Remember in elementary school, how at the start of every year our teachers would have us color code as a class so we all had the same color folder for each subject? Well, color-coding still exists in high school. For a lot of people it seems that the color of the folder is completely random, and all depends on what order you pull it out of your backpack. Now for me, my folders and binders for each subject are always the same. History is blue, math is red, science is green, English is purple, Spanish is yellow and whatever elective I’m taking is the leftover color (usually orange or black) Seeing as blue is my favorite color, and history is my favorite subject, it makes sense that my history folder is blue. Math is my least favorite subject, and red is my least favorite color, so the two go together perfectly. I don’t know about you, but science has always been green. For me, these colors always go with their certain subjects. When I asked Megan Socha (’15) why she uses certain colors, she said, “Just ‘cause.” She agrees that she assigns her folder colors randomly to her classes. While researching this topic (yes, people have actually done studies on why people give certain classes specific colors), the most common color people gave to history was red, math blue, language pink, science green  and English yellow. At least I had my science folder right. But math as blue and history as red boggles my mind. While continuing my research, I came across “Color Psychology:” research and experiments, showing how certain colors evoke different emotional responses. Red stimulates the mind and is used to increase circulation, while blue is believed to sooth and calm people. Green symbolizes nature and represents tranquility. This “color psychology” often proves why people choose certain colors to represent different subjects and classes. I chose blue for history, because history is a calm class and a place where I’m comfortable. Red because I really have to think in order to get done with all of my math homework. People give different classes different colors based on personal preference. For some people, they have always given a certain class a certain color, and have never thought to change it. For others, colors are assigned randomly. It all depends.