Emotions through colour

Emotions: ast...aStOnISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Picture #1: Astonished Baby!

Wow, look at this little dude! His eyes are huge! In Dictionary.com, astonished is defined as, "to fill with sudden and overpowering suprise". I'd say it really describes this baby's expression well. (flabbergasted also describes it well,,, but i'll stick with 'astonished', heh.) The main feature of the baby that really shows astonishment is his eyes and eyebrows. His eyes are large and wide-open. It is as if the baby is sudden alert of something very suprising. Also, his eyebrows are high up, a result of his eyes widening.


Source: http://www.fobscure.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Baby-Astonished.jpg





Picture #2: Astonished man!
As shown in the photo of the baby above, this man's eyes are wide open and his eyebrows are high up which shows his suprise. However, this man's expression extends throughout his whole face. His eyebrows are high up, consequently, wrinkles have formed and can be seen on his forehead. His mouth is gaping open and his hands are up to his shoulders. A natural gesture of humans when they are suprised is opening their mouth wide and covering it with their hands. It seems that this man is in the process of putting his hand up to cover his mouth.

source: http://www.cathy-moore.com/gifs/funstuff_astonished.gif


Picture #3: Astonished baby2
It seems like I have found the product of Picture #1 and Picture #2 combined. This Baby has all the features of 'astonishment'. Her eyes and mouth are wide open and eyebrows are high up.

source:http://www.photofixinternational.com/varias/people/images/P-00002-Astonished.jpg

Extra Picture: Astonished Cat; Animal facial expression?

Source: http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/magistra08/fourteen/attonitus.jpg

Emotions: sad........ :'(

Picture #1: Sad little baby...:'(

Awwww,,, Starting from the top of his face, every part of this little baby is sad. Around his eyebrows are little 'crinkles'; he's frowning. People tend to frown when they are confused, angry or sad. Next, his eyes are tightly shut. I don't know about the rest of the people, but when I was little, I cried with my eyes shut with a little frown, just like this baby. He's nose is slightly red and the 'creases(?)' that go from his nose around to his mouth shows that he isn't very pleased - even when the corners of his mouth is going up.

His overall face is pinkish. All these 'evidence' points to one answer; he is sad.

.......heh, that was so obvious to start with,, but,,yeh......lol........

Source: http://www.latte.ca/pics/2006/0703/03-w-sickSadBaby.jpg



Picture #2: a sad toddler..
The first thing I want to point out is that, the toddler is looking down. (As in her face is facing the ground-not the other 'down') I think when people are sad, they often look downwards. The opposite to happy faces, the corner of her outh is tweaked down. This alone expresses sadness. Look at her eyes. When people are sad, their eyes are slightly 'unfocused'. I think that's the closest word to describe it. Conclusion: This girl is sad.
Source: http://www.askamum.co.uk/upload/24703/images/sad-toddler.jpg


Picture #3: Sad person...

As you can see, her expression is similar to the little girl (Pic#2). So all her features are described up there but here, I would like to expand on the look in her eyes. Ok, 'unfocused' is not the best word, but it was the closest describtion I could come up with. The eye-lid is slightly closed from looking down. She has this thoughtful, far-away look in her eyes.

source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMYH8u-5XMYoix7EH7ckOkLgOW_KZm6IMGdQCCh8v2Pj-hCmsdBzDntMGMiIHCaT0BhRDEg-gGEDRZ2VCZMd7dYKUoXqADZ_uAJL6HK2yDsiRsgzedMOR9w1yZhikvtx1pUK7ZiXS7weL/s1600/sad_girl_small.jpg

Emotions: OvErJoYeD~~~~~!!!!!!!

Picture #1 An overjoyed boy!
One glance at this boy on the left, and you can tell he is happy. Actually, more than happy - I'd say he's overjoyed! He is looking up so not all the features are clear. However, even in this angle, you can see his eyes are slightly closed and are arched up like this: ^ ^ just like his eyebrows. Even by this, you can tell he is happy. But this boy is overjoyed. You can tell by his mouth. His mouth is wide open as if he is surprised or is about to scream. However, the corners of his mouth are tweaked up and all his teeth are showing. Also, his hand is made into a fist and are held up, this is an action many people do when something good happened or when they get a question of their homework right. They pull down their fist from up to down whispering "Yesssssss!"




Source: http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1439/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1439R-681023.jpg


Picture #2: overjoyed man
Judging by his uniform and the background, he is a soccer(/whatever sport) player and he just scored a goal!Whoop! I can see that this man is overjoyed as his face and gestures clearly express this. Just like the boy, his face is looking up at the sky and his eyes are closed. His eyes and brows are arched up and his mouth is wide open. The corners are tweaked up the slightest bit, expressing his happiness. But unlike the boy, he is kneeling down with his arms out to his sides. This position imposes his extreme happiness.


Source: http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/78322613.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=9E7D312EDC8D63D0E64E43C7E4EDA2E985FF8531B985B75D6E69CD255C90998BE30A760B0D811297

Picture #3: Overjoyed Woman
Yes, yes, another picture of a overjoyed person. The facial expression of an overjoyed person is clearly expressed in this photo but the gesture is also different. So I guess the point here is that the facial expressions and gestures have a limit to the similarity.
On the other pictures, the eyes are slightly 'arched', therefore, even if I covered up the mouth, you could see there happiness. However, if I cover up the mouth, it is not clear whether this person is actually happy. Yes, the important point here is her mouth. The mouth that is wide open with the corners tweaked up.

source: http://us.cdn3.123rf.com/168nwm/cybernesco/cybernesco0903/cybernesco090300002.jpg