This test drove me crazy. Part of the issue was the color of the background constantly changing. IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

@Qxestionable

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonballz5600 Maybe, but the point is supposed to be comparing the clothes to the person, not the clothes to the background/the background to the person. Giving them all a plain white background as a control would make more sense to me

@dave-69

Жыл бұрын

FR THOUGH-

@Addyfox2012

Жыл бұрын

It was supposed to..

@heathers2581

Жыл бұрын

​@@Qxestionable I agree, I wish the background was a constant bc changing it adds a whole different variable.

I wish the background of the pictures stayed the same color, because the contrast DEFINITELY had an impact on my choices

@Armund_Wolffe

Жыл бұрын

exactly! with every photo-based survey Style Theory does, they really do a poor job at controlling edited variables like that.

@perimarc6008

Жыл бұрын

This was a defining factor for me too

@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii

Жыл бұрын

Same here. As much as I tried to keep that as a non factor, how well it fit with the background played a big role in my choices.

@rosy_cookie143

Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for matpat to mention about the backgrounds but NOPE not even mentioned not one peep about them yet he's wondering what the big swings were 💀

@inv_hana

Жыл бұрын

Where was the survey?

I wonder how much the backgrounds of the pictures affected people's choices. It definitely affected mine

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

@Thomas90012

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonballz5600 everyone thinks its unintentional like pfff the background colors were on purpose to match or mismatch the outfit

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

Probably quite a bit

@insertianameia2224

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand how it did. You weren't comparing it to the background, you were comparing them to the person. All you had to do was ignore the background. Stupid simple.

@Void_Everfrost

Жыл бұрын

​@@insertianameia2224it's our sub-consciousness, we have always thought we control ourselves 100% but in reality our brain with its electrical signals and chemical pumping controls us. So when you first look at picture, you look at the whole picture then instantly focus on the person only but your eye in the rear sight although blurry still can see the color of the background, and that willcontribute to your final judgement on the picture.

One of the things that was confusing me when taking the survey was the hue shift of the background on the photos

@PinkGooseIsEpic

Жыл бұрын

you silly goose

@Squirrelbooya_yt

Жыл бұрын

do you have the link for the survey??? U wanna check it out.

@1nthechmbr

Жыл бұрын

@@Squirrelbooya_yt no they closed it

@enexua_07

5 ай бұрын

In the description

One thing I noticed when I took the survey is how much the background color affected my perception of the outfit. I'm curious how much it messed with the results, overall, or if it was just me.

@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't just you. I noticed how well the shirts looked against the background affected a lot of my choices too.

@maddsthegamer

Жыл бұрын

wasn't just you

@viktoria_pikovsky

Жыл бұрын

Nope, the background was messing up with me too. Like, when I took the quiz i didn't look just at the outfit, but rather the whole picture background included. And I caught myself often choosing what clothes were matching the background color the best, and what photos look overall great with the given BG color. Kinda sad matpat didn't mention it in the video, he might have missed a HUGE data point that secretly influenced the results.

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

@@viktoria_pikovsky the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.sorry for spaming this but i just want everyone tto know this.

There are factors I think you're overlooking. The big one is the background color, which wasn't consistent. There's also eye fatigue- I suspect you'll see a stronger preference for muted and darker colors in later questions. Some shirts were so saturated they didn't look real, so an uncanny valley effect might have been present too. There are also factors like the *type* of clothing the model was wearing. More formal shirts seemed to be darker shades and lower intensities, while t-shirts could be lighter and brighter.

@randimatthews8092

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I didn't like that some of clothes just didn't look real to me

@scribblecloud

Жыл бұрын

the second point could be mediated if they chose to put the questions in a random order (which you can do on google forms) but im not sure if they did that

@GioBorsel

Жыл бұрын

I REALLY hope the team sees this comment.

@selenaitara

Жыл бұрын

I suspect the background color changed to match the season. A winter shirt got a winter background. A summer shirt got a summer background, etc. Each season has its own set of neutrals, so the background changing was intentional.

