to the real freedom of loving others)”. This Love, however, takes on a specific dimension, because the final "sexual act, during which Julia ...
Yaden et al. (2016) write that some astronauts viewing Earth from space "report overwhelming emotion and feelings of identification with humankind and the planet as a whole". [3] The effect can cause changes in the observer's self concept and value system , and is sometimes transformative . [ 3 ]
To cope, you might self-regulate your emotions, which makes it difficult to deal with your own feelings. So, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem are common effects, Roeske says.