Imagine a world where people changed colors depending on what emotion they were feeling. Lust, anger, embarassment, envy, love, hate, shame, sadness, etc... would all have a distinct color. In what ways would this change society as we know it?
Speaking legally, it would no longer be inadmissable for a person to speak about someone elses feelings and state of mind in court. Politicians couldn't get away with their fakery and false compassion. Christians could no longer get away with their fakery and false compassion. I wonder if people would wear more clothing and body paint to disguise their emotions, or would such people be viewed by the rest of society as untrustworthy. Is it possible to control your emotions to the degree that you could actually change your color- try it next time your blushing. It would take all of the drama out of TV, Movies, and the theater- unless actors actually felt the emotion they were portraying or the footage was doctored to appear as if they did. Colors would be so much more symbolic. Everything from national flags to the colors used in advertisements would change. It's interesting to think of certain scenes from the Bible as if the characters skin color was changing with their emotions. Peter's color would have gone from confident and trusting to doubtful as he slipped into the water. Thomas would have chaged from a sad and doubting hue to the brightest joy as he felt the nail pierced hands of our savior. It would have been interesting to see the contrast of Christ's peaceful coloring next to his friends frantic scared coloring on sea of Galilee during the storm. Things would change profoundly if we could visibly see each others emotions.
I think everybody has a certain bent towards a certain mood, so my guess is, if we were always wearing our emotions, and we all had one or two that were most comman in us, we'd start grouping ourselves according to our moods. Happy people would hang out with happy people. Angry people with angry. There wouldn't be any balance. And my guess is there'd be a lot of relational issues. Do I hang out with someone the opposite of me? or the same? Veeery interesting.
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The changes would be mostly in fashion. We'd all wear masks and full-length clothing I imagine.
But also, we'd be more in control of our emotions I think. There'd be a lot less angry kids...
Speaking legally, it would no longer be inadmissable for a person to speak about someone elses feelings and state of mind in court. Politicians couldn't get away with their fakery and false compassion. Christians could no longer get away with their fakery and false compassion. I wonder if people would wear more clothing and body paint to disguise their emotions, or would such people be viewed by the rest of society as untrustworthy. Is it possible to control your emotions to the degree that you could actually change your color- try it next time your blushing. It would take all of the drama out of TV, Movies, and the theater- unless actors actually felt the emotion they were portraying or the footage was doctored to appear as if they did. Colors would be so much more symbolic. Everything from national flags to the colors used in advertisements would change. It's interesting to think of certain scenes from the Bible as if the characters skin color was changing with their emotions. Peter's color would have gone from confident and trusting to doubtful as he slipped into the water. Thomas would have chaged from a sad and doubting hue to the brightest joy as he felt the nail pierced hands of our savior. It would have been interesting to see the contrast of Christ's peaceful coloring next to his friends frantic scared coloring on sea of Galilee during the storm. Things would change profoundly if we could visibly see each others emotions.
I think everybody has a certain bent towards a certain mood, so my guess is, if we were always wearing our emotions, and we all had one or two that were most comman in us, we'd start grouping ourselves according to our moods. Happy people would hang out with happy people. Angry people with angry. There wouldn't be any balance. And my guess is there'd be a lot of relational issues. Do I hang out with someone the opposite of me? or the same? Veeery interesting.
It would be a colorful time for boys going through puberty. Girls too , I guess...
Color blindness would be considered a hoprrible affliction like being deaf
or like some kind of developmental dissability.
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