I have always known that color has the power to influence your mood — for example, did you know that when a certain prison painted its walls pink, acts of agression and physical violence decreased significantly? — and was pleasantly surprised by some of the facts presented in this infographic by PaintersOfLouisville.com.

Case in point: you should not paint a baby’s room yellow, because it makes babies more prone to crying. (I can’t help but think of all the nurseries I’ve seen painted yellow.)

Or, you should stay away from red before, and during exams because it is “associated with the danger of failure in achievement contexts and can evoke avoidance motivation.”

Find out more in the infographic below! (Click to view large.)

Via Bit Rebels.

Sooooooo true!

Over the 8-year span of our relationship, I have trained myself to go the KISS (keep it simple, stupid) route when identifying colors to my other half.

And you can see how a possible trichromat as myself would find this extremely difficult.

Via HHjH.

Debuting in Spring 2011, color authority Pantone will release their own Visa® Platinum Rewards Card in a range of hues that have been selected from the Pantone Fashion Color Report for Spring 2011.

Each of the five cards is meant to invoke and express certain moods and attributes:

As far as I can tell, these cards do not offer any benefits that are especially superior than that of your run-of-the-mill credit card. Thus I can only conclude that not too many consumers aside from fans of the color superhouse will be tempted to apply for these cards.

That being said, I love the colorful yet minimalistic look of the cards. And being a slave to the Pantone color system, I wouldn’t mind paying homage to the company if I haven’t sworn off new credit cards.

Via Curbed.

Hiromura Design Office has created a magnificent storage solution for the Tokushu Tokai Paper Head Office that is every paper/craft/color lover’s wet dream. If I had all the money in the world I would have this Japanese design house design all my storage spaces.

Via Apartment Therapy.

Want your child to get a head start on chemistry? Try these Educational Chemistry Crayons from Etsy seller QueInteresante:

Children play and draw with crayons practically every day, so why not make the experience more educational? This listing is for a set of 48 Crayola crayons with labels so that while children are coloring, they are also exposed to the names of chemicals that will make those colors! So instead of thinking “I want green” they will think “I want Barium Nitrate Ba(NO3)2 Flame” and then when they take chemistry in high school and their teacher sets some gas on fire and it makes a green color and they ask the class what chemical it was your student will know it was Barium! Genius!

To be completely honest I hardly ever paid attention to color names when using Crayons as a child, and I’m not sure that other children do, either. However, the geek in me loves this idea and may even implement it in the future.

Via Laughing Squid.