What's the Sound of Colour? Kandinsky and Music?

The sound of colour is when artists use music and colour to make a special kind of art that feels like it's alive.

Imagine you're playing with your favourite toy, maybe a drum or a flute. Each time you hit the drum, it makes a thump, and each time you blow into the flute, it makes a ting. Now think about painting: red might be like the thump of the drum, strong and bold, while blue could be like the ting of the flute, smooth and calm.

Wassily Kandinsky, a painter who loved music as much as he loved art, believed that colours could make you feel certain sounds inside your head. He even wrote about it in his book Concerning the Spiritual in Art. To him, yellow was like a trumpet, bright and loud, while green felt more like a soft song.

Kandinsky sometimes painted after listening to music, letting the notes guide his brush. It's like when you draw or paint while listening to your favourite song, the music becomes part of the picture!

So next time you hear a happy tune, imagine it turning into a rainbow on paper, that’s the sound of colour! 🎨🎶