@reydragonclaw1128

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. About halfway through the test I had to close my eyes a bunch because staring at all these colors trying to see barely perceptibible color changes was stressing me out. Maybe there could be breaks in the test? Because I feel like staring at it for so long definitely affected my choices.

as a general note for you on team theory, whenever you do photo-based surveys, PLEASE try to control extra variables like the backgrounds of your images. all of them should have been the same wether the outfit was color shifted or not.

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

@venus-pq5gg

Жыл бұрын

that would skew the data. the point of the background color changing is to see if the preferred color is determined by the “seasonal style” or the background color. It’s not an extraneous variable, it is the same as introducing a placebo into a pharmaceutical study, to see if the psychological aspect is carrying the self reported effect of the drug. If the appeal was mostly correlated with the background, and has little correlation with style, it would bury the idea of seasonal style. Instead what happened is they found that neither had a strong effect. They determined that it all came down to personal preferences.

@strawbyeolpatch

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@dragonballz5600 we were looking at the clothing to match them, which means the background shouldn't have changed to keep it controlled

@mooselove

Жыл бұрын

You didn’t understand the study 😅

@sweetbnuy

Жыл бұрын

​@@strawbyeolpatchCompletely wrong. You all dont understand how these studies are made and are trying to create a problem that does not exist. You got to understand something to give an opinion about it! The backgrounds WERE A FACTOR, they WERE CONTROLLED. Seasonal palletes its not just about the color of your clothing, its about the color that surrounds you on your accesssories too. That's what the background was about.

I'm really curious about why you guys chose to change the background colours of the photos. As colours are viewed in combination with the colours around them, they play a big part, and I noticed some of the background colours sometimes made the subjects in their correct seasons look washed out, where it probably wouldn't have been the case if it was kept the same as the wrong season. From everything I know about art, I'd think a completely neutral grey for all backgrounds would be the best way to test the colours on the subjects. Many professional artists use grey-ish neutral background when creating character design and concept art for the exact that it gives the best idea of how the colours work together on their own without any interference of colours around their drawings. If you had a reason for not doing this, I would love to hear it! Also, as you mentioned the results might change if asked in other seasons, I hope this is something you will test out in the future! ^^

@DarthAxolotl

Жыл бұрын

The backgrounds were chosen to match the season on display. The backgrounds were part of the test.

@Ceilvia

Жыл бұрын

@@DarthAxolotl That make sense but no one wears a background, they only wear the clothes in different daily life backgrounds. Should've used neutral grey imo

@spurka8837

Жыл бұрын

​@@Ceilviathe color theory is the one that matters tho, that was the point of the survey, if the colors are affecting how you look then it should apply to the backgrounds aswell

@FurvaNoctua

Жыл бұрын

@@DarthAxolotl I thought that might be the case, but it looks to me like the values weren't accounted for? Sorry if that's an incorrect assumption, I just see some big changes in the values of the background colours of a lot of the photo pairs. The background colours could be cool or warm, but have the same values, so that the contrasts in each image didn't differ as much. At 8:08 in the video, if you take all those images and turn them into black and white photos to see the values, there are some very clear contrast differences between the pictures put up against one another, and many of the wrong seasons seem to have an overall better contrast with the background colour, shirt colour and the subjects' skin tone, making for an overall more pleasing picture, which I would think would skewer the results. Which is why giving them the same grey background would ensure no extra variables that might cause some of the correct seasons to look more washed out.

@schwarzschaz

Жыл бұрын

When you wear your clothes irl, your background won't always stay the same

MatPat, you missed one MAJOR variable that might have skewed the votes: The participants displays. Not everyone has a display with correct color settings. Manufacturers often over saturate colors, most displays have a wrong white point, others have terrible contrast, shifted hues and the list goes on and on.

