PASTEL SUNRISE-SUNSET Image Art & Fine Art Photography by JO-ANN TOMASELLI
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Why is it that humankind, almost universally, is infatuated with the luminosity, hue, tint and intensity of sunrise and sunsets?

Possibly it’s because the sunrise brings us hope of a new beginning while sunset signals the termination of a day well lived. It’s more likely however that our love of the golden hour is because the colors, produced by atmospheric conditions at the beginning and end of the day, affect us deeply on emotional and psychological levels.

It’s a known fact that color sways perception, judgment and behavior and has the psychological power to influence emotion.

Each hue has a different effect on our body’s nervous system and though we say we have likes & dislikes of certain color pallets, our collective subconscious reactions to color are surprisingly similar.

Carl Jung, in his writings on the collective unconscious…