The hidden power of colours | Patricia Thenisch | TEDxHWZ

[victornoagbodji]

I have put my phone on grayscale for many years now 😊 For iPhone users, grayscale is in the accessibility settings. Easy to revert to normal to see photos and videos. I did that because colors on the phone are abused. The goal has never been to help us but to trick us to do something. So I have turned all colors off on my phone. I have been less disturbed and distracted since.

[jameslipke]

Many years ago. When I was in my late 20's (I'm 56 now), I was going through EMT training. At that time, a doctor, whose name escapes me, had talked about using color, instead of the number scale 1-10 for determining a patients pain, 1 being least and 10 being the most. It was experimental research at the time - BUT - it worked 100% better than the number scale for pain reduction. It was just as easy to assess the level of pain by initially asking, "If pain were a color, what color would your pain be right now?" followed by "What color is your pain now?" and so on. The most amazing thing happened - the patients pain decreased as the color changed when they were asked even without any type of analgesic or pain medication being administered. The numeric scale depends greatly upon the use of either one of those things AFTER they have been administered. The human mind, such a fascinating place. The color scale became something I used as my kids were growing up. To clarify, NO we do not "all" use the whatsapp app or any other added app for that matter. I still prefer talking with and to someone without texting, messaging, etc. I also have my apps organized by category and are labeled accordingly ie tools, social media, utilities, etc. Eye color, not clothing color, is what I notice first when it comes to first impressions and always has been. I do have my clothes organized by color, sleeve or pants leg length and grouped by individual type of clothing. What can I say? My Dad was a US Marine. 😁

~ APRIL LIPKE

[YevKassem]

I don't know if it's her accent or what but I could listen to this woman read the phone book. Her voice is so soft and comforting like a blanket. I use this TT to help me drift off to sleep. Thanks Patricia 😊

[michaeldaldry]

I’m a male hairdresser of 33 yrs and have a great eye for colour. I have worked with many male colourists that also have a great eye for colour.

[ahsanmohammed]

Man here.
I can differentiate between the ruby and apple colors.

[BrickHario]

who decided to put an add directly after the inverted

[greendaam]

I'm a 2d artist, polyglot and have aphantasia, for me what might be a cool or cold blue can at times feel warm to me, likewise what to others is a warm red or orange, can be cold to cool for me, so not all people must have the same color reaction, though I'm likely an odd outlier in these terms

[xu]

There are many different people on TED talks who share different ideas and I really appreciate it. I was also exploring the effects of colours on human personality and vice-versa on YouTube and this video was really fun to watch! Well done Patricia! 👏👏

_PS: I nailed the Whatsapp drawing._

[crystalgrose]

Interesting TED X Presentation! I really enjoyed it 💛

[fbysljc]

I love colors and red is my favorite color but all the other bright colors brighten my day thank you I enjoy this colorful topic

[ezeeart]

Great deep explanation and examples of the power of colours in our lives. I’m an abstract artist and deeply fascinated by the power of colours. I’m currently writing a new blog post for my website and would like to link to your YT video if you don’t mind. Thank you for sharing beautiful information.

[slimyelow]

Migros, Coop, SBB, SRF, Die Post, Swiss, SALT, Frosch: This gal is definitely from Switzerland.

[mrdonetx]

I have never used Whatsapp. OMGosh 110 times per day. That's over 6x an hour assuming you sleep for 8hrs per day. What is so freaking important and how do get anything done at work.

[tingleehoong]

Trust me, the blue colour as world favourite was due to old Microsoft computers' Desktop wallpaper 🤣

[eewilson]

What is the most powerful color that one can percieve, or experience? What is the heaviest color, what is the less than measureable color? Whats a favorite blue? Reading past tense is READ, pronounced RED.

[Crazyibbes]

interesting :) . just to add: RyanAir has yellow in their theme, based on the Whatsapp experiment I really not pretty sure if they do have yellow colour inside their airplanes, but if they do, I guess it is for a sales reasons or it just came that way not intentionally

[ahsanmohammed]

Did she gaslight us with the lawn house colors? I don’t trust her. She’s discomforting. Something. Don’t know what?

[vitajacobs]

I don't know why arranging by colors should be more efficient than arranging by phone screen by most-used apps in the front etc.. When I got to this point I quit listening to this lecture.

By the way, I don't like red, that may be another reason I had some bias against this speaker...
That's also psychological...you may say😊

[Underscorejed]

2:25 call me a woman I guess. Lost me here

[hayetaitsaid]

I would like to speak about an other subject that is not very different of your subject... the power of music's sounds which is different of the power of it words
Nb : why you didn't explain the differences of seeing the same color between girls and boys . I dont think that it happens because of chromosomes ?