@stealthis

Жыл бұрын

Consumers: "what's color management?" 😩

@Blu3Pho3n1x

Жыл бұрын

Or blue light filtering - I have all my displays set to filter blue light since I work at my computer a lot, and I don't often think about it but it *does* mean that everything has a slight warm tone to it that it may not intend to have which means the colors are going to be a bit off. Usually not enough to change the contrast with the other colors around or anything, but it could skew skin tones and such ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@angora6881

Жыл бұрын

THIS, we need to like this comment more so it is seen, far more relevant that the background color

@angora6881

Жыл бұрын

THIS, we need to like this comment more so it is seen, far more relevant that the background color

@katrichardsonwriter

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, this was something I also thought about. I know my screen color balance is not perfect, because I have my laptop mirroring to my large-format monitor; they each show a different level of saturation, contrast, and white-balance, which changes with the lighting in the room. So, muted colors look drabber and are harder to differentiate. Red is a bastard of a color on screen, as is black, which drives my older monitor absolutely nuts. And it's all complicated by the blue light filtration on my glasses. What color are any of these, really? Who f-ing knows.

I'm curious if there was any analysis related to the background colors of the photos. I remember thinking some of the shirt colors didn't look great against that peachy background, which was impacting some of my choices.

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

@neighborhood_menace

Жыл бұрын

The same thing was happening to me as well. The backgrounds really messed with my choices and I would have to hide the background with my fingers just to make a decision. Did not help lol

I didn't get a chance to do the survey, but one thing that is hard for me to miss is each choice not only has a different color for the clothes, but also different background colors. I could see that being a factor too.

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

@Tiger54658

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonballz5600 every comment I look at you are spamming this factor. It changes nothing. The background was a terrible choice, it should've been a neutral color, not pinks, greens, blues or yellows. I TOOK the survey with my sister. We hated it, we had trouble paying attention to the subject and their shirt because we kept comparing the shirt to the BACKGROUND which WASN'T THE POINT OF THE SKIN TONE FACTORING WITH THEIR SHIRT. The backgrounds RUINED this study. It was too big of a variable, if EVERYONE is saying the same thing, LISTEN TO IT.

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

@@Tiger54658 Try changing the background and you will see that there is not much of a difference.

@enexua_07

5 ай бұрын

​@@Tiger54658 The backgrounds IS A PART of the test. It is intentional. Read the desc

I know for me, the backgrounds really effected which image I liked best. I was looking for at the image on the whole not just one part, maybe that was wrong but ADHD made me look at the whole thing

@acetrek935

Жыл бұрын

Same

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

I have a slight factor to possibly add into the results. The color of the background. The beige vs white might be affecting how the individual looks in the colors.

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

@joylox

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonballz5600 There's a reason most online stores just have white backgrounds, it's so you can see the colours of the clothing more accurately, and in this case, might have helped. Or just had a face with a background and asked what photo looked better, not specifically the shirt.

@bagelbag_8768

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonballz5600 Some clothes faded into the backgrounds because the colours were too similar.

@tiggerdcat

Жыл бұрын

​@@joyloxwhen we used to get color matched, yes it was, maybe still is a thing, someone would drape you with different cloth to see how it looked against your face. That's how they should have done it instead of using something else that could have been factored out, life style of shirt, and even the distance the shirt was from the face, and the fact they shifted it instead of actually using pictures of the person wearing those colors close to their face so you can see how they under tones turn out. Like, I'm really fair... usually, but I've olive undertones, so certain greens will make me look minty or just downright sick! Oranges do the same. I can wear all the burgundy, olive, deep blues, jewel tones, and neutrals I want, as long as they aren't orange and bright Irish green! Oh and all backgrounds are kept to a standard slightly offwhite or eggshell in color testing to keep it NEUTRAL so all colors come across equally.

@JamesThePokemonHunter

Жыл бұрын

It's silver vs gold. That's apart of the test

The main flaw I found in this survey was it was just way too long. I got really tired of making choices towards the end and just kinda being a lot less discerning and just picking whatever grabbed my attention first (probably the brights). I’m sure this skewed the results

@ariwl1

Жыл бұрын

Decision fatigue should absolutely be accounted for when you're doing surveys like these. When I did the first survey the final portion was so dramatically longer than the others I began to wonder if they were secretly testing for something besides color choices with it.

@sams797

Жыл бұрын

I think that was done purposefully to get you to go with your gut reaction, and see if your answers matched up to previous sections. (There were definitely repeats)

@pipro2

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@reydragonclaw1128

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the longer I took the test the less I paid attention. My eyes were straining to try and see the differences and I got so sick of all the colors I started to kind of just randomly select them- in fact, I probably selected more muted tones towards the end because my eyes were burning from all those saturated colors. Also some of the shirts just didn't look real, and that was incredibly off putting.

