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Journal Article
Blue or Red? Exploring the Effect of Color on Cognitive Task Performances
2009
Overview
Existing research reports inconsistent findings with regard to the effect of color on cognitive task performances. Some research suggests that blue or green leads to better performances than red; other studies record the opposite. Current work reconciles this discrepancy. We demonstrate that red (versus blue) color induces primarily an avoidance (versus approach) motivation (study 1, n = 69) and that red enhances performance on a detail-oriented task, whereas blue enhances performance on a creative task (studies 2 and 3, n = 208 and 118). Further, we replicate these results in the domains of product design (study 4, n = 42) and persuasive message evaluation (study 5, n = 161) and show that these effects occur outside of individuals' consciousness (study 6, n = 68). We also provide process evidence suggesting that the activation of alternative motivations mediates the effect of color on cognitive task performances.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science,The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subject
/ Adult
/ Anagrams
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Bricks
/ Color
/ Colors
/ Female
/ Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Performance enhancing substances
/ Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
/ Psychology. Psychophysiology
