Interesting effect—prompted by this post, l turned my phone grayscale for a while and didn’t really notice much of a difference, but then I turned colors back on today because the mobile ticket for the local bus is something you need to show to the driver and it’s color-coded. And suddenly I’m appreciating the colors on the phone a lot more, they’re nice and aesthetic.
I don’t think this will actually make me more addicted to my phone but I do feel happier to have had things on grayscale for a while, since now I get extra happiness from using my phone (until I get used to it again which will likely happen soon—maybe I’ll then go back to grayscale again so I can get used to that and then switch back again :D).
Reporting back two weeks later: my phone usage is down about 25%, but that’s within my usual variance. If there’s an effect, it’s small enough to not be immediately obvious, and would need some more data to get anything resembling a low p-value.
Anecdotally, though, I’m quite liking having my phone on “almost-greyscale” (chromatic reading mode on my OnePlus phone). When I have to turn it off, the colours feel overwhelming. It also feels like it encourages me to focus on the real world, rather than staring at my phone in a public place.
Interesting effect—prompted by this post, l turned my phone grayscale for a while and didn’t really notice much of a difference, but then I turned colors back on today because the mobile ticket for the local bus is something you need to show to the driver and it’s color-coded. And suddenly I’m appreciating the colors on the phone a lot more, they’re nice and aesthetic.
I don’t think this will actually make me more addicted to my phone but I do feel happier to have had things on grayscale for a while, since now I get extra happiness from using my phone (until I get used to it again which will likely happen soon—maybe I’ll then go back to grayscale again so I can get used to that and then switch back again :D).
Interesting. When I have to turn colors back on (e.g. to look at a graph) it feels like I’m being assaulted with candy. Humans are so fucking varied.
Reporting back two weeks later: my phone usage is down about 25%, but that’s within my usual variance. If there’s an effect, it’s small enough to not be immediately obvious, and would need some more data to get anything resembling a low p-value.
Anecdotally, though, I’m quite liking having my phone on “almost-greyscale” (chromatic reading mode on my OnePlus phone). When I have to turn it off, the colours feel overwhelming. It also feels like it encourages me to focus on the real world, rather than staring at my phone in a public place.