Colour analasis

flogen

this is the best place for this post, but if anyone can think of a better one, please move it.

Has anyone else noticed that two colours are most prominent in adverts? Both red and blue seem to be taken up by companies, usually rivals.
for example Coke and pepsi or vodafone and o2.
both red against blue.......

is there some reason for this? can any psycologist explain this or is it just a coincidence????

Flogen

xx

Red and Blue are primary colours, aren't they?? And green too?? This has been going on for years though. Man Utd and Man City for example - Utd have nearly always worn red and city have nearly always worn blue.
Do a google on it.

the fnj

Red, Blue and Yellow are the primary's, that's why all three are so popular.

xx

Originally posted by The FANJ
Red, Blue and Yellow are the primary's, that's why all three are so popular.

YELLOW???? Nobody likes yellow. What things are yellow? Pee, Jaundice, snow with wee in it, wasps etc etc. Yellow sucks!!!!

ColinM

The primary colours of light are red, blue and green.
The primary colours in painting that can be mixed to create other colours are red, blue and yellow.

Kalina

Originally posted by xx
YELLOW???? Nobody likes yellow. What things are yellow? Pee, Jaundice, snow with wee in it, wasps etc etc. Yellow sucks!!!!

The Jordan F1 team are yellow!!! ... though maybe not such a great example of what's yellow and good seeing as Jordan are the most miserable team on the grid this year!!

Havelock

Disney uses the two colours for animation in the sumation that blue = good and red = evil. Or in The Cube, blue was safe and red danger, but they both where used in America for propaganda against the communists, thats where Disney gets it from, the reds=communisim=evil, verus blue(as in red[can't use], white[too boring] and blue of the stars and stripes)=democracy=good.

hedgetrimmer

Hm....wonder how that impacts of the American flag being known as the "Red, White and Blue" if red is associated, as Havelock says, with evil in US-tv land (which tends to inform the thinking of most people in the US and the world)

echomadman

Its all about Milky Ways ***,

xx

Originally posted by Kalina
The Jordan F1 team are yellow!!! ... though maybe not such a great example of what's yellow and good seeing as Jordan are the most miserable team on the grid this year!!

I rest my case.

flogen

when i think of the whole commie vs democracy thing, and the seriousness of it during the cold war, im surprised Coke stayed Red..... I bet pepsi used that to their advantage, although at the time it was the old skool red and white (and blue).
Coincidently pepsi DID gain ground in the cola war during the cold war. this was because coke had sold itself as a drink for americans during WW 2 and failed to shake that image during the cultural revolution of the 60s and 70s, which was full of people who didnt want any association with the previous generation.
and THATs where the slogan 'the pepsi generation' came from....
all fact...
anyone want any more info? I learned alot from a c4 show about the cola wars, very interesting, in all seriousness, it showed the amazing competition between the groups and the tactics used.

Flogen

pyramid man

Originally posted by echomadman
Its all about Milky Ways ***,

thats the truest statment that i have ever heard.

Bard

Originally posted by Havelock
...and blue of the stars and stripes)=democracy=good.

The stars are white and the stripes are red. It's the background of the stars that's a navy blue colour.

Bad example.

Havelock

I'd call you an idiot but the mods would chastise me for doing so, the American flag is called the Stars and Stripes.

Hobart

Originally posted by Havelock
.............verus blue(as in red[can't use], white[too boring] and blue of the stars and stripes)=democracy=good.

Originally posted by Bard
The stars are white and the stripes are red. It's the background of the stars that's a navy blue colour.

Bad example.

Originally posted by Havelock
I'd call you an idiot but the mods would chastise me for doing so, the American flag is called the Stars and Stripes.

Really really LMAO. Brilliant. Move to Humour please.

simu

Red and blue are bold colours and they stand out.

It's partly culutral too. I remember reading somewhere that pastel colours (pink, purple) were used more often for products in the Middle East, as this is more pleasing to the people who live there.

stormkeeper

There's even a career test around the net based on the colours you choose as well. Quite interesting actually, though it's called colorwize (sic x2)

If you want to try it, it's at www.colorwize.com