10 Facts about How Colors Affect Your Appetite …

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6. Green color stands for healthy?

Green foods are interpreted to be healthy, whatever the food actually is. This is because ‘safe’ foods used to be green, such as lettuce, apples and cucumber. It was quickly established that most green foods could be eaten without a big risk of death, and so our minds are happy to eat anything green, and we are likely to presume that green food is healthy.

mustard-green27. Orange foods …

Orange food is usually eaten with caution, as people associate orange with anger. There are very few naturally occurring orange foods, and foods such as curry that contain orange spices are often referred to as ‘angry foods’.

8. The most appetizing packaging …

McDonalds’ red and yellow packaging has been voted the best food packaging, due to their clever use of colors. While both colors encourage hunger, they are also very friendly, and memorable.

9. Put a blue light in your fridge …

Experts recommend putting a blue light in your fridge when you are dieting, as this will put you off eating. You could also try having a blue colored kitchen, or incorporating some blue cutlery. This should be a brilliant diet aid, and will also give you a very modern kitchen!

1_154919_110. White color and snacking …

White food is easy to pick at, and to forget that it contains calories. So that’s why it’s so easy to snack on bread! Using a black bread bin could combat this, however.

So now you know the tricks, try using color psychology to your advantage. Need to help your friend eat more? Take a selection of red and yellow foods, and eat from red plates. Trying to diet? Then use blue plates and avoid buying white foods. Simple, right?

Have you got any tips on using colors to control your appetite? Please share them with me!

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  1. July 21, 2011 at 10:34 am Permalink
    Dan Reynen says:
    Can you provide a link to a clinical study showing blue is an appetite suppressant? I’ve seen it mentioned in dozens of articles, but all people say is “experts say” or “studies show” without actually ... See more mentioning a specific expert or study. I’d like to see the clinical trial that showed this works.
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  2. April 5, 2011 at 10:00 pm Permalink
    kitty13131 says:
    so THIS is why i love red velvet cake!!!!
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  3. February 17, 2010 at 9:15 pm Permalink
    Victoria louise says:
    That’s why the mcdonalds logo is red and yellow because it makes you hungry and draws you in to their restaraunt, same with burger king, subway, I don’t know anymore?
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    • February 18, 2010 at 7:35 am
      Sheila says:
      Hey Victoria,
      Hmmm. Kfc, Pizza Hut, Hooters? I’m starting to get hungry now :p
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  6. October 18, 2010 at 12:00 am Permalink
    Sabrina says:
    Ok, so if I get this right, if you dye your food blue it looks to be less appetizing. Right? So say I do dye my bread blue I would eat less cause of its ... See more color?

    I need help v.v i need to lose the weight
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  7. October 3, 2010 at 2:19 pm Permalink
    Zoee says:
    That cupcake made me feel sick :L
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  9. December 31, 2009 at 1:28 pm Permalink
    Willemenia says:
    Yes, if you remember earlier on in the years, maybe 2002 at grocery stores, they would sell the multi-colored ketchup! Who remembers that? They would be purple, green, and yellow, but I was always too ... See more grossed out to try one and stuck with red ketchup!!!
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    • January 2, 2010 at 7:13 am
      Sheila says:
      Hey Willemenia,
      Wow really?? I would have tried the purple one maybe.
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    • July 27, 2010 at 6:20 am
      Meagan says:
      Oh I remember those, I would go for purple or green. :)
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    • November 24, 2010 at 3:55 am
      Katie Bugg says:
      I remember the colored ketchup and was actually talking about it the other day!!! I am very sensitive to chemical tastes so for me (with the green ketchup) I could actually taste the coloring that ... See more they used and it totally turned me off to it. Also, when I was in preschool we had green eggs and ham once after reading the book and almost none of the other kids would eat it! I loved it though :]
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  10. November 24, 2009 at 9:08 pm Permalink
    Meream….you just crack me up….you are so subtle about some things…lol
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  11. November 24, 2009 at 5:07 pm Permalink
    Meream says:
    Robert: In any study, there are always outliers or people who do not fit the mold. You are one of these people. Conclusions are always based on the average or normal. This does not mean ... See more that there is something wrong with you :)
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  12. November 24, 2009 at 3:00 pm Permalink
    robert says:
    i dont agree,that blue cupcake made me real hungry. i also dyed sum pasta blue and it was still great so i think that yall r just insane
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    • March 23, 2010 at 5:31 pm
      rebekah says:
      i agree with you robert! that cupcake made me crave for a blue cupcake soooo much!
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    • March 23, 2010 at 11:52 pm
      Sheila says:
      Hey Rebekah,
      A blue cupcake probably but blue pasta? I don’t think I could do that.
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    • July 9, 2010 at 10:53 pm
      Rebekah says:
      I think that the blue pasta would still taste like really good.
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  13. July 31, 2009 at 7:42 pm Permalink
    I just left a comment and it disappeared….those gremlins….

    I said that that I do agree with the theory about our attraction to certain foods because of its color.
    If I had to ... See more chose between a yellow cupcake and blue or purple cupcake, I would definitely select the yellow one. But then again, I love blueberries, black currants, and concord grapes.
    How about red oranges?
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  14. July 31, 2009 at 7:35 pm Permalink
    I must agree with that theory. I would prefer to have yellow cake instead of the same cake in blue or purple.
    But I do love blueberries, black currents, and concord grapes!!!
    ... See more /> Did you every try a red orange?
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    • July 31, 2009 at 9:20 pm
      Olga Moore says:
      Isn’t it crazy to actually realize that we are eating with our “eyes” too, so it’s mainly the way the food looks that makes us all so hungry for it. I tried to imagine ... See more different kinds of food in blue color, like soup or salad, and they all seem to be so unappetizing, so I too agree with this color theory.

      PS: I don’t know why the comments do that, but they all seem to appear on the website later on, no worries :)
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  15. July 31, 2009 at 12:52 pm Permalink
    Sarah says:
    How do i write articles for this site? I have a lot of ideas.
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