Hello everyone. My name is Ishikawa, and I am in charge of art and crafts, plastic expression, etc. in the Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Early Childhood Education major. In my university classes, I sometimes give lectures on the world of color, and this time I would like to talk a little about a part of it.
Colors can be broadly divided into achromatic colors, such as white, black, and gray, which have no color, and chromatic colors, such as red, blue, and yellow, which have a color. In the world of color, each of these colors has a specific place, forming a three-dimensional world. When I lecture to students, I often use the example of a globe to explain this world of color. For example, white countries are in the North Pole, black countries are in the South Pole, and gray countries are in the underground world of the earth’s axis, with countries closer to the North Pole being lighter and countries closer to the South Pole being darker. On the equator, countries with vivid pure colors are lined up like the colors of a rainbow.
Furthermore, colors have a relationship of opposite colors. For example, the pure colors that line up on the equator are opposite colors to each other. To give a few examples, red and green, yellow and purple, orange and blue are opposite colors. When these colors are next to each other, they repel each other very much and look dazzling. However, when an achromatic color such as white, black, or gray is inserted between them, this dazzling feeling is miraculously alleviated and a comfortable space is created. This is because the achromatic color acts as a good intermediary or conduit between the two colors.
In childcare and education, when trouble occurs between children, teachers act as mediators, but even veteran teachers have difficulty in mediating effectively. In our Early Childhood Education major, we hope that you will grow into talented people who can act as a conduit not only between children, but also between various people, just like the achromatic colors in the world of colors. And we hope that by increasing the number of such people, the harshness of the world will be alleviated, even if only a little.
◆Professor Takashi Ishikawa (Department of Education)The faculty introduction page isHere
