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Results

Method

  • Student volunteers from 5th period study halls
  • Reading comprehension test
  • 10 students each run, given one of 5 colors of text
  • Red, orange, yellow, green, blue
  • 10 control participants
  • White paper

Hypothesis

  • 50 total participants
  • Representative sample
  • Color in the field of psychology
  • Test questions on white paper
  • Independent variable is color of reading text
  • Many influences on brain
  • Dependent variable is test score
  • Studied frequently in the past
  • “Red is the most effective at enhancing our attention to detail, while blue is best at boosting our ability to think creatively.”
  • Can color influence performance on a reading comprehension test?

Previous Findings

  • Mean: 2.5
  • Standard deviation: 1.4
  • Katzir, Helshko, and Halamish (2013)
  • 2nd grade students perform better with big fonts
  • 68-95-99.7 rule: 1-3
  • 5th grader students perform better with smaller fonts
  • Only female participants
  • Rello (2012)
  • Dyslexic participants perform better with certain color schemes, such as black on cream

Discussion

  • Lower fixation rates
  • Not representative
  • Red yields highest average scores
  • Suggests features of text can influence performance
  • Tied with control
  • Green yields lowest average scores
  • Confounding Variables
  • Age
  • Class experiment was run in

The Effects of Color on Reading Comprehension

  • Color can have influence reading comprehension skill

Nikki Horton

References

Effect of colors: Blue boosts creativity, while red enhances

attention to detail. (2009, February 6). Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142143.htm

Elliot, A. J. (2015, April 2). Color and psychological functioning: A

review of theoretical and empirical work. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383146/

Katzir, T., Hershko, S., & Halamish, V. (2013, September 19). The

effect of font size on reading comprehension on second and fifth grade children: Bigger is not always better. Retrieved from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.00741

Rello, L. (2012, November 19). Optimal colors to improve

readability for people with dyslexia. Retrieved from https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/r11

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