Does Color Really Affect How You Act?

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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[breakingx]

The coloring of the word "colors" at around 40 seconds in made the word nearly invisible for my colorblindness. Irony at its best.

[MarkKeller]

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.

[NightcoreLabOfficial]

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

[hopestarr]

I misread the title as "Does color really affect how you art?" and thought, well probably.

[WaTahBasTard]

I personally find warm colors very calming, I use a red lightbulb in my bedroom to help me relax before I go to bed.

[BellDandy]

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.

[robspiess]

What about the claim that "Red makes you hungry - hence most fast food restaurants being colored red"?

[juliangrijalva]

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.

[keithbecknell]

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.

[jigokusagent]

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.

[abramthiessen]

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.

[nyagineko]

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?

[PrincessTokyoMoon]

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.

[Dropboys]

Why did they turn her shirt red for a few seconds? Omg am I a part of a scishow experiment? ;D

[geminiproject]

I love SciShow Psych! Thanks for starting this show. I love how you explain things and look forward to every video.

[Locke_daisy]

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.

[pamweinberg]

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!

[phelanii]

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!

[romantheflash]

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

[yusefendure]

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.