Making Your Own Color Associations

Complete the chart below.

In small groups, use classroom language and group roles to discuss the associations you have with colors.
In other words, what images or feelings come to mind when you think of a color?

Color What images do you What feelings do you Write a color

associate with the associate with the association sentence
color? color?
Red Stop signs, race cars, Excitement, love, When I see red, I get
blood, Valentine Day, danger. the feeling of
Chinese New Year. excitement because I
associate red with race
cars.
Pink Pig, Flamingo, Axolotl, Love, Romantic, When I see the color
Valentine Day, Feminine, pink, I feel a sense of
romance and affection.
Blue Sea, Ocean, Sky, Belief, loyalty, When I see the color
responsibility, trust, and blue, I feel a sense of
security. security from the
emergence of sacred
beliefs.
Yellow Jewelry, Warning Signs, The joy, cheerfulness, When I see the color
Sun Sets and zest for life. yellow, a surge of
excitement wells up
within me, along with the
cheerfulness of the
evening.
Purple Lavender, Orchid, Elixir malovolent energy, When I see the dark
sadness and frustration purple color, I sense
frustration, as it feels like
a very malevolent energy.
Green Tree, Leaf,
Brown
Orange
White
Black