User:Kekecole/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Color Psychology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Color Psychology is the study of different hues on the color wheel. Colors can influence human behavior, emotions, senses and even the way that we think and remember things. I chose color psychology because it's not a topic that I think is widely covered. I remember going over it briefly in Psychology 101. So far in the rest of my classes it has been glossed over since then. Color Psychology matters because it links together our emotions and behaviors to colors. It shows a way that people can be influenced.

The impression that was originally presented to me in Color Psychology was color describing someone's mood. I assumed that someone would feel a certain emotion and then describe it by mood. A mood ring is a great example of this. After reading a bit more about Color Psychology I understand how many things can actually be influenced simply by a certain color.

Evaluate the article
The Lead Section provided by the Color Psychology article begins with an intriguing sentence that clearly defines the definition of Color Psychology and what the rest of the article will provide the reader with as they continue to read through it. The sections of the article are divided up into sections that can be navigated through the drop-down menu's and links on the page. The article does not provide any misinformation and is extremely thorough in the information that is provided. I think that the lead is a bit longer than it needs to be. The Color Psychology article starts to go on a tangent about marketing and branding halfway through. It's nice that they provided this section, however, there is an entire section dedicated to just marketing that should have this information in it.

The content in the Color Psychology article is relevant to the topic. The content appears to be very recent especially in certain sections. Since colors apply to many different aspects in life there are many different instances provided for its use (marketing, therapy, sports, gaming, hospitals, etc.). From what I've read all of the information in this article belongs here. A lot of it was intriguing and linked to other articles that were interesting to read as well. I don't think there's any equity gap present in this article but I do think it does a good job of providing a diverse range of Color Psychology in different environments. It does a good job at providing the history of Color Psychology.

The article is as neutral as it can be. It basically just provides the information about Color Psychology. For example it's history and how it's been used over the years. I didn't read anything that seemed heavily biased on any side. I guess refuting the claim that Color Psychology exists would be the argument against it. So, yes, I would say that this is a neutral article in which it doesn't take any sides or anything.

All of the facts in this article seems to have secondary sources provided and proving the information is backed. I followed the links and they led to the articles, however, there were articles provided that you needed to pay for. The most current source provided was from May 2019. The sources are from a plethora of different authors. There are better sources provided than other, there are some with just definitions linked or pictures but most of them come from peer-reviewed articles. Yes, the links work.

The article is written eloquently. Where there is any fact the sources of so are provided. There are probably some grammatical and spelling errors that I didn't see. I'm not good at evaluating grammatical errors so it would take a professional to re-read and determine such. The article is well organized, I especially liked that they provided so many sections in the article. The sections make it easy to find and determine what you're reading.

There are images provided in the Color Psychology article. There were imaging of the color wheels and the marketing that different brands use with colors. The images are well-captioned and provide information on what you're looking at. You could look at the captions and know what they actually mean without seeing it. The images are centered on the page and the sources for each image are provided.

There are discussions about 'warm' and 'cool' colors. A lot of the discussion is about the Wiki Education Foundation. There are also discussions about what different colors to mean to different cultures. It is apart of WikiProjects and rated C-class. I think that Wikipedia is more in depth when it comes to the history and implications than in class. As I mentioned earlier Color Psychology isn't really discussed much in psychology classes.

The Color Psychology article belongs in B-class to me. I think there are a lot of people still viewing this article for projects. The articles main strength to me was the different sections they provide where they delve into different topics. The article can be improved by going back to the lead section and thinning out what they've written there. A lot of what's in the lead section is restated in their sectioned topics. I think that the article is well developed, it gets straight into the point without veering off too much.