Comments on: How to Use Color Theory to Boost Your Writing https://diymfa.demo.cmsminds.net/writing/true-colors-using-color-theory-to-boost-your-writing/ Tools & Techniques for the Serious Writer Thu, 03 May 2018 20:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Coloring Your Manuscripts | Writing and Illustrating https://diymfa.demo.cmsminds.net/writing/true-colors-using-color-theory-to-boost-your-writing/#comment-2820 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 05:05:15 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=823#comment-2820 […] This article really caught my eye by Gabriela Pereira over at DIYMFA.com: True Colors: Using Color Theory to Boost Your Writing […]

]]> By: Gabriela https://diymfa.demo.cmsminds.net/writing/true-colors-using-color-theory-to-boost-your-writing/#comment-241 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:11:17 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=823#comment-241 Cynthia – I love the idea of eye color saying something about the character. I see a lot of that in YA novels, where the “quirky” character will have an uncommon eye color like gold or yellow or violet. Especially true in paranormal or fantasy.

Connie – Fascinating idea about synesthesia. I wonder if authors who have it might be more likely to associate colors with certain characters or personality traits. p.s. No offense taken! As a former psychology researcher, I knew about synesthesia but I’m glad you explained it in case other readers weren’t familiar with it. 🙂

Elissa – Glad you found this article useful! I find that sometimes looking at writing from a different, seemingly-unrelated angle (like color theory) can spark ideas I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise.

]]> By: Elissa Field https://diymfa.demo.cmsminds.net/writing/true-colors-using-color-theory-to-boost-your-writing/#comment-240 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:43:51 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=823#comment-240 Gabriela, I’m from a family of artists and interior designers, so it seemed natural that colors showed up in my characters’ perceptions and details, but I’d never heard anyone else turn it around as a tactic for characterization or sparking interaction. So thanks for this. Very interesting suggestion.

]]> By: Connie B. Dowell https://diymfa.demo.cmsminds.net/writing/true-colors-using-color-theory-to-boost-your-writing/#comment-239 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:32:15 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=823#comment-239 Interesting tactic for character development. I wonder how that could play out for authors with synesthesia (a cross-wiring of the senses–perceiving letters as having colors is a common form–and actually more common that many folks might realize). P.S. If you already knew what synesthesia was, no offense intended, but many folks don’t, so I don’t like to use a potentially unfamiliar word without explaining.

]]> By: Cynthia Morris https://diymfa.demo.cmsminds.net/writing/true-colors-using-color-theory-to-boost-your-writing/#comment-238 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:18:21 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=823#comment-238 This is cool! I love color and hadn’t thought of this in my novel.

The most I can think that color is in the book is the color of people’s eyes. What do you think it says about a character, their eye color?

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