User:Jherd25/sandbox

In the article Color Psychology the facts seemed pretty straightforward and tells mostly of how it can be used as a marketing tool. A few of the links didn't even work. Also some of the links weren't cited completely. (WHAT DO YOU MEAN "NOT CITED COMPLETELY"? DID THEY HAVE NO CITATIONS? INCORRECT CITATIONS?)I thought that this article focused mostly on the marketing and branding aspect more than the psychological aspect of it. (DID THIS MEAN YOU FELT IT WAS BIASED OR NEUTRAL OR JUST OVER-REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRANDING/MARKETING ASPECT?) A lot of the references actually talked about the psychological aspect especially the articles "Blue streetlights believed to prevent suicides, street crime" and "Can Blue-Colored Light Prevent Suicide?"

I thought that this article could have used a history section pertaining to the origin of this unknown form of psychology; I didn't even find in this article who was the founder of this form. I actually have researched and it is difficult to find because color psychology and color theory are often seen as intertwined. One website, theatlantic.com, said that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of the earliest to write about the psychology of color in his book "Theory of Colours". If you believe that color psychology derives from the color theory then Sir Isaac Newton was the sole discoverer. (WHAT DO YOU THINK AND IF YOU WERE EDITING THIS ARTICLE, WHAT TYPE OF SOURCES WOULD YOU SEARCH OUT?)

"Blue streetlights believed to prevent suicides, street crime". The Seattle Times. 2008-12-11. Archived from the original on September 13, 2010. Grohol, J. M. (2018, July 08). Can Blue-Colored Light Prevent Suicide? Retrieved from https://psychcentral.com/blog/can-blue-colored-light-prevent-suicide/

Peer review by Rebecca (rcocker)
I can see how this is a difficult topic to find solid research and historical information on, as it is so subjective. It will be interesting in what you can gather on the originality of the concept!

A section to explore would be how color affects animal psychology as they are thought to have more innate responses to colors. Example: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are attracted to the color red for food source and breeding. Fish and birds are tetrachromatic animals used in research that can perceive red light/wavelengths. Surprisingly, our genomes match by 98% so the research can translate to human application. The links may contain some helpful information on Danio but there are other articles on livestock, non-human primates and other diachromatic creatures. The latter MAY help pull together a section addressing potential similarities to color-blind humans.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104883/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698905007066

Have you thought about, or searched for, articles on how the blue street light theory is contradictory to theories of the blue light of electronics?

Also, found a redundancy, that could be addressed, on the color red and attractiveness from the intro which is almost repeated verbatim in the section of color perception.

I hope that you can find any of these suggestions to be helpful!