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The document summarizes research on how color affects mood. It discusses three main theories: 1) Color affects mood based on personal opinions and culture. For example, the meaning of colors can vary between cultures. 2) Color influences mood through physiological responses, such as certain colors releasing calming chemicals. 3) Color has both physiological and psychological impacts on mood. To test these theories, the researcher will survey 60 middle school students on how 7 different colors make them feel based on provided mood descriptions.

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The document summarizes research on how color affects mood. It discusses three main theories: 1) Color affects mood based on personal opinions and culture. For example, the meaning of colors can vary between cultures. 2) Color influences mood through physiological responses, such as certain colors releasing calming chemicals. 3) Color has both physiological and psychological impacts on mood. To test these theories, the researcher will survey 60 middle school students on how 7 different colors make them feel based on provided mood descriptions.

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A RESEARCH WORK

Students studying in higher levels, especially in high school and college are
likely to write research papers. These types of documents are mostly required and
demanded by their teachers and professors in various courses and programs.
Everyone who gets to engage themselves in writing an effective research paper shall
follow a correct and appropriate format.
A research paper usually follows a research paper outline that guides the
writer in creating one. In line with this, the templates and samples provide can help
you in building your own research paper.
Research Question:
How does color affect one’s mood?
Review of Literature:
Colors may just seem simple and unimportant, but they affect our daily
lives more than we may know. If someone is feeling angry, it could just be because
they’re angry, or it could be perhaps that they are surrounded by or looking at the
color red. That’s right! People’s moods can change just because they are looking at
different colors! There are many theories on how just a simple color can change one’s
whole mood.
According to Johnson (2007), color does affect mood by producing
certain chemicals and stimulating different feelings such as hunger. For example,
blue can make one feel calm because it releases calming chemicals, and red can make
one hungry because it is an appetite stimulant. Yellow can make one feel irritated,
and it is a fact that people lose their temper most in yellow rooms. However, pink is
tranquilizing and can make one feel weak. In conclusion, Johnson says that
depending on the color, one’s body can do things (like producing chemicals) that
cause a certain emotional reaction (mad, sad, etc.).
Another idea, by Smith (2007), is that the effect color produces is based
on what one’s body does in response. For example, yellow is mentally stim ulating,
and activates memory, whereas red increases confidence. Also, brown can make a
person feel orderly and stable, while a dark blue can make one feel sad. Therefore,
Smith says that different colors do in fact change one’s mood and the consequences
can be negative or positive.
A third writer, Wollard, (2000) seems to think that color can affect one’s
mood, but the effect also can depend on one’s culture and what one’s personal
reflection may be. For example, someone from Japan may not associate red with
anger, as people from the U.S. tend to do. Also, a person who likes the color brown
may associate brown with happiness. However, Wollard does think that colors can
make everyone feel the same, or close to the same, mood. According to Wollard, pink
reduces aggression, which is why the walls of the jail cells in the Seattle prison are
pink! Also, brown can make one feel comforted. Wollard feels that colors do affect
one’s mood, but there are other factors that can alter what one is supposed to feel.
Eric, John, and Paraag’s (2007) main point about color psychology is that
color has both a physiological and psychological effect. For example, green makes
people feel relaxed because it relaxes their muscles and makes them breathe deeper
and more slowly. Furthermore, blue lowers blood pressure, which makes one feel
calm. Eric, John, and Paraag conclude that color affects one’s mood because of what
it does to the body.
Yet another idea, by Airey (2006), is that color is energy, and it can have
a physical, mental, spiritual, and/or emotional affect on people. He states that black
can make one feel sophisticated and secure, but it can also make one feel depressed.
Also brown can make a person feel reliable and serious, while yellow lifts self-esteem.
Therefore, Airey concludes that different colors can have different kinds of affects on
people.
Analysis:
There are three ideas about color psychology in these sources, and they
all say that color affects one’s mood. They differ based on what factors influence th e
effects of color, such as culture, opinion, and what goes on inside one’s body. One of
the three ideas is that color affects mood based on one’s personal opinions. For
example, if a person dislikes the color pink, he may associate pink with hate. Another
idea states that color affects mood based on one’s culture. For example, someone from
the U.S. may think of the color green when referring to envy, while people in Japan
think of yellow in connection with wanting what someone else has. However, the
majority of the sources consulted say that color affects mood by influencing what
goes on inside of people. For example, seeing the color blue releases calming
chemicals, which in turn makes one calm. Also, because yellow is the hardest color
for the eye to focus on, people may become irritated when looking at yellow, and it
is a proven fact that babies cry most in yellow nurseries.
These theories do not seem to have much in common.
Methodology:
In order to test ideas about how color affects one’s mood (color
psychology) this researcher will test sixty middle school students (thirty girls and
thirty boys) on how the colors green, blue, black, yellow, red, pink, and brown make
them feel. The students will mark the feeling that each color makes them feel,
according to the choices shown on the example survey below.
Example Survey
(The only thing that changes in each different survey is the color being tested
and the gender of the student responding):
Choose as many answers as fit your feeling for the color. Does the color make
you feel:
Mad/Angry?
Sad/Depressed/Cold?
Secure/Safe?
Irritated/Annoyed?
Calm?

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