@pug8714

Жыл бұрын

Aye

I don't know how much it mattered, but the color of the background played a difference with how I picked during the survey in question. Whether that was intentional or not just thought I'd throw it out there

@dragonballz5600

Жыл бұрын

the background is supposed to be a factor because it is also colormatched the same way as the clothes.

I wonder if the results would change if you were to look at only the first half of the survey answers 'cause let's be honest by the end of it I was having decision fatigue and just wanted it to end (altho I tried my best to not pick randomly until the end)

@Amycalledshooter

Жыл бұрын

Same! I got a lot of decision fatigue as well! I wonder if that's what skewed the data to the bright attention grabbing colors?

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

They probably had to have a lot of questions for the sake of gathering as much data as they could

@jessy1982

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure there are fans that wanted to be a part of the video and filled in as fast as they could, rather than as accurately as they could. I tried to pick each one carefully but as the questions on the later pages got more on a page, it was exhausting as I went on, and the tiredness surely affected my choices.

I was waiting for this FINALLY. Can't believe that style theory became one of the channels I watch on the regular now

@MonMon_W

Жыл бұрын

fr

@roseashkiiii4361

Жыл бұрын

Same

@nebula_star14

Жыл бұрын

Next theory channel at this point will be life theory

@Norge_1

Жыл бұрын

​@finallyitshere7410im reporting you bot

@ames8377

Жыл бұрын

Realllll

I still feel like the results of the surveys were skewed due to the variable of the background colors. The background makes a HUGE impact on how the color of an outfit appears to the viewer. You only have to remember the blue/black vs white/gold dress controversy of a few years ago to realize that.

@Nathan-pl2cf

Жыл бұрын

The backgrounds matched the color seasons, so we would expect to see an *increase* in "correct" choices. The fact that the results did not reflect that indicates color seasons are likely not a big factor in determining people's preferences.

Has anyone mentioned how upset we all are about the background colors? Oh they have? 🎨

@bettyb9677

Жыл бұрын

lol

@alycescanlon-batt9715

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t hurt to say it again in case they missed it 🤷🏻‍♀️

@randimatthews8092

Жыл бұрын

Aha oh he's going to get the picture. I can see a redo kn the future 😂

@emoclowngirl

Жыл бұрын

why u seem so mad💀

@lukekopesz9635

Жыл бұрын

@@emoclowngirl I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed

Honestly, it got to a point for me where I was just choosing my favorite color shirts. I gave up on the survey, and didn't even think for a second about trying to match the correct season. By the end it was just "I'm sick of seeing bright colors, so I'll choose the duller option of the two".

@33pandagamer

Жыл бұрын

Honestly same, I was really feeling the decision fatigue near the latter third, so I was choosing which color I liked better. Near the end, I was just choosing the darker option.

When I did that survey I was going crazy as some of them where nearly identical and the background made massive difference

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

It's been a while since I did but so I don't remember what all was on it but I think the background color impacted things a lot for me too

Since I'm an artist, I think I let art influence my choices a lot, rather than trying to guess the seasons. For example when someone had orang-y hair, I was more likely to pair it with a blue shirt, rather than the other, teal option - you know, because complementary colors are a thing. And I guess my personal preference for dark, muted colors showed too, since bright, highly saturated colors are often too "loud", so I didn't pick them often, unless it felt "right".

@viktoria_pikovsky

Жыл бұрын

Same with me! I'm an artist too, and when I took the quiz I looked at how all the colors were matching each other together, including the background. I didn't try to guess the correct season, heck, I didn't even knew that what the test supposed to be about. The way I saw it was more what style fits each person the best, and that how I chose the photos. And just like you, I didn't go for the lighter more vibrant colors. I like darker muted colors too, and those were the outfits I went for in the test too. I found a lot of the vibrant colors to be too "loud" and saturated to my taste, especially against some of the lighter colder backgrounds they were in.

