How do you test colors effecting emotion?

Question

I am doing a science fair project on if color effects human emotions.

My hypothesis is:I believe that colors will effect a person's emotion because colors are associated with emotions. How would a person go about testing somebody on this?

Answer 1

put someone in a room  of all one colors with stuff to do and see how they behave, try with diffrent colored rooms

Answer 2

You should probably tighten up your hypothesis....do you predict that different colors will bring out different emotions?  Then state that.  Get some large squares of colors...you decide what and how many.  Put the color in front of the person along with a stack of index cards with words printed on them...one per card.  Words should be strong emotions, like: love, hate, anger, depression, happy, sad...have the person choose the cards that describe how they feel when they see that color.  Have a blank card...allow them to select if if they "feel nothing".  That way you are controlling the colors, and the "emotions"...easier to analyze.  You can see if there are differences in what is selected by color and s*x.  Expect male vs. female differences....(This would be very interesting to do with young children...vs. teens)......Good luck to you!  (psychology professor)