Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green, Which Color Is Most Easily Seen?
Overview
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which color (out of red, yellow, green, and blue) a child could see most readily using their peripheral vision. Research done on this says that blue and yellow are seen more easily with your peripheral vision, and yellow can be mistaken for white, so it was expected that blue would be seen more readily. Methods/Materials Twenty subjects were seated, one at a time, under a large protractor made to measure the degree at which a color card was first recognized. A color card was moved from behind the subject around to the front at the rate of 5 degrees per 2 seconds until the subject said they could distinguish the color on the card. This was repeated three times on each side for each color tested. Results After experimenting on twenty children, the results showed that green was seen first with the right eye and blue was seen first with the left eye. Results on the left eye shows that blue and red were the top two most easily seen and green was the least easily seen. On the right eye green and blue were the top two most easily seen and red was the least easily seen. Conclusions/Discussion The results partially supported the hypothesis. Blue was seen more readily on the left eye. These results can be used to help improve pedestrian safety by having people wear bright blue or green clothing to be more visible to drivers.
Summary statement
The project shows which color a child can see most readily using their peripheral vision.
Help received
Interviewed Dr. Marcus Appy about the project subject and had my teacher proof-read my work.
Competition history
- CSEF 2015
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