S. Merritt, of the University of Missouri, has published 19 articles in the field of environmental psychology and has several professional memberships. The main objective of this article is to determine whether the “red effect” would translate into classroom performance. The authors addressed the following key concepts: (1) students in the red condition will perform significantly worse on an in-class exam than those in all other conditions, and (2) anxiety will mediate this effect, with those in all other conditions in the red condition. reporting higher anxiety (Smajic, Merritt, & Blinebry, 2013, p. 38). The most important information is that while other studies have found a significant connection between color and academic performance, this study was unable to produce the same results. The main conclusion was that more research is needed to determine whether there is a connection between color and academia.