Psychological research has found that specific colors can have significant effects on the ways a person’s brain and body function. The Onion takes a deep dive into how different colors can affect your mood, actions, and more.
Light Green:
Fills you with a sense of creative potential that might actually mean something in someone more talented.
Orange:
A great color to get you in the mood for red.
Yellow:
Favored by boring people.
Purple:
Has an eggplant-esque effect on the subject.
Red:
Gives you the uncontrollable urge to charge forward blindly and destroy the source of the disgusting color with your powerful hooves and horns.
Electric Ruby by Sephora:
Proven to drive men wild.
Green:
Means “go.”
Chartreuse:
Scientists believe this color is nature’s way of politely suggesting that you might be more comfortable in a—how shall we say—less exclusive establishment.
Turquoise:
Triggers homosexuality.
Dark Blue:
Believed to be calming by privileged assholes who haven’t had run-ins with cops.