Mandy

Hi everyone~~~ I'm a undergraduate from China. Now, I'm proceeding my graduate paper, and it is related to the colour 'red' in food packaging. I hope to learn your culture and your opinions about 'red'. Thus, there is a questionnaire posted here.... I hope you can help me because around me I can't find some guys from abroad to answer my questionnaire. I just wanna know the differences among different cultures and find out the gap, for research only! Could you do me a favour to answer it? If yes, many thanks!! Could you send your answer to me as a message?I promise to keep your answers secret~ If no, thank you all the same.~    Questionnaire 1. Ur Age: 2. Ur Gender: 3. Ur Job: 4. Ur nationality: 5. Ur character (more than one choice)  □outgoing □good at communicating □easy to get excited □easy to have a conversation □like doing outdoor excises □initiative □hesitated □coward □speechless □preciseness □like loneliness □shy □like liveliness                    □like peace 6.  Please put the following elements in the order based on your understanding of culture. Which one has the greatest impact on daily life?    ①Educational Background　②Customs   ③Colour style　④Dress　⑤Moral Standards  ⑥Values    (degree of extent) greatest→lest_______________________   7. If there is a new-launched food, how much does the colour of its package induce you to buy?    A. 90%    B. 70%    C. 50%    D. 30%    E. 0   8. If you are a patron of one food, which you always buy, how much does the colour of its package affect you to buy again?    A. 90%    B. 70%    C. 50%    D. 30%    E. 0   9. Do you like the colour 'red' (based on your interest)? 　 □yes　　□no   10. What do you think that the colour 'red'  stands for? (more than one choice) □riches & powers　□luck　　□happiness　　□prosperity □fortitude　　□positiveness　　□sacrifice　　□power of life □blood & death　　□violence & combat　　□evil　　□porno □war & revolution　　□alarm　　□aggressiveness　　□risk & tensity 　　                              11. Do you think it appropriate to dress the food package in red? If “yes” go 12;if “no” go 13   12. Why do you think ‘red’ is suitable for food packaging? A.      It is easy to catch consumers’ attention. B.      It means good omen. C.      It makes the food packed in it tastes well. D.     It is welcomed by majority of people E.      No special reason.   13. Why do you think ‘red’ is not suitable for food packaging? A.      It seems to be ugly. B.      It means danger and alarm. C.      It makes the food packed in it tastes bad. D.     It is commonly used in many packaging. E.      No special reason.   14. What do you think of the colour 'red' in snack’s package? 　　A. interesting　　　B. so so　　　C. ugly　　　D. hard to say 　　your reasons___________________________   15. What do you think of the colour 'red' in beverages package? 　　A. interesting　　　B. so so　　　C. ugly　　　D. hard to say 　　your reasons___________________________   16.  What do you think of the colour 'red' in beverages package? 　　A. interesting　　　B. so so　　　C. ugly　　　D. hard to say 　　your reasons__________________________   17. What do you think of the colour 'red' used as main one of the food package? A. Business strategies for inducing customers B. People's interest C. Cultural effect D. Fashion trend E. I don’t care    (End)  Many thanks for your cooperation!　

[quote user="Cathy"] I was always taught (by designers) that red meant 'come here but don't stay'.  Thus, fast food outlets, e.g. Wimpy, McDo, Burger King, use red in their decor in order to encourage people in but not to hang around.   [/quote] Dear Cathy,,,,, well, I quite like your words: 'come here but don't stay'. It is interesting to me, an outside stander from your culture.... I hope I can learn more...really~ As for the choice... I'm so sorry. Because I was in a hurry to post it. I didnit notice its unfit or unpoliteness. Thanks for your remind!!! I won't again~!

[quote user="Jacqui Too "][quote user="Gluestick"] Has it occurred to anyone else that this place (and most other fora) are rapidly becoming free education resources? [/quote] Yes, But they must think that we have nothing better to do than sit at the computer all day[:-))][:-))][:-))] [/quote]   I'm so sorry that my thread made u feel like that....  the questionnaire is not quite long.  if u hv time, you can just finish it at u spare time..for relaxation..[:)]

[quote user="Gluestick"] Has it occured to anyone else that this place (and most other fora) are rapidly becoming free education resources?   [/quote]   I think fora is one of the channels for us to learn more and get entertainment, right? Because I can't find someone from abroad to help me to anwser the questionniare. that's why I post it to here. so that I can make friends and learn more about other cultures!!! What a wonderful thing!!!

[quote user="Iceni"] I might respond to this questionnaire if you would translate "color" and "flavor" into English. John [/quote]   Dear John~~~ well. I think everyone has his own opinion to 'color' and 'flavor' . I think, personally speaking, I love 'color'. Without it, painters can't draw beautiful pictures, if so, well, no VanGough, Da Vinci..'Color' is merely related to art, it connects to our life. Cloth, shoes, all in 'color'. Although we can't touch the 'color', we can feel and see in our eyes~~~ Blue~~ we feel depressed...   Orange~~~ we think of juice..     Red~~~ we may think happiness, but what about you> Do you think happiness, too? no, maybe you think of daner~ As for flavor, it is abstract, too. we can feel with mouths and hearts. Eating sweet, the flavor is sweet, not salty.   ~~ that's a feeling.  

[quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]Assuming of course that it isn't a huge wind-up.  Red is the lucky colour in China, nothing to do with the politics, always been that way, which is why many Chinese enterprises are decked out in red for the Chinese new Year.[/quote]   That's the point / gap that I want to know. I hope that I can learn the reasons to create such a gap between two cultures. That's why I posted this questionnaire.

I'm so sorry that I have posted this questionniare here. 'cause my paper is aimed at comparing two different cultures about red. But unfortuately, I can't find some guys from abroad who can help me answer my questionniare. Thus, I posted it here.   Actually, I felt quite upset and depressed. I didn't know whether it is all right  for me to do this... Meanwhile, I'm hurry, too... I'm afraid that whether I can proceed my paper smoothly...