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Essay / How does color affect us? - 882
Color makes you feel and think different things. Does red worry or excite you? Do you know why this makes you feel this way? According to huffingtonpost.com, the main idea of this topic is to show that color and mood are related. Red can make you feel angry, fearful, or passionate. Blue can calm you down. Green is a relaxing color, usually due to the way green is associated with nature. Black is the color of power and authority. As most brides wear white on their wedding day to show their purity. Just like doctors and nurses wear white to show their sterility. When you see different colors, it affects your body in many different ways. In conclusion, the Huffington Post says that seeing certain colors makes your emotions different. Or show different things. Another idea from Kendra Cherry is how color affects moods, feelings and behaviors. Colors are classified into warm colors and cool colors. Warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Cool colors are blue, purple and green. Basically the reason they are called warm and cool is because these colors are all on the same end of the color wheel. Just like certain colors could affect your performance. For example, seeing or wearing red before an exam could cause you to fail. In conclusion, Kendra Cherry says that color can affect your preferences and how you perform a certain activity. A third writer, Susan Minamyer, says that in addition to how color affects us mentally, it also stimulates your body. The color red increases your heart rate as well as brain wave activity. Pink is a calming color. According to infoplease.com, even color blind people are calmed by the color pink. Blue tends to slow your heart rate and calm your nerves. Yellow is generally a happy c...... middle of paper ......://www.symptomfind.com/health/how-colors-affect-your-mood/http://www.nytimes . com/1982/10/19/science/color-has-a-powerful-effect-on-behavior-researchers-assert.htmlhttp://www. crystal-clear-science-fair-projects.com/colors-and-mood-science-project.htmlhttp://freshome.com/2007/04/17/room-color-and-how-it-affects-your- mood/ http://www.cozi.com/live-simply/ 6-colors-scents-how-they-make-you-feel http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2011/09/08/how -color-impacts-emotions-and-behaviors/http://www.webmd.com/women/home-health-and-safety-9/color-psychologyhttp://www.shutterstock.com/blog/2012/09 /color-psychology-meaning-emotionshttp://www.infoplease.com /spot/colors1.htmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/27066/psychology/nlcolorpsych.htmlhttp://health.usnews.com/health-news /family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/02/05/color-can-affect-how-people-think-and-act