colors and their moods. what do you think? why?
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COLORS and theirMOODS
What do you think?
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why do we associate certain moods with certain colors?
Previous Research
Many psychologist study the relationships between colors and moods.
Abne Eisenberg- country, culture, upbringing, etc.
Green- Islam, Ireland, England L.B. Wexner-parallel of colors and moods
Results: people chose common moods that were generally associated with that color
Hypothesis
If someone sees a specific color, then they can automatically connect that color with a specific and predictable mood.
Process1. Gather group of 30 students, give
worksheetHappy Freshness/Earthiness Deathly/Mournful AngerGloomy/Depressed Sad/Coldness Love/Romance Enthusiasm/WarmthClean/Purity Dirty/Aged Royalty/Wisdom1. 2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
2. Have 11 different papers with each paper having one color
3. Hold papers up one at a time and have everyone write down the first emotion that came to mind from the pre-selected mood box (how colors/mood pairings were chosen)
4. Once the group has gone through all 11 colors, they then are instructed to go back and write a small explanation as to why they chose that mood for each color.
5. Lastly, I counted up the data and put it into data tables to see if the majority of each color picked was the most general and predictable mood
Analysis of ResultsHappy
Gloomy/Depressed
Clean/Purity
Anger IIII/IIII/IIII/III
Freshness/Earthiness
Sad/Coldness
Dirty/Aged
Enthusiasm/Warmth
I
Deathly/Mournful
II
Love/Romance
IIII/IIII
Royalty/Wisdom
Color: Red
Happy IIII/IIII/IIII/I
Gloomy/Depressed
Clean/Purity II
Anger
Freshness/Earthiness
I
Sad/Coldness I
Dirty/Aged
Enthusiasm/Warmth
IIII/III
Deathly/Mournful
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
II
Color: Yellow
Happy
Gloomy/Depressed
IIII
Clean/Purity III
Anger
Freshness/Earthiness
IIII
Sad/Coldness IIII/IIII/IIII
Dirty/Aged
Enthusiasm/Warmth
Deathly/Mournful
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
IIII/
Color: Blue
Happy II
Gloomy/Depressed
Clean/Purity III
Anger I
Freshness/Earthiness
IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/II
Sad/Coldness I
Dirty/Aged
Enthusiasm/Warmth
Deathly/Mournful
I
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
Color: Green
Happy
Gloomy/Depressed
IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/II
Clean/Purity
Anger I
Freshness/Earthiness
I
Sad/Coldness II
Dirty/Aged III
Enthusiasm/Warmth
Deathly/Mournful
I
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
Color: Grey
Happy IIII/
Gloomy/Depressed
Clean/Purity I
Anger
Freshness/Earthiness
Sad/Coldness
Dirty/Aged
Enthusiasm/Warmth
III
Deathly/Mournful
I
Love/Romance
IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII
Royalty/Wisdom
I
Color: Pink Color: Purple
HappyII
Gloomy/Depressed
I
Clean/Purity
Anger IIII
Freshness/Earthiness
Sad/Coldness I
Dirty/Aged I
Enthusiasm/Warmth
III
Deathly/Mournful
I
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
IIII/IIII/IIII/II
Happy
Gloomy/Depressed
I
Clean/Purity
Anger III
Freshness/Earthiness
Sad/Coldness III
Dirty/Aged I
Enthusiasm/Warmth
Deathly/Mournful
IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/I
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
I
Color: Black
Happy II
Gloomy/Depressed
II
Clean/Purity
Anger III
Freshness/Earthiness
Sad/Coldness I
Dirty/Aged I
Enthusiasm/Warmth
IIII/IIII/IIII/II
Deathly/Mournful
Love/Romance
II
Royalty/Wisdom
II
Color: Orange Color: Brown
Happy
Gloomy/Depressed
I
Clean/Purity IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/II
Anger I
Freshness/Earthiness
Sad/Coldness IIII/
Dirty/Aged
Enthusiasm/Warmth
Deathly/Mournful
I
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
Color: White
Happy I
Gloomy/Depressed
Clean/Purity
Anger
Freshness/Earthiness
III
Sad/Coldness I
Dirty/Aged IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/II
Enthusiasm/Warmth
Deathly/Mournful
I
Love/Romance
Royalty/Wisdom
II
Analysis of Results
Correct in hypothesis After tallying up results- majority for
each color chose the emotion that was pre-chosen as the most predictable
Explanations from worksheet- showed that people connected the reasons why to things in their culture/society.
Sample
Sample- EHS seniors Sample Size- 30 Perfect Size
Changes/Problems
No major problems Next time/ going farther changes- If I
wanted to study this more intensely I would allow the sample to write down their own emotions/moods for each color and not have a pre-selected chart. Then with their explanation I could interpret more closely why specifically THAT person chose that answer.