After seeing one of the presentations in class about colors, it got me very interested in the topic. I remember hearing something about colors to cause hunger, was unsure exactly what it was. This article shows how certain colors do psychologically make you hungry without you knowing. One of the main colors of hunger is red, which is why it is used in many grocery stores including Costco wawa, Walgreens and fast food places like mc donalds. The two colors Mc.Donalds uses is red and yellow which are two colors known to cause hunger. Wendy's also includes these colors in order to increase their sales. Also, the colors used in a lot of restaurants are generally calming colors to make the customers nbot only hungry, but relaxed while they wait for there meal. I found this very interesting and began to do a little more research on the topic on found that others colors also have an effect on your hunger. http://blog.restauranteers.com/2011/01/30/the-psychology-of-food-and-hunger/
This article explains a little more on each color if you are interested in doing some further research. Its definitely worth a view.
(Jesse Meyers)
McDonalds is so sneaky! I have heard about the red/yellow thing before but i didn't know about the calming colors. I worked in a restaurant and now it makes sense why everything is beige and brown! Sidenote - in the restaurant where I worked the mirror in the women's restroom is too tall for many women to use easily. I asked the manager why this was and she said it was to get women out of the bathroom quicker! Sneaky bastards!! Ha ha!
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