Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
Seeing oneself in a mirror makes it more likely we’ll follow the rules that our society has set for us, so they’re good options for places such as entry areas where properly stowing boots...
What is Environmental Psychology?
Since the first of our ancestors set up a home and cared about the experiences of people living there, there has been environmental psychology. Whenever people developing or managing spaces have cared about making...
Are you an extravert?
People wearing or near more saturated colours are perceived as being more extraverted and open to experience, than people who aren’t; apparently viewers judging others don’t consider the possibility that a sweater or shirt...
Pantone Colour of the Year 2020 – Classic Blue
In 2020, Classic Blue was named colour of the year by Pantone Color Institute, a leading source of colour expertise, the Pantone Color Institute provides colour insights and solutions and announces a different colour every...
Dealing with Colour Blindness
If you or someone you know has colour blindness you might find that you are having difficulty identifying and differentiating between certain colours. Often the struggle is between red, green and yellow, some confuse...
How children relate to colour
Infants have colour vision, just like adults, using only black and white in spaces for them isn’t desirable. Children are more apt to say that their favorite colour is red than adults, but actually,...
Colour and Gender
[restrict] To settle a continuing dispute in many homes, women do indeed have better colour vision than men (men’s vision is more tuned to moving objects than women’s). So, if you’re trying to decide...
Favourite Colours
Around the world, when people are asked what their favourite colour is they are more likely to say it is blue than any other colour. The colour that people are most likely to say...
Feeling Optimistic
Seeing the colour pink seems to help women think more optimistically. Maybe this is the colour to be looking at while working with a new recipe for the first time, working out your life-plan...
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