Have you ever heard someone say they’re feeling “blue” or noticed how certain colors seem to match our moods? There’s a fascinating psychological reason behind this. Color psychology reveals how different colors can influence our emotions and behaviors, each having a unique effect on how we feel. Colors can shape our moods, decisions, and perceptions in our daily lives.

What happens when we blend the power of color with the magic of music? Let’s explore how this combination can create a whole new emotional experience!

The challenge

For this challenge, start by using a color palette generator to pick a set of colors (minimun 3). Then, look up what emotions are connected to each color. Now, it’s time to get creative! Write a piece of music that brings those colors and emotions to life. Experiment with things like modulations, dynamics, and key changes. The goal is to create music that feels like a kaleidoscope of shifting emotions.

Here are 2 color palette generators you can use:

Here is a simple list of colors and the psychological effects they commonly have on us:

  • Red: passion, love, excitement, anger, danger
  • Orange: joy, enthusiasm, creativity, warmth
  • Yellow: happiness, optimism, hope, energy
  • Green: nature, peace, calmness, growth
  • Blue: trust, loyalty, intelligence, sadness
  • Purple: luxury, mystery, creativity, wisdom
  • Pink: love, romance
  • Black: sophistication, elegance, mystery, death
  • White: purity, innocence, cleanliness, simplicity

Instructions

  • It must be an original composition, specifically created from scratch for this challenge in Flat. We will review the score's history to ensure compliance with this rule. Submissions that do not adhere to this requirement will not be considered.
  • In the description, you must tell us the colors you chose and the respective emotions.
  • We do not accept collaborations this time.
  • The song must be 1-3 minutes long. We know this is a very limited time, but we're receiving so many submissions lately, we want to ensure we can carefully review each of them.
  • You can only submit one score.
  • Deadline: September 30th. No late submissions will be accepted.
  • Remember, we cannot consider private scores.

Scoring system

✅ Accuracy (20 points)

How accurately the colors and emotions are incorporated and transformed in the composition.

✅ Engagement (20 points)

How well your song captures the listener's attention for its entire duration.

✅ Transitions (20 points)

How smooth and well-designed the song's transitions are (e.g., modulations).

✅Creativity (20 points)

The originality and inventiveness of your piece.

✅ Emotional Impact (15 points)

The ability of the composition to evoke the intented emotions.

✅ Founders Enjoyment (5 points)

How much the founders of Tutteo, the company behind Flat, like your piece.


If you win more than once during the period of the yearly subscription you won, the prize will be applied as follows:

  • You can give away the yearly subscription to a person who does not have a premium subscription yet of your choice.
  • If you decide to keep the prize for yourself, we will add one extra month to the annual subscription you already won, and the second place will be awarded the annual subscription prize.

Bonus points

  • Choose one of the following genres: jazz, pop, or rock. If you choose this option, please include the selected genre in the description of your score (4 points).
  • For the title, create a wordplay that combines the colors used and the emotions (e.g. Sonata of Fiery Hues) (2 points).
  • Including a brief narrative that explains how the piece and your composition decisions reflect the emotions and colors chosen (2 points).

🥇 The score with the most points wins!

We'll announce the winner on October 11th.

Prize

🏆 One-year Premium subscription.

Additional incentives

  • Promotion in our blog and social media.
  • Special badge for a year showing you as the winner of this month's challenge!

Submissions

Please send your submission 👉🏽 here.

Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.

⚠ Private scores cannot be reviewed! Please make your score public before submitting it.

After submitting, we will manually add your score to the Challenge tab on the Flat Community Page. This isn't an automatic process, so you'll need to have a bit of patience.

We can't wait to hear what you come up with!