@zrc1514

Жыл бұрын

I answered similarly but I'm also autistic. Very bright or light colors for me are often overwhelming so I'm less likely to pick them.

@kairallison

Жыл бұрын

i found that my art background led me to preferring orange-y hair with a teal shirt or a blue shirt. but i prefer it working with secondary and tertiary colours and often avoid primary colours unless they lean heavily towards a secondary colour. colour schemes like the purple and orange sunset colours or the green and pink watermelon colours.

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

Well, you were just supposed to pick whichever one you preferred regardless of if it was considered correct or not

One thing that bothered me about the photos was that photoshopped colors don't look the same as changing the color in real life. If you swap out a shirt in real life, the light bounces off that shirt and onto your skin, affecting the way your skin looks, but when you just swap the color of the shirt in photoshop, the reflected light stays the same. I honestly think the reflected light from colors near your face is what gives the biggest effect.

@larkov3940

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you. I would love a retake of the survey without photoshopping the clothes colors and without changing the background color. It would be a much more precise analysis.

@sophieleitao7219

Жыл бұрын

Literally just made a comment like this because I didin't see yours before🤦‍♀️ but yes, you are absolutely right, that's a huge factor for this colour season theory!

One factor for me as a survey filler was answer fatigue, after a certain amount of choosing options, my answers became more rushed/uncaring. Even when I tried to take longer to be fairer, it was still more exxhausting. So Perhaps others like me that started it not realising how long the survey was could have had this decision fatigue and chosen almost at random at some point.

Matpat is the king of asking for scientific evidence for whether or not you got a dog and it's incredible.

@IdentifiantE.S

Жыл бұрын

@officialII???

@Ect0fox

Жыл бұрын

@@IdentifiantE.S its a bot dont bother with it

@nimzi4479

Жыл бұрын

Whether or weather?

@Aaron_HD

Жыл бұрын

Yo, I'd just like to remind you cause I used to make the same mistake. Weather is like rain or snow. You meant to say whether.

@eglol

Жыл бұрын

Do _I_ have a dog?

There was one thing I noticed that seemed to skew my choices. The background colors. I noticed I tended to immediately gravitated toward ALL of the lighter blue grey ones and away from the beige ones. So much so that I became unsure if I was liking the picture because of the clothing choice or the background choice.

@tiggerdcat

Жыл бұрын

No they were all white. I'm positive. Lol (I'm obviously kidding, you get that... right?)

I’m wondering how much was changed based on how much the image was edited/altered from its original picture. Let’s consider the idea that if you got all the models from the pictures and gave them actual copy’s of clothes at different saturated colors, the test results would be very different. The image would look better then the edited one because then the lighting is more accurate between the clothes, model, and background.

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

I never thought about that but you're probably right

@reydragonclaw1128

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. Sometimes while a color may have looked better on them on paper, it looked so unnatural and unreal that it was offputting and weird to look at, so you went with the option that looked more real, regardless of the color.

The background definetly affected it but also I definitely looked a lot at the eyes and the smile then at the the complexion but the amount of options also affected it since towards the end my eyes were getting tired

I love thinking about the fact that I did that survey, and my data was used in this video, it makes me feel so included

@tiggerdcat

Жыл бұрын

I love thinking they looked at mine and went "This lady's data is absolutely bonkers! Throw it out!"

The backgrounds played a huge role in my choices. To a point it was distracting and made it harder to focus on the clothing.

Personal colour preference definitely affects it. There were some where I chose the answer that I knew was not the colour-season-adjacent answer simply because I liked the colour better, especially with the darker greens and reds, which I chose occasionally over brighter ones even where the brighter ones would have been more suitable.

It makes sense that Gen Z tends to like muted colours more since we've been exposed to the internet on average a much larger portion of our life, so MUTED tones would seem more eye-catching. We're so used to everyone trying to attention-grab that we like the calm, mute colours a lot more.

@axolirvin971

Жыл бұрын

I also wonder if aesthetic trends affected that. Cottage core was very big for a while, and tends towards pastel, and dark academia was also pretty big and tends towards dark muted

@alvinsmith3894

Жыл бұрын

@@axolirvin971 Millenials were big on neutrals and dark colors too though. Look at emo and goth.

