Does Color Really Affect How You Act?
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2017
- The Internet has a lot to say about how color affects our mood and behavior, but it's not as cut and dry as it may sound.
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The coloring of the word "colors" at around 40 seconds in made the word nearly invisible for my colorblindness. Irony at its best.
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Okay, now that you've done colors let's do a video on binaural beats and those specific sound waves (gamma, alpha, delta etc. etc) being used to calm the mind or increase focus and the like.
Mark Keller Yea I agree! Subliminal message beats, isochronic beats etc they need to be studied...
+Eric Thang Thanks
These don't work for me
Hmmm ...
Delta waves help me fall asleep when I've been tossing and turning all night
That's why they wear *light green* clothes when they do surgeries that has to do something with blood, to prevent seeing *red* for too long, as it is not good for their eyes.
correct me if I'm wrong
That sounds like a horrible idea. green and red are complementary, so any blood stains would be a disgusting brown color.
Ashley Tritle red and green are contrasting colours and I think they're saying that the light green is there so that there's something that's, in a way, cancelling out the unpleasant feelings that the dark red blood would give the surgeons. cancelling out wasn't really the best way of putting it idk
No. It's because staring at red for a long time leaves a light green afterimage. So they wear light green to be less distracted by that.
Check it yourself, stare at red for a while then look at white.
This has nothing to do with behaviour but it is so the cones in the eye responsible for perceiving red wavelengths “rest” anytime the eye is outside the surgical region. Otherwise, you lose precision and reds start looking the same tone. Something like that...
in my experience surgeons wear deep green. psychologically deep green represents self-control..
so good for everyone to know that the surgeon is in control of things..
I love SciShow Psych! Thanks for starting this show. I love how you explain things and look forward to every video.
she is a great presenter
I misread the title as "Does color really affect how you art?" and thought, well probably.
In Texas, I had to pay extra on car insurance because my car was red. They told me that red can make you drive more aggressively. This didn't matter if it was a truck, van or a sports car. Just if the vehicle was a shade of red.
huh, interesting. I'd feel like it would also make you easier to see though, which would make it safer. I wonder if that was based on actual evidence or not.
Thats bs shut up
I personally find warm colors very calming, I use a red lightbulb in my bedroom to help me relax before I go to bed.
I use to do mushrooms and I noticed everytime I looked at the color pink I had an opiate effect come over me. It was really really euphoric and the longer I looked at the color pink the more the euphoria multiplied. I never really cared for pink before I started taking mushrooms. Now I have a new appreciation for it.
You guys should really do an episode on ADD/ADHD. It's one of the most misunderstood disorders and very rarely addressed in as scientific a manner as your channels do. I'm sure there's enough information to easily fill a 10 minute episode. It would be immensely helpful for those with ADD/ADHD to understand more about their disorder.
I fully support this. Yes, I'm biased and have ADD.
(It kind of ruined my life.)
araknidude I feel it, man. I take a lot of medication for it. I'd honestly say it's debilitating. The psychological affects of growing up as "the weird kid" are by far, much worse. It's confusing and beyond difficult. I just wish I knew more about it. The only stuff I could find was outdated books from the early 90s and whatever the pharmaceutical companies put on their websites. I hope they actually read this.
Julian Grijalva this episode could've been 10 minutes. who cares how long the video could be made. how about you focus on the topic being talked about, a general 2 minute summary would already raise awareness... idiot. and there's much more than add and ADHD self centered.jk
jkuty2 I'm sorry, what?
I have ADHD and from experience, it is a misnomer. It really should be called Hyper-Receptivity Disorder. I can focus for long periods of time, beyond what my friends can, if I'm not interrupted, like spending 4 hours fixing something without a rest. But I can't stand still in the shopping mall, or focus; too much "input".
Red has always been one of the most relaxing colours to me. I had a red bedroom for so long, and the time I've spent since then in bedrooms that arent red seems to increase my stress levels in my daily life. There are probably other factors influencing this as well, but it's something ive observed in myself since the house was redecorated.
great video!
i'd recommend the game theorists' video on colour in competitive/esports games if you wanna get even more info on this subject: red vs blue, the secret color strategy :D he talks about effects of colours on players and a lot of other cool stuff!
And some of us were even taught colour psychology as if it were fully understood in school. Along with the faulty idea of only 4 or 5 localized tastes.
But isn't the taste part taught at a very small age to help visualize it. It's something you'll likely be retaught later on in school, like how blood isn't actually blue when not exposed to oxygen.
