COLORS and theirMOODS

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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.