Has there been a study if black ink blue ink or red ink helps you remember better?

Question

this would be a cool study. worthless, but cool.

Answer 1

I don't know, but when I was in my Ph.D. program I was told that correcting papers in something like green, rather than red, ink was kinder and caused students to be more willing to actually read the corrections without getting defensive.

Answer 2

It wouldn't be worthless if we learned that one color really does help more than the others.

I've heard somewhere that green helps you remember, but I don't know if that's through green ink or a green background. I figured it was somehow linked to green chalk boards, but I could be wrong.

I've also heard of some people having a learning disability in which they can't see words properly without the aid of a certain color. They need specific colored transparency sheets to put over what they're reading. Neat, huh?

Answer 3

it would be a useful study, but - I think it would say that it depended on the individual! Try it on yourself. Write a list of random words in the different colours, and try memorising a list at a time. Give yourself control conditions, so same amount of time for memorising, no other changes in environment etc. You could get friends to try it too.

When I was studying for my finals at Uni, I used to use coloured pens to help revise. I made mind-maps with loads of arrows and bubbles joined together, and then when I memorized the image, I found the colours helped me know if I was learning a category, sub-category or dates etc.. I'd be interested to know what you find out!!