Abram Thiessen - When I was a kid, I told my teachers they were wrong about the taste thing, that that's not how it worked at all. They didn't like that very much and threatened to give me a zero on the assignment unless I filled it out the way they wanted me to. This was in the 90s, before anyone officially figured out that it was wrong. 😏
Jennifer Lynn
very sad that the education system is all about learning to believe what you are told instead of thinking for yourself and coming to your own conclusions..
bear that in mind when watching this video - and do not take it as some complete gospel truth..
I'm watching here from Brazil thank you very much
What about the claim that "Red makes you hungry - hence most fast food restaurants being colored red"?
Rob Spiess The video should answer your question. Psychologists are not sure and fast food restaurants might just do it because of the chance it has an effect.
Klumsy Animator Did nobody watch the video. And as they said in the video it might only be in some cultures that red resembles being hungry.
Red is a pretty common color for food true enough, but so are many other colors. I think red and yellow simply remind people of common condiments at restaurants and diners, ketchup and mustard. Once the cozy milieu of a diner and the condiment tray is associated with a tasty meal, the colors will later probably elicit the brain's reward system to start expecting some incoming yummies in the mouth hole soon, reinforcing actual feelings of hunger or the illusion thereof. Which is why Wrigley's Big Red gum is so evil, letting your brain think you're getting hot dog flavor for a second when in fact it was cinnamon all along!
Might be because meat is red, or is close to red. And when we want to snack we often don't want the green vegetables or something like that.
But in the end it is most likely based on the idea that red makes people hungry, and not because it is a fact.
Maybe it's that people now associate the colour red with hunger *because* lots of fast food joints are red.
Brit is the second best host that SciShow has ever had. And it's possible I only rate her second best because Hank Green has the awkward nerd grace style that I so appreciate. But her voice is calming to listen to, while simultaneously passionate and deeply interested in the subject matter. Her whole body language speaks of confidence and intelligence. So far I'm incredibly pleased with SciShow Psych and the choice of host and writer.
William White I'd argue that Michael is better but eh, one to his own.
Yeah, I really like his smooth / weird, tongue in cheek vibe on the Quiz Show episodes. :-) Somehow manages to keep those near-train-wreck shows on track.
@Brit What's up with the tattoo of coordinates if I may ask?
This is such a good video.
What if you stare at a rainbow with every single possible hue and shade of every color? Would you have every single responce or none at all?
I think it's not just a matter of what colors you are looking at, but also the shapes and combinations of colors that matter.
This man is woke af
Isn't it the same thing as just staring at white light?
Julija Sirina True
It would turn you gay.
Why did they turn her shirt red for a few seconds? Omg am I a part of a scishow experiment? ;D
Can you do a video on coloured lenses for sensory overload and for depression? It's really interesting!
How do I get one of those sharks T-shirts?
I've been personally studying colors for several years now. Each color has its own vibe and that's what we either like or dislike...much like a radio station.
Color seems so difficult to study, just because it is everywhere. I remember doing some studies on color in Psych lectures. But that was mostly on how we saw color, which was interesting :P
my guess is placebo
MeowAlien にゃあエイリアン
日本人ですか?
+Eric Theng もちろんです
I like them pink!
I love your shirt! sharks are neet.
I love that shirt.
I do not care what she says, I just like watching her 💪😊. So much energy!
I'm a german psychology graduate. How can I work for SciShow Psych?
I love your shark tee
I saw that shirt color change :P
The construction bright colored Orange-Red gets me sick. I break out in a cold sweat feel dizzy, nauseous, and weak. It only takes about 10 minutes and I have to immediately leave and close my eyes. I have had this all my life. If it’s a couple of seconds I’m ok, longer than that nope!
I like your shark shirt!
I remember reading an article on this, in regards to gaming. In a lot of video games, there is a red team and a blue team. I can't find this article now, but it said that results were published from a few video games. In first person shooters, red team won about 6% more often, across all matches, than blue team. This is significant, considering the sample size. All matches played in the game (I think it was Team Fortress 2). Meanwhile, in Moba's, blue team has the advantage. This really can't be ignored. Both teams are exactly the same, apart from their colour. So a 5% difference based on nothing but colour does say something...
Though, as mentioned in the vid... Reliably knowing how a colour will make you react is hard
It was on Game Theory.
nice vid
I love green😀.
And so do you have blue blood or red?
You are doing wonder..Keep it up..😀😊♥️🤗🌏🤗🌎🙏🇮🇳
Learned how to have color affected them
That's a nice shark shirt.
This is the only video, that I viewed, out of 10 on the same subject which dropped the veneer and said "...we don't know how or why..." For that reason, I subscribed. Keep up the good, scientific work.