@alvinsmith3894

Жыл бұрын

Millenials were big on neutrals and dark colors too though. Look at emo and goth. Plus the creators mat shared are all gen z. So neutral might be popular with most gen zs but the trendsetters are using vibrant colors. Reverse of what millenials were back then.

@briciolaa

11 ай бұрын

nah its bc pastel colors have been trending for ALL our formative years lmaooo

My opinions on this video: Before watching: When I saw the title I actually was sad about this being a complete lie. I was planning on having this as my thesis report. I also was planning on doing digital art/animation project where I will draw different types of body types and skin colors taking on different types of clothing and shades of color. I was like "if Color Seasons would really help find how to make you pop out more then creating a digital character should be great and easy to find the right colors to match what I wanted" but now I'm not sure... After watching: Ok maybe I can still do that plan (not here tho)

so glad so many comments are mentioning the background cause i was a little disappointed it wasn't mentioned in the video

I think, and it goes against all scientific reasoning, that we didn't need that many choices. I know that about a third of the way through the survey I gave up on accuracy and just went with whatever popped out more. Which is what your results came said. So if there was less survey fatigue, you might have reached very different results.

@LadyGwynn

Жыл бұрын

I kinda feel like they intentionally introduced decision fatigue, in order to get answers that were more "gut reaction" than over thought.

The contrast between the clothes and the background was a huge factor for me. I chose what made the person pop in combination with the background.

7:13 "so I dug a bit deeper" is Matt's favorite motto of life

@rosy_cookie143

Жыл бұрын

YOU ARE EVERYWHERE

I think the background color was a huge factor as well!

@tiggerdcat

Жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone noticed...

The amount of conclusions that can be gleamed from all that data must be a lot. Pretty sure this data will be used a lot more than just this. Also, picking and choosing so many times hurt my brains. That survey was a pain to complete. Just when you think it's over, boom! there is another page. Anyway, thanks for reading, have a nice day.

I remember doing that quiz and having fun guessing which pictures were the photoshopped ones. Some were obvious, others werent. Also, as an artist i tend to take color theory in the art sense into consideration when it comes to fashion stuff. Afterall, fashion is art

@axolirvin971

Жыл бұрын

I really wanted them to look at the data and see if maybe there was a preference for non-edited options.

@bigjalapeno7061

Жыл бұрын

That's an interesting way to put it

@dct2

Жыл бұрын

hello interent welcome to color theiry

@ystacalden

Жыл бұрын

They were all edited though. He showed the stock photos which were white clothes, white background , 4:44 , and the tinted background and outfit colors were then added

@axolirvin971

Жыл бұрын

@@ystacalden True, but some of them looked edited, like the saturation was too high or something, while others looked natural. Also, since the color of the shirt reflects onto the wearer, I wonder if that had an effect

Did you guys account for the background colour in each of the pictures too? it seemed like the background color wasn't consistent between different photos of the same person, and I am curious about how that also has an affect on the responses since with some backgrounds there can be more or less contrast between the person's features as well as their clothes. Thought it was interesting that you didn't mention anything regarding the background of the photos and only the person and what they're individually wearing.

I think I speak for myself when I say that through the survey, I just ended up picking the colors I liked more. I didn't realize I was doing this until I had to pick between two pictures and I picked one option because "I like that color more"

@aristheia_

Жыл бұрын

same here. My choices towards the end of the survey gravitated more on muted, warm colors because my favorite colors are like that, regardless of whether or not it suits the person.

I love how hes calling them subjects, like("Subject 12 looks best in muted colors.") as if he's running experiments in a lab.

When I did the survey the color of the background REALLY affected my choices

I'm excited to see a follow-up video from Matpat about how we're collectively distracted by the background of the survey 😂

The results might be skewed by the background colors. Different colors looked better on different backgrounds.

the lighting was EVERYTHING in my decision. A lot of times the subject looked more washed out and it was lighting and other factors, not even thinking of 'seasons'. Not sure if SAME lighting but changing the hue/tone of outfits for different seasons would have changed the results. I see from the comments others had the same idea: same background and lighting, different outfits?!

