One of favorite blogs, Material Girls, commented on an interesting study published in the New York Times in the post, Mixing Science With Design. The study conducted by Ravi Mehta and Rui Zhu discusses how color in a room can influence mood and actions. According to the study, red makes people more cautious and detail-oriented and blue makes people more creative. Mehta and Zhu replicated these results in domains of product design and persuasive message evaluation to show that the effect of color on people’s cognitive tasks occur outside their consciousness.

Mary McDonald, whose amazing talent has previously been mentioned, has a blue office that was featured in an article in Domino.



Drew Barrymore’s office is featured in this post for its use of both blue and red. By painting the walls light blue and using bold red accessories, Barrymore gets the best of both worlds.



This study makes me question whether various shades of blue influences creativity to different extents.