Delsarte System of Oratory

Chapter 220: Red, Blue and Yellow.

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A systematic manual presents a comprehensive codification of expressive technique for public speaking and performance, beginning with a biographical sketch and preface and then treating voice—its anatomy, vowel formation, intensity, tempo, respiration, and inflection—followed by an extended theory of gesture covering general principles, the laws of gesture, detailed movement of head, eyes, torso, limbs, and a semeiotic analysis, and concluding with articulate language, prosody, the oratorical value of words and phrases, and practical exercises and gesture series for common sentiments; appendices collect lectures, lessons, and contemporary articles illustrating application and pedagogy.

The Nature of the Colors of Each Circle in the Color Charts.

Red, Blue and Yellow.

Red is the color of life. Indeed, this is asserted by fire, by the heat of the blood.

Blue is the color of the mind. Is not blue the color of the sky, the home of pure intellects, set free from the body, who see and know all things? To them everything is in the light.

Yellow is the color of the soul. Yellow is the color of flame.

Flame contains the warmth of life and the light of the mind. As the soul contains and unites the life and the mind, so the flame warms and shines. [Compare Delaumosne, page 157.]