Honestly background changed my answers so much, but so did my color preference. I liked muted warm yellowish colors more so I mostly picked those, but the vibrant ones stood out so much too.

You are totally rocking those colors Matt! You are stylish as they come!❤🩵💚💛

Please do more of these survey theories!

The BACKGROUND KEPT CHANGING!! Omg i was so confused. Thought it was a variable they were testing but nope. Threw me off so much.

I was surprised that background colours weren't mentioned and I was so sure that it played a major role in experiment. I will say that it definitely hindered my choice when it came to selection.

i feel like decision fatigue was definitely a factor here, because the survey felt overwhelmingly long- 100 may not sound like a lot, but at one point you just start speeding through it to get it over with. probably because of our ridiculously short attention spans.

Sooo, when I took the test I started very focus. But when I was in the 5th page I started to get more tired and wont to get over with. Are your results show that the firsts answers were more correct?

I really like how you dissected the results of this survey, but as I was watching the video I kept wondering when would you mention the effect of the background colors, because they definitely had an impact on my choices and they actually reminded me of a bit of color theory I learned on my last semester and how you perceive colors differently depending on the background they have.

The irony of this whole "Color Season" nonsense is that I feel my best in solid brown shirts or open plaid/buffalo check button-downs. Everything else can be randomized.

The backgrounds of each picture affected a lot of our choices!!

I wander how much decision fatigued played into this. The last part of the survery had significantly more questions than the first two parts. It will be interesting to compare accuracy of answers based on the part of the survery

Whelp might as well add to the crowd, and maybe this'll be what gets the message across. We NEED to know if the changes in backgrounds was intentional or not, and if so, how does this alter the results? An uncontrolled variable can completely ruin the integrity of the results of this survey. Just figure some clarification would be appreciated by the community.

That survey was so fun! I love answering questions and participating in these theories. (Also, as someone with sensory issues that are triggered by overly bright colors, I skewed my answers towards darker and richer colors) :)

Pretty sure that the backgrounds are also a significant variable here, so I'm not sure why you don't mention it

The best day ever is when a theorist channel uploads!

I LOVE when you guys do these big surveys and then breakdown the data. It's so cool and interesting!!

I love so much that everyone is agreeing that the background was the biggest issue for us

I was so excited for this episode I'm so glad it's finally out and it's really interesting to see these results

@tiggerdcat

Жыл бұрын

I was too... until they didn't explain why the backgrounds were different colors. Now I'm just sad. 😿

@lollyeule753

Жыл бұрын

@@tiggerdcat i believe this was part of the Gold/Silver jewelry trick to match the undertones of the skin tone......

I wsh you guys would share the data for these studies as the massive amount of participants and data could be helpful to others researching this who don't have your clout. I'm also going to echo everyone else saying to keep the background colors the same. Stick to one for everyone or you just included an unaccounted variable. I didn't take the survey but just pausing to look at my preferences before you told me the data had me realizing that certain background colors made some of the participants look more washed out or brightened them up and that affected what shirt color I chose. I was choosing to compensate for the background color more often then I'd preferred. Maybe re-do this one with that in mind as that seems to be a big factor that skewed the results.

Since it is summertime, I have a theory idea. Which swimsuit would be the best style and the fast swimming in it.

I LOVE when you do these types of surveys, the results come out so interesting! I got to participate in this one as well as the Super Smash Brothers character survey, and I hope you do more in the future!

Love the work you guys do. What I would love to see is a video on the best haircut for a person depending on their face, body size, skin tone, ect. I think that would make a great addition to style theory.

Like everyone here is saying, the BACKGROUND played a huge role in picking the colors and I am extremely surprised it wasn't mentioned. Also, decision fatigue was a HUGE part of it towards the end. It was a LOT longer than I expected and I got tired of looking the same images over and over. I felt like I was going crazy and just wanted it over, so that definitely affected my choices. Those both are HUGE data points you are overlooking.

I love that the theory Channels answer those random questions that keep me up at night.

I've been waiting for this one! I was so excited to see the results of the data from that survey. My eyes were so tired by the end of it.

