From the article: Red pen too aggressive, Queensland teachers told By Gabrielle Dunlevy, AAP, December 03, 2008 “TEACHERS have been told to stop marking schoolchildren’s work with red pen because it is an “aggressive” colour. Queensland’s Deputy Opposition Leader Mark McArdle told parliament today that teachers were being advised to reconsider their pen choice because [...] Read more »
On Coast to Coast AM
It’s 1:30am here in Virginia but I have a good reason for still being awake. I just got off the phone with George Noory the host of Coast to Coast AM. He had seen the news story “Study says the woman in red drives the men crazy,” and wanted to know, “Is it true?” Since [...] Read more »
Does Red Really Drive Men Wild?
Study released today: By Will Dunham Will Dunham – Tue Oct 28, 1:44 am ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If a woman wants to drive the men wild, she might want to dress in red. Men rated a woman shown in photographs as more sexually attractive if she was wearing red clothing or if she was shown in an image [...] Read more »
Colors Power to Evoke Memories
Color has this incredible ability to evoke memories. Sometimes we’re not aware of what’s going on in the back of our mind but have a strong like or dislike for a particular color. Other times a color, or maybe more correctly a color in a specific context, can take us Read more »
Absolutely NO Green
Here is a sign I see at least three times a week and it has become a good reminder to me of how strong our associations with particular colors can be. Can you guess where it is? I just posted a short article inspired by this sign. You can read Read more »
