: Red stronger than green? Is it just me or is the red color stronger than the green? If red is stronger, why? Is there a tool to use a color and convert it to another color with the same

@Angela777

Like posted above, red is a warm color that advances. The use of color is also dependent on context and the primary user's mental model. If you have to objects of equal size the red object will draw more attention than the green with a neutral background.

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@Gonzalez368

Yes, in your example the red is "stronger".

I believe that what you are perceiving as "stronger" implies having more lightness. If you take Photoshop and use LAB color to adjust only the Lightness, you can give both colors the same Lightness value.


Green Lightness adapted to default Red lightness:





Red Lightness adapted to default Green lightness:






Lab color space (emphasis mine):


Unlike the RGB and CMYK color models, Lab color is designed to approximate human vision. It aspires to perceptual uniformity, and its L component closely matches human perception of lightness, although it does not take the Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect into account. Thus, it can be used to make accurate color balance corrections by modifying output curves in the a and b components, or to adjust the lightness contrast using the L component.

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@Frith110

Red is associated with energy strength, power, courage, leadership, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense color, people have a strong reaction to it, it enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure.

Green is the color of nature and safety.
It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, hope and fertility. Green has a strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money stability and endurance. Green has a great healing power, it is the most restful color for the human eye.


Is there a tool to use a color and convert it to another color with
the same strength


First of all what do you mean by same strength ? strength probably is not the right word since it is completely depends on individuals perception towards that color, whether it is strong or not.

But there are lot of tools to create palettes based on other color parameters like hue, saturation, brightness etc.

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@Frith110

It is not strong or weak. As you know visible light is a spectrum of VIBGYOR of which red is last in order which is near to infra red rays whose wavelength makes red color to travel more distance i.e., which makes it standout of the rest. This is the same reason why red light is used to stop vehicles at signals as it is quick attention grabbing because it stands out.

if you want something pleasing, soothing go for lighter shades of orange or yellow. ultimately this is what you obtain on decreasing the strength in red color.

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