Science+Experiment+1

=Scientific Method 1 =


 * Topic:** Colors & Moods.


 * Question:** Do colors affect your mood?

Most colors have meanings behind them. Each and every color is different. General questions about people moods and colors are, "Why do people in green rooms relax more?" or, "Why do people believe that wearing black makes them look thinner" and, "Why do people get panicky when they see the color red?" Well, I know that colors affect people's moods because each color represents a meaning. There are certain people who may think of colors differently, but mainly there are the general representations for each color. Our brains automatically just react to the colors that we look at and see around us, and it affects our mood. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html
 * Background Information:** (Three Sources)
 * Black - The color of authority and power. Black commonly represents evil
 * White - The color of innocence and purity.
 * Red - The color of fury. Red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing.
 * Blue - The color of calmness and being peaceful.
 * Green - The color of nature. A calm and refreshing color.
 * Yellow - The color of optimism. Happy, but easy for the eye to take in.
 * Purple - The color of royalty, luxury, wealth, and sophistication.
 * Brown - The color of earth. Brown can imply genuineness, or be sad and wistful.

I know that the colors we wear are also a good representation of how we are feeling, or what mood we are in at the current time. Colors and mood all depend on what we are feeling. For example, let's say your generally in a good mood. Suppose your in love. Red is a good representation of being in love, right? Well now let's say that your mood changes. Red can also be a good representation of being angry. Red also stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. Think of a color once. When you have the color picked out, think about it. You can feel your emotions change. It's all about knowing. Most people don't even know it, but your just immune to your moods being mixed with colors, because it happens all the time. http://articles.famouswhy.com/do_you_think_colours_affect_your_mood_/

A lot of people wonder why at some certain places, the walls are painted certain colors. I know that colors of walls affect people, because - let's say you go to a doctors office. The walls are painted white, light sea foam green, a light faint blue, or a tan/beige color. Since colors DO affect people's moods, think of it like this - Since each color has a representation for itself, lighter colors like you see in doctors offices usually make people more calm. Probably because the doctors can work with their patients easier that way. Or for example, when you go to sports arena's or concert venue's, the walls are red, or a really bright poppy color. That's because bright and bold colors are proven to make people more jumpy, and excited, or angry maybe even, so people tend to move around more, and it gets the crowd to move and people have more fun. http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Colors-of-a-Room-Can-Affect-Your-Mood&id=1232763


 * Hypothesis:** I am trying to figure out which colors evoke which mood.


 * Procedure:**
 * 1) Use this website for the experiment ( [|http://www.valspar.com )]
 * 2) On this website, you go to Paint Online.
 * 3) Make the room different colors that you are using
 * 4) Take a picture on the computer of each one.
 * 5) Save them, and upload them to a powerpoint.
 * 6) Choose certain people (10 Total; 5 Girls; 5 Boys.) that you want to test on.
 * 7) Make a list with of moods for your testers to choose from.
 * 8) Now, make a list of the people you will be testing on, with the colors on top. This is where your data is going to go. Label each person as Girl1, Boy1, Etc..
 * 9) Take each person individually and show them the rooms on the computer screen
 * 10) As you test each person, with each picture, ask them to pick the mood they feel from the list of moods you created.
 * 11) Write down results (Mood) for each color and each person you test on.
 * 12) Once you have all of your data, the testing part of your experiment is now complete.
 * 13) Now, compare your data to what the colors you used mean. See if they match up, or are pretty close.

//List of Moods Testers chose from..//
 * Happy
 * Sad
 * Mad
 * Peaceful
 * Weird
 * Blank
 * Bored
 * Relaxed
 * Jittery
 * Calm


 * Materials:**
 * 10 People
 * Looseleaf paper (2-3 sheets)
 * A pencil/pen
 * A computer
 * http://www.valspar.com
 * Your powerpoint


 * Experiment:** (Do The Experiment)

//Comparing to ;// Common moods for colors;
 * Data/Results:**
 * People Tested On || - || Red || Yellow || Green || Blue || Purple || White ||
 * Girl1 ||  || Mad || Happy || Bored || Sad || Weird || Blank ||
 * Girl2 ||  || Mad || Jittery || Relaxed || Peaceful || Blank || Calm ||
 * Girl3 ||  || Mad || Peaceful || Jittery || Relaxed || Weird || Calm ||
 * Girl4 ||  || Sad || Happy || Jittery || Calm || Relaxed || Peaceful ||
 * Girl5 ||  || Calm || Happy || Bored || Peaceful || Jittery || Blank ||
 * Boy1 ||  || Mad || Happy || Bored || Relaxed || Calm || Blank ||
 * Boy2 ||  || Mad || Jittery || Blank || Sad || Weird || Bored ||
 * Boy3 ||  || Mad || Bored || Weird || Calm || Jittery || Blank ||
 * Boy4 ||  || Mad || Weird || Blank || Relaxed || Jittery || Blank ||
 * Boy5 ||  || Bored || Mad || Peaceful || Weird || Blank || Jittery ||
 * Black - The color of authority and power. Black commonly represents evil
 * White - The color of innocence and purity.
 * Red - The color of fury. Red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing.
 * Blue - The color of calmness and being peaceful.
 * Green - The color of nature. A calm and refreshing color.
 * Yellow - The color of optimism. Happy, but easy for the eye to take in.
 * Purple - The color of royalty, luxury, wealth, and sophistication.
 * Brown - The color of earth. Brown can imply genuineness, or be sad and wistful.

My hypothesis was that I am trying to figure out which colors evoke which mood. I tested on five girls and five boys. Each person had to look at six different colors, and choose from a list of moods that they felt about the color. My hypothesis was right. My hypothesis was right because when I compared the moods the testers felt when they saw the colors of the rooms, I noticed some of the testers sort of expressed emotion when they said what their mood was for each color. More then half of the results match up with the color chart that I have in my background information also. For example, over half of the results we're comparable to the common moods for colors. We already know that colors affect moods, but I found out that certain colors evoke certain moods. Next time, I would most likely use different colors, use different word choices for moods on the list, and do the experiment differently.
 * Conclusion:**