Abstract

Colours are an inevitable part of life and may even have a deep, lesser-explored impact on individuals. They alter the way we see, attend to, and perceive stimuli in our surroundings. They enable us to express and understand, thus comprising an integral part of Art Therapy.

All of the above intrigued us to carry out an investigation within 3 age groups of typically developing children (7-9 years, 12-14 years and 16-18 years) to study their sensitivity to colours and additionally the impact of them on their learning and recall patterns.

For this purpose, the objective of the research has been split into two studies:

Study 1- Colour overlays were used to investigate learning and recall.

Study 2- Sample was assessed on how sensitive they were to the variations in a single hue. In all, 4 universal colours i.e. Red, Blue, Green and Yellow were used. For this purpose, colour grids based on the Munsell’s colour system were formed.

A baseline is established using a recall of words on neutral background- white i.e. without the overlays. Results were analyzed using 3-way ANOVA and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation.

The findings showed significant impact of Age on Recall with Overlays. Correlation of Sensitivity on the grid and Recall on overlays was significant only for ‘Green’ color.