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 too. For example, when people shop for clothing, they only buy colors they like.

Procedure

Materials 1 bag of M&Ms 1 bag of Skittles 10 boxes of 24 colored pencils 50 or more snap cubes 50 crayons 1 large bin for the materials

Variables Manipulated – Objects that people pick from. Responding – Percentage of people that pick their favorite color. Constant – Method of finding favorite color and objects in the bin.

Directions 1. Fill a bucket with snap cubes 2. Pull out 10 and record choice 3. Put cubes back in bucket 4. Ask favorite color and keep recording 5. Look at the data and calculate the percentage of people who picked their favorite color the most 6. Repeat steps 1-5 using M & Ms 7. Repeat steps 1-5 using Skittles 8. Repeat steps 1-5 using crayons 9. Repeat steps 1-5 using color pencils

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 forty. It may be interesting to find out next if we used food to see if the results would change.