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The blueâseven phenomenon is a social phenomenon in which a purported statistical majority of people in the US choose the color blue and number seven when asked to randomly select a color and a single digit number. The cause of the cognitive bias is not understood, [1] [2] [3] [4] though it has been posited that both colors and numbers are imbued with layers of significance. [5]
The existence of the phenomenon has been disputed. [6] [7] Outside of the US these preferences may not hold. [8] [9] In other countries, differences occur, particularly in Northern Ireland where a noted bias of green and eight results in a greenâeight phenomenon.[ citation needed]
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The blueâseven phenomenon is a social phenomenon in which a purported statistical majority of people in the US choose the color blue and number seven when asked to randomly select a color and a single digit number. The cause of the cognitive bias is not understood, [1] [2] [3] [4] though it has been posited that both colors and numbers are imbued with layers of significance. [5]
The existence of the phenomenon has been disputed. [6] [7] Outside of the US these preferences may not hold. [8] [9] In other countries, differences occur, particularly in Northern Ireland where a noted bias of green and eight results in a greenâeight phenomenon.[ citation needed]