Reading Colors

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Look at the following list of words. Then say aloud what color they are written in.  For example, read: "Red, Green, Blue..." etc.  It's harder than you think!

RED PURPLE BROWN YELLOW ORANGE

BLACK WHITE GREEN VIOLET GRAY

RED PURPLE BROWN YELLOW BLACK

BLACK YELLOW GREEN VIOLET GRAY

RED PURPLE BROWN WHITE BLACK

 

This is an example of the Stroop Effect, see http://www.david.tam.name/SelfTests/StroopEffects.html

John Ridley Stroop first reported this effect in his Ph.D. thesis published in 1935, commonly known as "Stroop Effect".


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