Colour is a powerful tool that is used to great effect by manufacturers and retail companies when they try to sell us. In fact, many of the purchasing decisions we make are partly or largely influenced by colour. How true is this statement? How much does colour influence us when we buy something?

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arguably plays a central role when it comes to buying something. In fact, our purchasing choices are so strongly influenced by

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that in many cases we will not buy

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if it does not come in the

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we like. Alternatively, we may pay extra to get something in favourite

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. We all make purchasing decisions based on

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, even if it is something simple and relatively cheap. When we buy apples,

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, we will often choose bright red ones over green ones. Retainers know

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, of course, which is why most supermarket apples are a bright, vibrant red.

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is

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of the main things we consider when buying clothes, a new car or a sofa for our living room. To a lesser extent, it will be an important consideration when we buy household appliances or a small luxury goods like a smart phones and MP3 players. The

colour

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of the environment where we are doing our shopping is

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important, and retailers choose their colours very carefully. The general view is that certain colours convey certain messages or create certain moods. Green,

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, is popular in health-food shops because of its environment connotations. Red is often used in shops selling luxury electrical items because it is believed to create a feeling of excitement. Having said that,

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is not only determining factor. When we buy fruit, the size, shape and of course the price or perhaps equally important. In some cases,

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plays no role whatsoever when we buy a book,

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, we are interested in the content and not be

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. In other cases, we may not be given a choice. The car manufacturer Henry Ford once famously joked that you could buy his latest car in any

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you liked, as long as it was black. On the whole,

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, we can see that

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dose play a central or major role in many situations where we are spending money. In fact, it is inevitable that when we see something we like, one of the

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questions we ask ourselves is “Do I like the

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?”