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Through generations in human civilization, color has displayed its especial significance based on tradition, culture, geographical conditions, and social evolution.
Color is an important component in non-verbal symbol helps to communicate from early human history. The perception and visual expression illustrate the unique characteristic and style of the primitive cultures.
Color has become the most powerful mode of visual non-verbal communication since the dawn human civilization. The above cave paintings are typically naturalistic style (Heraldic) of paintings. Primitive artists tried to imitate the natural colors rather than symbolic colors. The paintings of spotted color of horses or other characteristics of horses have shown the power of visual communication since 25000 years ago. ‘Naturalistic art’ is the visual representation of experience. Primitive artist (plate 2) have depicted the perception of that time. Symbolism is introduced during the cave art through simplicity of form and shape. Color is not applied in term symbolism at that early period, which requires fairly good amount of cognitive refinement. |
