Wilson Wilson
Bluelighter
Hey,
sorry for OT:
we once had Burgers and found it very funny to put green ketchup into it. Now I know why I had to throw up after the first bite. :D
JJ
Oh yeah this absolutely applies too! Food companies spend a lot of money hiring actual psychologists to study exactly what colours will make us hungry. You notice how all the fast food places have a lot of red in their logos? That's not by accident!
This is also why you never see blue food. Our brains have an aversion to it because it seems unnatural. They did market research and no one would buy blue food even if it was identical to the normal stuff in every aspect except colour.
Coca-Cola is also green, they dye it brown for the same reason.
Another interesting tidbit is that the layout of supermarkets is designed by psychologists as well. They know what part of the store our eyes and attention are most drawn to and design the layout to maximise the amount of things we buy. Companies then pay the supermarkets big money to have their items stocked on the high traffic areas.
So you know how you go out to buy like 2-3 items and come out with two bags worth of shopping? Yeah, that's why.
Honestly find this very interesting, but I don't wanna go derailing the thread again haha.