How does this work?

[Spiffor]

Red: my favourite colour, obviously

Hammer: considering that the Red Team in Quake1 CTF doesn't have a tool as a symbol, I used the first toolish symbol that came to my mind, i.e. the symbol of the evil blue team

[Tiamat]

Well I'm way off but then that's no surprise I said a blue screwdriver.

[alva]

try this (should work in english too, though it's 'designed' in Dutch)

Ork...ork...ork!!!

You eat soup with a ????

Most people will anwer 'fork'.

Hmm, another one

Ilk...ilk...ilk

A cow drinks...?

Again, most people will say 'milk'

I answered 'red hammer' btw (I knew about this btw, afterall, it is old! )

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Oerdin
BTW I choose grey hammer so I was slightly off but I'm wondering how I even came up with a hammer. 3/4 of the people at work all said red hammer.

Yellow axe.

[General Ludd]

I picked red hammer.

The math is meaningless.

Red is a power colour, tools a power object. Red is often associated with tools - red tool boxes, red handles, ect...

A hammer is the symbolic tool

When asked to think about a colour and a tool, it is your associations that will determine your gut response without any sort of context being given.

Orange and possibly yellow would probably be another popular choice due to the association they have with construction, and are also frequently used in the packagin and design of tools.

Screwdrivers and possibly axes or saws would probably be popular choices aswell, since they are probably the next most iconic tools besides the hammer.

Art school is paying off.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by alva
try this (should work in english too, though it's 'designed' in Dutch)

Ork...ork...ork!!!

You eat soup with a ????

Most people will anwer 'fork'.

I said spork.

[General Ludd]

I'm curious why many people here seem to be picking blue, though.

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I'm curious why many people here seem to be picking blue, though.

They are using the MOO3 forum colors.


Also, tools are more likely yellow than red so that isn't the reason.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Apocalypse


Also, tools are more likely yellow than red so that isn't the reason.

It doesn't really matter if they statistically are or not, red is a traditional tool colour and, combined with it's other associations - such as both tools and red being power symbols (I could think of more, but they are not as concrete) - it's no surprise that it's a popular answer.

They are using the MOO3 forum colors.

The quoted text is also blue in standard format, 'though that seems a bit tenuous to me.

[asleepathewheel]

shields > hammers

[joncha]

I thought of a black dildo.

[Richelieu]

red pipe-wrench

[Ninot]

black hammer

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I'm curious why many people here seem to be picking blue, though.

Favourite colour.

[Dinner]

Could it just work on probabilities? Meaning most people like red and think of hammers when they're asked about tools? I do know a lot of people hwho anwsered with red hammer of at least one or the other. Seriously I got the hammer part too so I want to know.