Or – An Experiment
(Of Sorts): The Perceived Importance (Or Otherwise) of Colour in
Socially Conditioned Compliance and Inducing Submission to Authority
Hi folks. I had reason
today to answer a couple of comments responding posted to my last
posting in which I happened to mention how to my mind the colour of
the 'carers' dress has a bearing on the image portrayed in addition
to the styling and seems important somehow. So I said “...for
example, would a pastel shade such as pink or lilac have the same
effect / impact?”
Well, you see: This is a factor that interests me so, as I
sad in my reply “Perhaps I should create a couple of variations of
this image and display them side-by-side, identical in all but
colour”. And so I have done just that.
Now, I don't exactly have
a lot of time on my hands today and so this is very much NOT my best
work and is a little rough around the edges so to speak (there is HORRIBLE fringing around the lilac version in particular) but... hmmm –
well...what do you think?
I'd really love some comments on this please, but
I'm too lazy to set up one of those 'poll' things – unless of
course there is enough interest!
So is colour important in this
context? Which one – if any – does it for you the most? I was surprised once I started messing around to be honest...but I don't want to influence you.
By the way - if you have emailed me and not yet heard back, despair ye not; I'll be answering you later today while out imbibing coffee up there in Wood Green Mall's Pret-a-Mange.
3 comments:
Before I saw the comparisons, my guess would have been the gray.
But to my surprise I liked the gray the least and I liked the lilac the most. For me it contributes to the disparity in freedoms, even if the matron is wearing a uniform, still the lilac emphasizes depersonalization of the inmate
My vote is for the pink dress.
Ciao
I’d go with the grey, but I actually prefer the original blue. Warm colors don’t say nurse/matron/guard to me the way colder colors do. I’d put the inmate in pink or yellow or light grey.
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