But you did different color backgrounds. That’s a pretty big variable.

I just want to know how I did personally. I felt like my individual preferences for colors affected my choices. I like cooler, muted colors, both on myself and others, so on the more difficult choices, I think I was opting for the muted colors more often.

For me the backdrop probably had an effect in my responses.

darn! i would've loved to know you where doing a survey ! it's quiet ironic since this topic has been on my mind quiet a lot lately

Another thing I think would make this test more interesting/accurate would be to reverse the test. Instead of changing the clothes between two choices, change the look (skin tone, etc) of the model, but keep the clothes the exact same.

The background really made a difference, you could have the same colour on different background and it will look different so maybe put the survey back up and keep the background the same or just screen white.

YESSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

I was looking forward to this one! When I took the survey I was racking my brain trying to figure out what options I thought looked better, but even after answering I usually wasn't sure why I picked each option (the brightness hypothesis does make sense).

Fun fact! A shrimp's heart is in its head!

@StarsBarsAndCheese

Жыл бұрын

cool

This was the first survey that had me looking intensly on a pair of stock photos wondering if I think pale pink or pale yellow look better. I dscovered some things about my color preferences, that's for sure

@tiggerdcat

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure there were many other factors that threw off your decisions, like the background and the fact the colors didn't reflect in the skin, showing how it effects undertones. It would have REALLY changed a lot of things.

Could you do an episode based on where’s Wally/Waldo where you talk about the least noticeable fashion choices?

Ahhh I love the smell of fresh theory videos 🍪✨

Hey I did the survey and 100 QUESTIONS!!?! no wonder it took so long

about the test, i literally just chose what i thought the person looked best in per option, i never took background in to account, compared to jewelry, or even tried to fit them in to seasons

Love to see you guys explore the Kibbe body types.

I did not take the survey but as I was watching the video when Matt acted like he got a revelation I was like “it’s the background!! It’s changing and affecting the data!!” And was shocked he never brought it up. I’m not surprised by the comments

You should make a intro on style theory

It feels illegal to be early 😂

@Olivetyn

Жыл бұрын

Ik 😂

I love the consensus that the background needs explanation. I feel like they were chosen based on contrast and color theory complimentaries, but for me, it was distracting. I'd love to see the same outfits on plain white or plain black backgrounds so only clothes impact it.

honestly, I always wondered if the love of bright colours stems from our bleak outlooks on the future, we're trying to make things seem happier/brighter than they are, but idk, might be why i do it, i find muted/dull colours depressing to look at, and absolutely DESPISE wearing black/dark grey clothing for the same reason

From the description for those who didn't see it: NOTE: In the survey, Team Theorist shifted the backgrounds to also reflect the color season in order to create a full color palette. Each background is consistent for each sub category.

I didn't even take the test and I thought it was weird that the backgrounds weren't consistent. It sounds like you unintentionally created a palette that skewed the results. I'm not sure how you did the color shifts. Was it because you used a layer mask? It's hard to imagine an option that wouldn't influence the viewer--even a neutral (black, white, gray) would still evoke a color combination. Were the color shifts in the background part of the season? If not, it seems like that was a huge variable.

The backround color for the pictures was VERY influental on my picks

i think there's a reason why when testing you actually wear the colors: light bounces off the Surface of othes and on your skin. you didn't take into account in your pictures that changing the color digitally isn't enough, you need to see how the color relfects on someone's skin and change their appareance

My first was a green machoke in leaf green. I never evolved it because I was young and ignorant and thought that it would revert back to a normal machamp. I restarted the game so I never kept it but I remember being confused and my brother explaining to me I found a super rare Pokémon. I agree with you 100%

Something that my sister and I (and a few others in the comments) noticed how the backgrounds kept changing. The background color can make other colors look different to what they actually are. And I’m wondering if that could’ve been another factor that could have been looked at

Please do an episode on why the US Army adopted UCP Digital camo. Despite how much it sucks.

The idea of what you wear down to the color haveing to do with the goal behind it makes sense. My love of black and fall colors makes sense when you put it in the context of I have self esteem and body image issues and most of my clothes are meant to make me feel less awful about my body.