what do the colours symbolise? stand for?
2006-07-31 15:47:45 · 5 answers · asked by mangofish72 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
In the Northern Territory, Australia, the Australian Aboriginals have a tradional view of colours that may or may not be used in their artwork.
Men are permitted to use four colours and women may only use two colours.
Men use red, yellow, black, and white.
I can't recall which of the two colours the women use.
Some research on the Internet may help with this.
2006-08-01 15:34:28 · answer #1 · answered by wollemi_pine_writer 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Aboriginal Colours
2016-10-07 08:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by youngman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does depend on whether or not you mean australian aboriginals or as aboriginal peoples in general. It can then depend on who you ask.
New Zealand Moari art is a form of aboriginal art as its created by the native people of NZ. As Maori history is not written but artforms alot of misconceptions about colour meanings were perpetuated. For instance if you asked the art teachers they would say that they only capable of making red and black so theat is what they used and didn't really have meaning beyond that. If you ask Maori youll get a very different answer. Pigments did depend on the ingrediants availible in particular areas but there were also alot of sybolism in the way and place they were used.
For examples of maori art try my 360 page or go to my site at www.ethnic-aotearoa.co.nz
2006-08-01 19:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by dragonaotearoa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most artists work with what they have available. Many pigments of colors aren't readily found the world over.
It's likely that certain colors that dominate certain less advanced cultures simply means that this was the color selection they had to work with.
Example:
Even in Europe the general themes of the colors used varied from region to region. The old Dutch Masters painted in a darker, more sober tone. Had they the brighter, more vivid pigments that came out of the Mediterranean area their paintings probably would have been much brighter and colorful.
As the varies pigments became more available throughout Europe more artists found they had a larger pallet to chose from.
2006-07-31 17:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, what aboriginal people are you talking about? World wide there are plenty, and many different cultures. As for the colors and what it means... Maybe something, maybe nothing. Most cultures will think of different colors as symbolizing different things, but many other times it's just color on art.
2006-07-31 15:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