Color preferences

In the psychology of color, color preferences are the tendency for an individual or a group to prefer some colors over others, including a favorite color.

Introduction

In general, people have a connection with certain colors due to their experiences with objects of those colors. A person who has positive experiences with a favorite purple stuffed animal as a kid will generally like the color purple even later into life. This works in a negative manner as well. In a study with Berkley students, they found that students with school spirit's favorite colors were blue and gold (their school's colors). They also found that they did not like the colors red and white, which are the colors of their Stanford rivals.^[1] From a recent study, they discussed that associative learning is the process when an individual develops a color preference. In different countries, color preference varies. In China, red indicates luck, while in Nigeria and Germany it means the exact opposite.^[2]

Children's color preferences

The age when infants begin showing a preference for color is at about 12 weeks old. Generally, children prefer the colors red and blue, and cool colors are prefered over warm colors. Purple is the color favored more by girls than by boys. Color perception of children 3-5 years of age is an indicator of their developmental stage. Color preferences tend to change as people age. Hue, value, and saturation are the three main components of a color.^[3]

See also

• Car color popularity
• Color psychology
• Color theory
• Color vision
• Lüscher color test

References

1. ^ Sohn, Emily. "Color Preferences Determined by Experience". Discovery News. http://news.discovery.com/human/colors-preferences-evolution-style.html. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
2. ^ Sable, Paul; Akcay, Okan (February 2010). "Color: Cross Cultural Marketing Perspectives As To What Governs Our Response To It.". American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 17 (1): 950-954. 
3. ^ Read, M., & Upington, D. (2009). Young Children’s Color Preferences in the Interior Environment. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(6), 491-496. doi:10.1007/s10643-009-0311-6

Further reading

• Crozier, W. Ray (1999), "The meanings of colour: preferences among hues", Pigment & Resin Technology 28 (1): 6–14, doi:10.1108/03699429910252315 
• Ellis, Lee; Ficek, Christopher (December 2001), "Color preferences according to gender and sexual orientation", Personality and Individual Differences 31 (8): 1375–1379, doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00231-2 
• Grossman, Randi; Wisenblit, Joseph Z. Priluck (1999), "What we know about consumers’ color choices", Journal of Marketing Practice: Applied Marketing Science 5 (3): 78–88, doi:10.1108/EUM0000000004565 
• Madden, Thomas J.; Hewett, Kelly; Roth, Martin S. (2000), "Managing Images in Different Cultures: A Cross-National Study of Color Meanings and Preferences", Journal of International Marketing 8 (4): 90–107, doi:10.1509/jimk.8.4.90.19795 
• Morse, Janice M. (March 2008), ""What's your favorite color?" Reporting irrelevant demographics in qualitative research", Qualitative Health Research 18: 299–300, doi:10.1177/1049732307310995 
• Saito, Miho (February 1996), "Comparative studies on color preference in Japan and other Asian regions, with special emphasis on the preference for white", Color Research & Application 21 (1): 35–49, doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6378(199602)21:1<35::AID-COL4>3.0.CO;2-6 
• Teller, Davida; Civan, Andrea; Bronson-Castain, Kevin (2004), "Infants' spontaneous color preferences are not due to adult-like brightness variations", Visual Neuroscience 21 (3): 397–401, doi:10.1017/S0952523804213360 
• Zemach, Iris; Chang, Susan; Teller, Davida Y. (May 2007), "Infant color vision: Prediction of infants’ spontaneous color preferences", Vision Research 47 (10): 1368–1381, doi:10.1016/j.visres.2006.09.024, PMID 17118421 

External links

• http://awp.diaart.org/km/surveyresults.html

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