Her shirt is cool
The whole reason I subbed is because the scishow psych logo is blue
Totally off topic but I love your shirt!
What is the most bad color to use
Have loved the host since the first day! The colors made me say that!
Nice t-shirt
nice shirt
id love to study this link with neuroscience and color
Nice
GUYS I HAVEN'T FINISHED BUT SHE SWITCHED SHIRTS
Wow I just Garden ad from Nestle a company that has attempted to take away water rights in order to sell more bottled water.
nice t-shirt
she was great
It could have been worth it to touch on how in Manga and Comics certain colors are placed on characters to represent their personality. It's kind of a more tangible source of this "color=emotion" thing because they've been following the same tropes for DECADES. Seriously, look into your favorite comic/manga character's colors, they aren't random!
Large screen tv can create virus or treat infection and weather water humdity
Car insurance companies charge you more on your premiums if you are driving a red car right?
Kai Widman I've heard white cars pay less though
All of these claims are just myth
When I check Kelly or NADA for the value of my Hyundai it asks the color. White reduces the value by $100.
Bradley Noneofyourbizz probably because nobody wants white.
LagiNaLangAko23 Yes, in Texas I had to pay more on my insurance for my red car that was not even a sports car. When I got a new car that was blue, it went back down even though it was the same make and model. When I talked to my insurance company "Farmers" they told me that red can make drivers drive aggressively. Whether that claim is true or not, insurance companies have charged more for red cars.
I was waiting for her to talk about Luscher test in this vid :D
The research I participate in has Luscher test in a psychological part. I've tried to read a book about Luscher test and how it works but I gave up too fast as it was so complicated :D
Liked for science!
made my wallpaper and background in shades of yellow and green. kinda have the idea that being behind the PC makes me less tired now..
And once you find out for sure that there is a correlation, then you have to figure out if it also works on color blind people.
If there is something biological about it, it probably won't work on them, since they can't see the color the same as everyone else.
My previous supervisor painted his office pink. He said it was to keep him calm(he was kind of excitable) When they guys were asking him about it(and joking about the color) he said that it reminded him of sunsets he enjoyed while living in Hawaii.
I've read in multiple sources that red and orange are good colors to write in if you want to grab someone's attention, but that could be instinctive or it could just be because things are not _usually_ written in these colors. I've also read that blue has a calming effect and I've noticed that hospital rooms tend to be partly blue, which, if it's true, would explain this. I've read that yellow fosters focus which is why _legal_ pads are often yellow.
Well, blood is usually red, which would come out of wounds and dead animals, making the association with red and anger understandable
But lakes during the day, and the sky is blue, and being alarmed at the sky would not be useful, so it calms
Grass and most plants are green, which is why green calms
I'm so happy this channel exists
Why did they screw with the ratio of Japan's flag?
Brit was a great host!
I really like how Miss Garner articulates her speech. Competition for Hank Green ?
I love Baker-Miller pink, it's a great accent wall colour!
I have to study for finals and was told that the color blue helps you remember. So I wrote all of my notes in blue while looking up videos to see if it's true. I'm glad I found this video.
Maybe it has to do with what you believe the color represents. Green for example is a color I associate with jealousy especially if it has a darker pigment, since black automatically means bad the same way shadows do. I also associate green with magic when it's a lighter color like a neon emerald but if it becomes light enough to the point it's mixed with yellow I think of Spring but too much makes it look sickly.
Media really picks up on these ideas that it's like a shared collective. White auras tinged in gold or blue are reserved for celestial or ethereal powers while dark reds and purples are for antagonists. And red in lighter shades can mean passion when it is both bright and rich while purple can mean sovereignty particularly when that is what the color was originally known for. A bright yellow that isn't too rich in thickness conveys happiness like dandelions or sunflowers. Then you get deep blues that when you look at them it's like you feel the weight of an ocean on your mind because water weighs as much as sorrow.
So really there probably is something to color psychology but it depends on the individual's interpretation of the colors and their various shades. Perhaps we use them as shortcuts for faster processing like how a desktop picture is easy to identify and more accessible than actively searching for a certain program.
The other interesting thing is whether you associate those colors on a subconscious and visual level, or just as a word association. For example, do you associate the actual sight of blue with sorrow, or the word blue with sorrow? You are reminded of the word blue when you see the color, so the effect might be the same.
"Maybe it has to do with what you believe the color represents."
evolutionary biologists can explain why we are hard wired to respond to each different Colours in same way..
thus altho at a superficial level different cultures may seem to associate the same Colour with very different things - at a deeper level the meaning is essentially the same..
thus in China Red represents good luck, but in Britain it could be associated with a traffic light and danger - while at a fundamental instinctive level it remains about activity and desire.. thus those who are instinctively attracted to red crave excitement and challenges, while those who are repelled by red feel overstimulated and become extremely irritable when any further demands are placed upon them..
