1. What color font is the fastest to read? By Sarah Huff 9 th Grade at Bellwood- Antis High School

2. Why not blue, pink, green, or the most outrageous colors out there today?

3. Research: Black goes with any color serious used in everything such as newspapers, books, tests, and newspaper. www.about.com.www.about.com

4. Hypothesis: Black font will let a reader read faster

5. Experimental Variable different colored fonts I selected Black font is my control group. Control Group pink, blue, yellow, green,orange, red, and purple Experimental Groups

6. Control Variables- environment Lighting in the room where the test subjects are being tested No distractions in room Accuracy of person stopping stop watch Noises in room, heating ventilation

7. Control Variables- reading material List of 90 words use 45 words at a time. The paper on which the words are printed on The printer that printed words Same font Times New Roman Same size 12 pt

8. Control Variables- subjects Eight hours of sleep the night before New pair of contacts, if the person wears contacts 14-18 years old

9. Procedure: Step 1. Hand a person a list of words with blue letters AbbreviateGraduate AccomplishGruesome ActuallyHideous AdmitIllustrate AffirmativeIntegrate BallotJalapeño BanquetJournalism GarageNominate MicrowaveShopping TreePicture RemoteNotebook ChairWebsite ToasterTelephone FireplaceSoldier BedroomTelevisionBedroomTelevision PursesComputerPursesComputer AppraisalBasementAppraisalBasement PrinterFlowersPrinterFlowers ClosetFrequencyClosetFrequency CoffeePorchCoffeePorch NewspaperLightsNewspaperLights Bedroom Candle KitchenElectric BathroomTelevision BasementTelephone PorchToaster ChairMicrowave ShoppingPrinter

10. Procedure: Step 2. Have the person start reading when you count to “3”, that’s when you should start stopwatch Step 3. Stop the stopwatch when the person raises his or her hand. Step 4. Repeat the experiment another 4 times with the same color. Step 5. Repeat steps 1-4 for each person but use a list of the same words in a different color and a different order. Step 6. Repeat steps 1-4 using black lettering, this is my control group.

11. Person being tested Blue Ink Black Ink Red ink Green ink Yellow ink Orang e Ink Purple ink Pink ink Person 1Test 1:24s19s25s20s30s19s20s25s Test 2:23s20s24s20s29s26s 25s Test 3:22s 26s23s45s27s25s26s Test 4:23s24s27s25s47s28s24s27s Test 5:24s22s26s24s39s29s23s25s This is a sample of my data this is person 1’s results

12. Average times with Standard Deviation:

13. SecondsSeconds Colors

14. In conclusion, my data does not support my hypothesis. Therefore, I reject my hypothesis that black font will let a reader read faster. Conclusion

15. Changes: I would have more test subjects to make sure my data was valid. I would make sure that my test subjects did not communicate. I would make sure to have a stopwatch and person for each individual test subject.

16. Further Research: I found out that black ink was the cheapest to make and the color ink that has been around for the longest, which to me showed that people were more used to dark color.

17. I will now answer any questions you have at this time.

18. ______ √ ∑ (X av -X i )² Ν-1 Σ= SumXav= Average Xi=TrialN=# of Trials Standard Deviation: