These pages are for a comprehensive meta-analysis of the effect of the color red on perceived attraction. We encourage the reuse and extension of this project. ### Project Status Meta-analysis complete, manuscript drafted and submitted to Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ### What will you find here? - The analysis scripts and all the data for the meta-analyses. See this page for donwload links and instructions: [Analysis Scripts][1] - A bibliography: [Papers and Data Sources][2] - All the original papers and files for the [main analysis][3] and the analysis of [facial redness][4]. This component is private due to copyright issues, but contact one of the maintainers to gain access. - All the results, including raw output, all raw figures, and the prepared figures for the paper. Available here: [Results][5] ### Background The color red has been reported to enhance romantic attraction for both women rating men (Elliot et al., 2010) and for men rating women (Elliot & Niesta, 2008). These classic studies have spurred a number of direct and conceptual replications--some succeeding in finding large effects of red on perceived attraction, others finding little to no effect. This project is a comprehensive and systematic meta-analysis of the red-romance literature related to self-reported attraction. The project was developed in the spirit of Open Science: this site includes the primary data, analysis scripts, and original sources. This should make it easy update the analysis as new data is collected. It should also provide a great foundation for others who want to synthesize this literature in different ways. ### Study Criteria For meta-analysis we collected studies with the following characteristics: - an experimental manipulation of image color that included red and at least one control color used in the original studies (blue, gray, green, or white) - rating of perceived attractiveness via self-report. Selection criteria evolved a bit over the course of the project. See the manuscript for full details on study selection. ### References See [this page][6] for a full bibliography for the meta-analysis. Elliot, A. J., & Niesta, D. (2008). Romantic red: red enhances men’s attraction to women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(5), 1150–1164. http://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.95.5.1150 Elliot, A. J., Kayser, D. N., Greitemeyer, T., Lichtenfeld, S., Gramzow, R. H., Maier, M. A., & Liu, H. (2010). Red, rank, and romance in women viewing men. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 139(3), 399–417. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0019689 [1]: https://osf.io/xy47p/wiki/Analysis%20Scripts/ [2]: https://osf.io/xy47p/wiki/Papers%20and%20Data%20Sources/ [3]: https://osf.io/dmj4s/ [4]: https://osf.io/x6akw/ [5]: https://osf.io/xy47p/wiki/Results/ [6]: https://osf.io/xy47p/wiki/Papers%20and%20Data%20Sources/