It is true cuz combination of black and white colors makes me feel uncomfortable and I get goose pimple all over my body and due to this I can't use the Uber app because of the black and white coloring of the cars on the app...Do you have any advice for me please?
TL;DR Colour has some effect on our minds in some situations sometimes, but that's basically all we know. (BTW I love this channel).
TL;DW , lol .
I want a SciShow Psych poker chip!
"You look positively orange with loneliness" ~Sheldon
Red gives me anxiety
love that she has two of the exact same shirt in different colors for the intro. a+ detail there lol
can you please make a video about what a significant result means for any scientific solution to any problem?
hmmm still off to find a video that helps me with which colors make people feel calm bold and encouraged
Hola TAES :)
Let the Cochrane Group make a metastudy of these papers and it will all vanish into blue air.
It would be worthwhile to explain why you would want to randomise and have control groups such as for the pink prison cell study. In another episode perhaps. It's good general knowledge to have.
Conclusion: don't trust who claims about color effects.
don't trust anyone - or come to any conclusions until you have thoroughly investigated things for yourself..
in my opinion - this video is too pessimistic about what is reasonably well proven about the powerful effects and qualities of Colour..
I got a bit to say on this topic.
-Im kinda considered synesthetic with colors. Or i can see colors when i hear music at least or certain numbers, letters, and musical notes in particular.
-So id definitely say that broadly speaking... green means "go, money ,and has soothing kinda "back to nature feel".
-Yellow means "caution" or "attention".
-Red is definitely a color of "warning!/danger!/stop!" Just like a black widows red hour glass, sculpin fish, blood, and stop lights and signs.
-I agree tho that it could be different for some people. Like interpreting a dream.... if you have a dream about fishes... and you are a fisherman... its not that significant as opposed to someone with a phobia of drowning.
-A good amt of poisonous animals have bright warning colors.
-and blue is definitely tranquil like the ocean and sky.
-i heard (not certain) that res (fast food ones esp. will purposefully use will actualll
I wonder how this squares with MatPat's video on red vs blue and how there are noticeable differences in performance between aggressive games and strategy games (be they actual sports or video games).
Red is my favorite color, I can help that i'll gravitate towards my favorite color.
Watch thegametheorists video on the colour in video games very amusing
Gray rooms are calming. Or dark orange colours on some walls. White walls drive me nuts
I thought the video would mention Goethe`s theory of colours. I`d like to know more about that.
HUMAN BATTERYS!!!!!
ever shower in a shower with black tiles?
it feels very... different from white tiles
Apparently orange makes you more electable....
To me, color combinations and contrast are way more important than specific hues. Does anyone else ever plan free time according to the colors you associate with different activities? Like I just might be in the mood for something soft and gray, or mysterious and purple, or sunny and multicolored on top of red. It definitely affects how I perceive music and structure playlists, too.
woodfur00 I have grapheme color synesthesia and I associate all my activities and feelings with color.
Hey, me too!
I was in a Baker Miller (or pepto bismol) pink mental hospital when I was a teenager. I hate that color and had a hard time believing that it was calming. If anything it made me feel more agitated.
she looked so fuzzy in this video
I would love to see more Psycholinguistics on this channel, like your Bilingual babies video. Language development is fascinating!
maybe it was omitted for time, but wouldn't the individual hands during the poker game have to factor heavily into whether or not people fold or bet? additionally the fact that blue and white chips typically denominate lower values would tip the scale in the direction of learned association; even a subconscious one.
The color blue definitely affects me: Shades especially close to pure blue (RGB 0,0,255) give me headaches after only a few seconds of exposure. The closer to pure blue, the more intense the effect. When exposed, my thought process becomes extremely disrupted and I can even struggle to communicate until I look away and wait for the symptoms to go away.
This is valid for any kind of blue lighting, be it from an LCD display, or a LED. Some rare items don't appear to affect me as much, especially fabric. I own a pure blue keychain strap and it's one of the only things that don't affect me. I generally avoid blue otherwise.
Yeah but that's because it's the "eyebleed" neon blue. Pretty much same thing would happen if you would look at pure "eyebleed" green, 0 255 0
(...what do you mean I've replied to a 6 year old comment?)
I would like to talk to someone from this channel. Because I’m discovering purple helps me stay awake while I’m driving or just in the sun. But I don’t know why yet.