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Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions
When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict
Michelle Flake
Undergraduate Psychology Major
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
Introduction• The study of the effects of color has been
researched prior to 1900– Hatta, Yoshida, Kawakami, & Okamoto (2002)
investigated the effects of color on computer screens • Related to physiological effects
– Jacobs & Blandino (1992) studied the effects of color on paper
• Related to psychological effects
– Soldat, Sinclair, & Mark (1997) and their study on cognitive tuning
• Related to processing strategy
Focus
• The focus of this research is to study the effects of background color on emotions when dealing with situations involving interpersonal conflict.
RED GREEN Angry
Anxious
Suspicious
Depressed
Rational
WHITE19 2317
• A convenience sample of 59 students enrolled in various courses at an undergraduate college
• Participants were voluntary basis as well as classroom subjects
Situation 3
You have entered one of your paintings in an art contest. Your artistic abilities have been developing for some time and you have put a lot of time and effort into this piece. Further, if you should win a 1st or 2nd prize in the contest, then you will be invited to have a showing of your other works. After the judging, you find that your painting has not even received an honorable mention.
•Please rate your emotions for this situation on your answer sheet.
Materials
• Three page questionnaire – Consent form
– Questionnaire• The Situational Self-Statement and Affective State
Inventory (Harris & Chambless, 1979)
• The dependent variables were measured using a 1-5 scale with 5 being “very descriptive of me” and 1 being “very non-descriptive of me”
Below is the scale you will use to rate each situation.
5 Very descriptive of me
4 Somewhat descriptive of me
3 Neither descriptive or non descriptive of me
2 Somewhat non-descriptive of me
1 Very non descriptive of me
Please circle what you would feel in this situation.
Situation 1
1. irritated/ resentful/ angry 1 2 3 4 5
2. worried/ concerned/ anxious 1 2 3 4 5
3. suspicious/ distrustful/ doubtful 1 2 3 4 5
4. calm/ determined/ confident 1 2 3 4 5
5. dejected / depressed/ helpless 1 2 3 4 5
Did this situation seem realistic to you? Yes No
Did you respond on the questionnaire as you would have responded if the situation had occurred in real life?Yes No
Table 1WHITE RED GREEN
Angry
Anxious
Suspicious
Depressed
Rational
X = 11.41SD = 2.27
X = 10.12SD = 3.14
X = 8.18SD = 2.58
X = 8.35SD = 3.02
X = 8.18SD = 3.14
X = 9.74SD = 2.54
X = 10.00SD = 3.11
X = 8.63SD = 3.00
X = 8.47SD = 2.93
X = 8.63SD = 2.91
X = 10.30SD = 2.03
X = 10.09SD = 2.07
X = 9.13SD = 2.74
X = 8.61SD = 3.13
X = 9.35SD = 2.50
.090
.991
.562
.444
.965
P
Effect of Background Color on Emotion
EMOTIONS
RationalDepressedSuspiciousAnxiousAngry
Me
an
SC
OR
E
12
11
10
9
8
7
COLOR
White
Red
Green
•Graph for the angry emotion
• Results showed no significance for the emotions of anxious, suspicious, depressed or rational
•An effect approaching significance was found for the angry emotion which affected the white group most and the red group least
RESULTS
231917N =
Effect of Background Color on Angry
COLOR
GreenRedWhite
Me
an
+-
2 S
E S
CO
RE
13
12
11
10
9
8
F o c u s
• The focus of this research is to study the effects of background color on emotions when dealing with situations involving interpersonal conflict.
C o n c l u s i o n
• The results of the test did not support the hypothesis.
• White - positive/benign
• Red - negative/threatening
Effect of Background Color on Emotion
EMOTIONS
RationalDepressedSuspiciousAnxiousAngry
Me
an
SC
OR
E12
11
10
9
8
7
COLOR
White
Red
Green
Problems
• Time allotted for the questionnaire to be completed
• Sample Size
Further Research
• In the area of cognitive tuning
• Individual interviews
• Using more colors but possibly excluding white
• Using different simulation