The symbolism of colour in the interpretation of a drawing in Gestalt

• Lubov V. Karotovskaya, Shatalova, Lubo I, Sergey I. Maslakov, Tatiana A. Syrovatskaya Stary Oskol Branch, Belgorod State University, 18, Solmechny, 309502 Stary Oskol, Rusia
• Anna N. Doborovich, Karina E. Panasenko Belgorod State University Russia, 308015, Belgorod, Pobeda St., 85

Abstract

The article investigates the peculiarities of colour symbolism and semantics that might be applied in the interpretation of a projective drawing in Gestalt. As a result, a child’s drawing is a kind of figurative art; this is something that has to evoke not just the viewer’s thoughts and feelings about the depicted figurative material. In conclusion, we can supplement a diagnostic component part with a new approach of psychodiagnosis problem-solving of individual and typological features of personality peculiarities in the modern pedagogical educational process.