BBC 6分钟英语学习 颜色对我们的影响

English from BBC Learning English. Hello.

This is six minute English from BBC Learning English.

I'm Neil, and I'm Georgina. This is the program where we hope to add some color to your life by talking about an interesting subject and teaching you some useful

vocabulary. And color is what we're talking about to day.

What's your favorite color? Nail? Oh, why?

Like green? A fresh, bold color that reminds me of nature.

It can have a calming effect.

And you it's got to be blue.

It reminds me of the sea, the sky and holidays.

Of course, colour, no matter which one we prefer, affect how we feel, and we'll be talking about that soon, but not before I challenge you to answer my quiz question.

Georgina, and it's a science question.

Do you know what the splitting of white light into its different colors is?

Cold Is it a dispersion, B reflection or C refraction?

Hmm, well, I'm not a scientist, so I'll have to guess as C refraction?

OK, I'll reveal the right answer later on.

But now let's talk more about color.

Color can represent many different things depending on where you come from.

You can be green with envy, wishing you had what some one else had, and some one can feel blue so feel depressed.

We choose colours to express ourselves in what we wear, or how we decorate our home.

The BBC radio, for program you and yours, has been talking about color and whether it affects everyone s mood.

Karen Harler is a color psychologist and a color designer and consultant.

She explained how color affects us.

It's the way that we take in the wavelengths of light, because color is wavelength of light, and it's how that comes in through our eye, and then it goes into the part of our brain called the hypothermus which governs our sleeping patterns, our hormones, our behaviors, our appetite.

It governs everything. And so different colors and different frequency, the different wavelengths of light, we have different responses and different reactions to them.

So color is wavelengths of light.

A wavelength is the distance between two waves of sound or light that are next to each other.

As these wavelengths change, so does the color we see.

That's the science lesson. Karen also explained that there's a part of our brain that controls, she use the word govern how we feel and how we behave.

And this can change depending on what color we see.

Interesting stuff. Of course, color can affect us differently.

Seeing red can make one person angry, but someone else may just feel energized.

Homework and furnishing manufacturers offer a whole spectrum or range of colors to choose to suit everyone's taste and mood.

But during the recent coronovirus pandemic, there was a rising demand for intense, bright shades and patterns.

This was referred to as Happy design design.

That was meant to help lift our mute.

Yes, and Karen Harlot spoke a bit more about this on the You and Yours program.

In the time when everyone was out and we were all working, and we d lived very, very busy lives.

Quite often what people wanted, they wanted a very quiet sanctuary to come back to.

So they had very power colors, or very low chromatic colors, in their house slow saturation, because that helped them unwind and helped them relax and to feel very soothed.

But what I have found since the 1st lockdown is a lot of people, because they're not getting that outside stimulation, they were actually putting a lot of brighter colors in their home, because they're trying to bring in that feeling that they would have got when they were out, that excitement and that buzz.

It seems that in our normal, busy, working lives, our homes were peaceful places and somewhere to relax.

They were a sanctuary. To create this relaxing space, we used pale colors, ones that lack intensity, like sky blue.

But during the recent lockdowns, when we weren't outside much, we tried to get that stimulation, that excitement or experience, by decorating our homes with brighter color, such as yellow.

Hmm, perhaps a little too bright for me.

It's all about personal taste and the connections we make with the colours we see.

But it makes sense that brighter colors can certainly lift on it.

Now, earlier, I asked you, georgina, do you know what the splitting of white light into its different colors is called?

Is it a dispersion, B reflection, or see refraction?

And I said it was refraction.

Sorry, georgina, that's wrong. It's actually called dispersion.

Back to school for you. But not before we recap some of today's vocabulary.

OK, firstly, we can describe someone who wishes they had what someone else has as being green with

envy. We also talked about a wavelength, the distance between two waves of sound or light that are next to each other.

To govern means to control or influence.

A sanctuary can be a

peaceful or relaxing place. In some cases, it can be a safe place for someone in danger.

Stimulation describes the feeling of being excited, interested or enthused by something.

And pale describes a color that lacks intensity.

It's not very bright, and for me, they're much better than a bold, bright yellow.

Well, georgina, thanks for showing your true colors.

That's all for now. But we'll be picking another topic to discuss out of the blue next time.

Don't forget. You can hear Other six Men English programs and much more on our website at bbc learning english dot com.

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Bye for now. Good Bye.

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