23 Ways Color Hacks Our Brains

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23 Ways Color Hacks Our Brains

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The human brain is an absurdly complicated machine. It's constantly receiving, and acting on, a million subtle and not-so-subtle influences. And it's actually fairly amazing how much it's influenced by color. Don't believe it? Try taking a bright-red sleeping pill.

Or consider these examples.

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PInK IS THE new ORANGE CRACKEDOOM some PRISONS HAVE FOUND THAT using THE COLOR pInk REDUCED VIOLence ANd AGGReSSION. It's not just from embarassment.

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GRIOY The combination of red and yellow stimulates hunger. Pa BURGER Hut KING McDonald's Hardee's CHARBROILY Johnny WenDy's Rocketo TACO OLD FASHIONED

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The color of the flecks in Cheer affected people's perception of the detergent's effectiveness. When Cheer detergent made its debut in the 1950's, i

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The color of a politician's tie can manipulate our perception of them. Decisive & Intelligent & Powerful Trustworthy GRACK

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CRAOE The color of your mug can dictate the way your coffee tastes. Researchers investigated the impact that different colored mugs had on people's pe
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