Blue versus Periwinkle: Color Identification and Gender

Abstract

This study examined the color identification and vocabulary skills of 101 female and 52 male college students. Femininity scores, color-related hobbies, and academic aptitude scores were also examined for their influence on color identification. The women identified significantly more elaborate colors than did the men. Color identification was significantly correlated with vocabulary but not with scores on femininity. Academic aptitude scores and having a color-related hobby also predicted color identification under some conditions.

Gender differences in colour naming

“…As in previous studies (Chapanis, 1965;Greene and Gynther, 1995;Nowaczyk, 1982), women also appeared to be more consistent in their responses to repeated colour samples ( Figure 6). 3.6 Response times for BCTs and frequent non-BCTs: females vs. males…”

“…In the majority of the reviewed studies it is concluded that gender differences in colour naming have a "nurture" origin -due to different patterns of socialization that probably result in a greater awareness and more distinct internal representations of colour in women (Anyan and Quillan, 1971;Bimler et al, 2004;Greene and Gynther, 1995;Rich, 1977;Simpson and Tarrant, 1991;Swaringen et al, 1978;Yang, 2001). This conjecture is supported by the findings that men whose hobby or occupation (painters, designers, linguists, etc.)…”

“…In adulthood, women have been found to be more accurate, compared to men, in ascribing colour names to colour samples (Greene and Gynther, 1995;Nowaczyk, 1982;Swaringen, Layman and Wilson, 1978); more consistent in their choice of a colour sample matching a given colour name (Chapanis, 1965); and reveal a greater colour-naming consensus (Moore, Romney and Hsia, 2002;Sayim, Jameson, Alvarado and Szeszel, 2005). Temporal characteristics of colour-naming performance indicate, too, that women are faster in a speeded colour-naming task, exceeding men in retrieving colour labels (DuBois, 1939;Golden, 1974;Ligon, 1932;Saucier, Elias and Nylen, 2002;Shen, 2005).…”

Color Connotations in Clothes among British and Jordanian Females: A Sociolinguistic Indication

“…According to Mario De Bortoli & Jesus Maroto (2001), Orange in Asia is a positive, spiritually enlightened and life-affirming color, while in the US it is a color of road dangers, traffic delays and fast-food restaurants. A study was conducted by Greene (1995) that reflected the interest of women in colors on college students and the cultural effect of Nepalese females who traditionally wear more colorful clothing then men do. This study indicates that gender and cultural differences affect on color choice and the images associated with them.…”

Dimorphisme sexuel dans la schizophrénie

“…En fait, les différences de sexe au niveau neuropsychologique ont été largement documentées, les hommes surpassant les femmes sur le fonctionnement visuo-spatial., comme la rotation mentale, et sur le raisonnement mathématique. Les femmes excellent dans les fonctions du langage, la mémoire verbale et la mémoire de travail (Gladue et Bailey, 1995 ;Greene et Gynther, 1995 ;Hall et Kimura, 1995 ;Moffat et Hampson, 1996 ;Duff et Hampson, 2001 ;Halari et al, 2005). En terme d'émotion, les études ont prouvé que les femmes sont plus expressives (Kring et Gordon, 1998), plus sensibles à la contagion d'émotion (Wild et al, 2001) et montrent de plus grandes réponses psychophysiologiques quand elles sont exposées aux stimuli affectifs (Orozco et Ehlers, 1998).…”