Favourite colours
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:22 pm
Read an interesting topic and thought to start a new thread on it,
What is your favourite colour and why???
I have quite a few but primarily, I absolutely adore red, purple and pink.
Why? Well, I'm not sure at all really! Its not for the reasons in the article I'm sure.
Some think that there is a gender bias towards certain colours, see below for the article that I came across.
Taken from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8200022.stm
Traditionally it is thought girls like pink more than boys do. Scientists have found there may be a biological basis for why girls prefer pink, or at least more reddish colours than boys. Research has found that although more people prefer blue, women tend to prefer pinker shades. Some biologists say that this is because in Stone Age times a woman's role was to pick out reddish-coloured fruit, so they became more sensitive to reddish colours. Another scientist has suggested females may also prefer reddish colours because they need to be more able to spot when their children are ill with a fever (and therefore have a more reddish tone to their faces), or because changes in skin colour can let you know what a person is feeling and help females to read emotions better.
What is your favourite colour and why???
I have quite a few but primarily, I absolutely adore red, purple and pink.
Why? Well, I'm not sure at all really! Its not for the reasons in the article I'm sure.
Some think that there is a gender bias towards certain colours, see below for the article that I came across.
Taken from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8200022.stm
Traditionally it is thought girls like pink more than boys do. Scientists have found there may be a biological basis for why girls prefer pink, or at least more reddish colours than boys. Research has found that although more people prefer blue, women tend to prefer pinker shades. Some biologists say that this is because in Stone Age times a woman's role was to pick out reddish-coloured fruit, so they became more sensitive to reddish colours. Another scientist has suggested females may also prefer reddish colours because they need to be more able to spot when their children are ill with a fever (and therefore have a more reddish tone to their faces), or because changes in skin colour can let you know what a person is feeling and help females to read emotions better.