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Do you wanna know what color gets ME in the mood?
hey guys, Julia here for DNews
The colors man, the colors!
If you’re not completely color blind, kid, you might associate certain colors with certain
feelings.
But the idea that colors affect moods seems like.. well like baloney to me.
But studies as far back as the 1930s show that people, at least in the Western world
associate colors with specific feelings.
We use colors as metaphors for emotions.
Red represents anger, while blue is seen as serene and dignified.
A study published more recently in BMC Medical Research Methodology found this to hold true.
Some healthy people picked a happy yellow as associated with their mood, while some
people with depression and some people with anxiety picked shades of grey to describe
their mood.
Colors can even change the way drugs work.
Seriously.
The color blue makes for better sedatives while red makes stimulants more effective.
Speaking of red…
there really seems to be some strong feels surrounding the hot hue.
Red seems to be a universal color that means stop, danger or hot.
While you might think this has to do with culture it might have to do with our biology.
One study in the journal Emotion found that when people see red they react stronger and
faster.
Red is often seen as the sexy color, and one study published in the Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology found that to hold up across different cultures.
But it’s not just people, one study published in Psychological Science found that male rhesus
macaques avoid or act submissively around someone who wears red.
Another study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior found that female macaques
tend to gaze longer at images of male hindquarters surrounded by frames of red than the same
image framed with blue.
So maybe the roots of red reactions lie deep within our DNA.
Some scientists think this could because red is so important for communication.
A flushed face could signal that someone is angry or ready to hit the sheets.
But other colors carry meaning too.
Kermit would be happy to know that it’s pretty easy, well calming being around green.
One study published in environmental science and technology found that the color green
might make you enjoy your workout more.
The researchers found that men who looked at the color green while working out were
less tired and had less mood disturbances.
Other studies show that colors with shorter wavelengths like blue and green evoke feelings
of calmness.
A study published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being found that kids with ADHD experience
fewer symptoms after playing in an outdoor green space.
Green might also help enhance your creativity, according to a study published in the journal
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
These benefits of green might be because a lush green landscape meant a fertile land
with plenty of food for our ancestors.
Blue can mean a few different things.
One shade might be calming while a darker hue might signal sadness.
But blue light might perk us up.
One reason might be because blue acts on our biological clock.
On a bright sunny day, the sky is a brilliant blue, telling us to be awake.
This is one of the reasons why the blue light from your laptop and phone screens can keep
you awake at night.
So if you want to get pumped up, you should be seeing red.
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Speaking of color, have you ever wondered if we all see the same color?
Like is your red the same as my red?
or is your red like my blue?
Check out this video here Anthony throws on his rose-colored glasses and takes a look.