Do Color Preferences Matter?

Question Do color preferences affect repetitive tasks that require fine motor skills, like picking up small objects very quickly?

Purpose The purpose of this project is to determine if our color preferences affect our choices. This is important because, to affects people color choices when buying something.

Hypothesis We hypothesize that color preferences will affect peoples choices. We believe this because it makes no sense for people to pick colors they are not attracted to. For example, when people shop for clothing, they only by colors they like.

Procedure

Materials 1 bags of M & M’s 1 bag of skittles 10 boxes of 24 color pencils 50 or more snap cubes A sharpened pencil 50 Markers 1 bin to put all the materials

Variables Manipulated - Objects that people pick from for each trial. Responding - Percentage of people pick who their favorite color. Constant - Method of finding favorite color and objects in the jar.

Directions 1. Fill a bucket with snap cubes 2. Pull out 10 cubes and record choices 3. Put the cubes back in the bucket. 4. Ask favorite color and record. 5. Calculate the percentage of the people who picked their favorite color the most. 6. Repeat steps 1-5 using M & M’s 7. Repeat steps 1-5 using Skittles 8. Repeat steps 1-5 using color pencils 9. Repeat steps 1-5 using crayons

SUBJECTS WHO PICKED THEIR FAVORITE COLOR

CONCLUSION Our hypothesis was incorrect. Color preference does not affect peoples color choices. The average percentage of subjects who picked their favorite color was 40. It maybe interesting to find out next if we used food and the results changed.