BLOG POST #3: Superheroes Unfold - Emotional Spectrum (Lantern Corps)

Why do we feel? We as human beings have the ability to feel things, simply because of this thing called "Emotional Spectrum". An emotional emotional spectrum is not something that us people can hold, it is an idea. A simple mindset that people thing about. Visually, its just like a color wheel  with colors. As I like to call, "The Color Feel". Well, if you are still wondering what it is, you came in the right place. Step right up, and feel. 

I have read an article entitled , "Color Psychology" by Kendra Cherry. And it says that some colors can stir up the mind , for example you can feel anxiety in an yellow room or be calm and relaxed in a blue room. Artist and interior designers are still not sure on how one color affect the moods, feelings, and emotions. Its really a powerful communication too and can be used to signal action, influence mood, and cause physiological reactions. 

She also stated that colors in the red area of color spectrum are known as warm colors and include red orange and yellow and these warm colors evoke emotions raging from feelings of warmth and comfort to feelings for anger and hostility . And on the other hand, the colors in the blue side of the spectrum are know as cool colors and include blue, Violet and green . theses colors are often described as calm, but also call to mind feelings of sadness or indifference. 


One perfect example for the "Warm" and "Cool" colors would be. The Lantern Corps. From the famous Green Lantern. In the picture below, we can see that the first 3, after the white lantern, are the "warm colors", the red, orange, and yellow lanterns. And after that we have the "cool colors", the green, blue, indigo, pink lanterns before the black lantern. 

      Life          Rage               Green           Fear       Will Power       Hope         Compassion         Love          Death 

"Your feelings about color are often deeply personal and rooted in your own experience or culture.", says Kendra Cherry. I agree with what Kendra has to say about this because. the psychology depends on the culture. For example, Japanese culture associates yellow with courage while Western culture sometimes associates yellow with cowardice.


 Just like emotions, Superheroes are also powered by this thing called "Emotion Spectrum". For them the emotion spectrum is their source of power, and still with the colors of the rainbow.
Its like the colors of the rainbow, R.O.Y.G.I.B.V. 

where in the colors in the first colors R.O.Y and the negative colors and the G.I.B.V colors are the positive. We have the whole Lantern Corps. We have the good guys. Green = Will power, Blue = Hope, Indigo = Compassion, and Pink = Love . And the bad guys, Red = Rage, Yellow = Greed, and Yellow = Fear. Just like what Cherry said in her article that our emotions has good and bad sides with distinct warm and cool colors.


Also like the Psychology of Colors. The creators of the lantern corps thought the same. Because they had the good and bad part. but there is flaw. according to the article, "Why is willpower part of the Emotional Spectrum?" by anonymous, he said that will power isn't an emoting but a mindset. But willpower (green) is the ability to control one's emotion and act independently of impulses, which is why it's in the middle of the spectrum. It balances extremes such as rage (red) and love (violet), which are often uncontrollable.