Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Color is a universal phenomenon, yet its meanings and interpretations vary significantly within a society, as well as across cultures, shaped by social norms and historical contexts. This theoretical paper aims to provide a sociological interpretation of colors and color symbolism, drawing exclusively on secondary data sources. The present research explores how colors are interpreted differently across different societies, and how these meanings impact human behavior, emotions and even social systems. By interpreting color as socially and culturally constructed and not an isolated concept, this paper contributes to a broader and detailed understanding of how colors can be approached from a psychological as well as sociological perspective. The findings emphasize the functions of colors, how colors impact human emotions, cross-cultural interpretations of colors and finally, how colors impact relationships in society, thus, offering an in-depth perspective on the sociological dimensions of colors across societies.
Author: Vyany Dey Arora
Institution: Panjab University
Language: English
Topic: Color perception and design
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413176080