This is a little test. Answer the questions as quickly as possible. Do not move on to the next calculation until you have answered the previous one. You do not need to remember or write down the answers. Ready? Lets go! 15 plus 6 .. 53 plus 3 .. 89 plus 2 .. 12 plus 53 .. 75 plus 26 .. 25 plus 52 .. 63 plus 32 I know! Calculations are hard work, but it's nearly over... One more... Come on... 123 + 5 .. Quick! Think about a color and a tool! Scroll further to the bottom.... A little more.... You just thought about a red hammer didnt you? 98% of people answer "red hammer" to this little test.. Are you a in the 2 percent?
Google says: This is a really interesting scientific phenomenon known as cognitive load. Absent any external stimuli, when asked to name a color, people tend, on average, to say “red” first — when asked to name a tool, they tend to say “hammer.” Of course, when you’re not under cognitive load, like right now, your mind can start to wander. You might say an orange rake! The math problems increase your cognitive load and cause you to behave more predictably because there are less free brain cells that you can use to think creatively.
So basically, if you had hard time with calculations, u would answer red hammer cause ur brain got so wired up? Btw, my answer is blue screwdriver... ? Blue cause i was blue last round.. Screwdriver cause i remember Handy Mandy
Tend to say red first, then blue. That's why marketers usually have important text highlighted in red on products, it's the first colour that your brain and eyes process. Marketing strategy.