The Psychology of Red and It’s Impact on Our Lives
Color is impactful. The level or reason for the impact varies based on our experiences with each one. Red is a color that I’m drawn to, but it’s also one that I sometimes avoid.
Red Is Our First Color
The first color that an infant recognizes is red because it has the longest wavelength on the color spectrum.
This can happen within weeks of birth, but they perceive more colors from around 2 to 4 months.
Red and green are typically the colors that they recognized first.
My Relationship with Red
I don’t hate red, but I am selective with it. When I was 10 years old, we had nasty car accident. A drunk driver ran a red light and t-boned our little red Mazda. Our car flipped and rolled before the engine caught fire.
Back then, there were no seatbelts in the back seats, so my little 7-year-old friend and I were tossed around until the car came to a stop against a fence.
Witnesses were amazing and pulled my mom, myself, and my friend out of the car. Apart from cuts and bruises, we were surprisingly okay, but I’m not fond of red cars.
