

The far better method is to create mind maps, flashcards, practice questions or cheat-sheets from the material you need to study. Coloring something that is already on paper does not improve memorizing it. What matters is that you summarize whatever you study with your own words. Though many people recommend using different colors to underline and work with texts the same goes here as for highlighting text with markers as I explain further down. I am going to put up a picture here once it is completed.

I will pick the yellow/orange colors not as vivid as in the example above (except for the red accents). I was looking to redecorate my study room and this seems to be the way. Confidence (Yellow) paired with passion (orange) and some accents like a red cup, mousepad for alertness is the way I am going to go according to this research. So what does this have to do with study performance? The combination of orange, yellow combined with accents of red seems to be the best combination to improve your study efforts. Good brand examples are my previous long-term employer HP, LinkedIn and American Express. Popular brands here are Starbucks, Heinecken, and Sprite.īLUE: I always think of blue as the color for business and indeed it is associated with intelligence, communication, trust, efficiency, duty, logic, coolness. GREEN: Is naturally associated with harmony, balance, refreshment, rest, reassurance, environmental awareness and peace. Famous brands that want to convey this type of message are for example Mc Donalds, Post-It, and Nikon. YELLOW: Is the color that represents creativity, optimism, confidence, and emotional strength. Typical brand examples that want to transport this message are Fanta, JBL or Nickolodeon. ORANGE: This color is associated with physical comfort, food, warmth, security, passion, and fun. Just think of fire extinguishers and the red cross. RED: The effects of red are probably the most obvious because they are used everywhere to alert us like on stop signs or to draw our attention to things like emergency buttons or alarms. So let’s have a look at the main colors and their effects along with some brand examples, just think about it for a moment of what these brands represent: Designers and Advertisers are heavily using colors to emphasize product features and create an emotional response. The fact that colors influence our emotions and alertness level is not new. But what exactly should be colored and why not a more relaxing color? What exactly is the effect of different colors on study performance? I thought a calm green would be the perfect color for a study room but apparently, vividness is much more motivational. The most suitable colors for this are red, orange and yellow. So what is the best color for studying? According to recent studies, the way color can improve study performance is by increasing alertness and neural activity through arousal. So I was wondering if I could use colors to improve my study. The fact that colors have an influence on our mood and emotions is well known.
