What is Cymbolism?

Color is the ultimate tool a designer has at his or her disposal to communicate feeling and mood.

Cymbolism is a tool that attempts to quantify the association between colors and words, making it simple for designers to choose the best colors for the desired emotional effect.

Meaning

adj 1: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful
music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
[syn: somber]
2: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains";
"sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
[syn: drab, sober, somber]